#Jell-O salad

[wordfromoursponsor]

"It's national use-up-your-leftovers-in-a-Jell-O-salad week!" (1959)

[cocorico-hebdo]

Kelly's Ham Jell-O Salad Recipe Mayonnaise, spicy brown mustard, chopped ham, and cabbage are the main ingredients in this savory Jell-O salad. 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1.5 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 1 cup boiling water, 1 can crushed pineapple in juice drained and juice reserved, 1 package lemon-flavored gelatin mix, 1 cup finely chopped cabbage, 1/2 cup chopped celery, 2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard or to taste, 1/2 cup cold water or as needed, 1 cup chopped cooked ham

[beckypittman]

Sour Cream Cranberry Jell-O Salad Recipe Sour cream, black cherry gelatin, and jellied cranberry sauce are combined to create a rich and flavorful gelatin salad.

[eflornithinevaniqa]

Recipe for Cranberry JELL-O Salad This holiday cranberry JELL-O salad is made with cherry-flavored gelatin, cranberry sauce, and crushed pineapple for fruity flavor. Topped with pecans! 1 can jellied cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 2 packages sugar-free cherry-flavored gelatin mix, 1 can crushed pineapple drained, 2 cups boiling water

[fyeahfelicitysmoak]

Carrot Gelatin Salad Old-fashioned carrot Jell-O salad made with lemon and pineapple. Grandma didn't specify the amount of carrots. You probably can't use too much! 1 can crushed pineapple drained with juice reserved, 1 package lemon flavored Jell-O mix, 4 large carrots shredded

[jonahcarter]

Dessert Salad - Sea Foam Salad A lovely light green salad made with canned pears, lime Jell-O, Cool Whip, and cream cheese.

[postersbygemma]

Cranberry JELL-O Salad Recipe This holiday cranberry JELL-O salad is made with cherry-flavored gelatin, cranberry sauce, and crushed pineapple for fruity flavor. Topped with pecans!

[woodelf68]

For @nostalgiamonth's "Food" prompt. The classic Jell-O recipe book, first published in 1962 by the General Foods Corporation as far as I could find. There's no date inside my copy of it.

Powdered Jell-O gelatin was first introduced in America in 1897, as a way to make gelatin-based dishes quicker and easier to make. It's popularity soared in the 1930s with the advent of electric refrigeration, with sales peaking in 1968, after which they began a slow decline over the next two decades. As more and more women entered the work force, they didn't have time or energy to craft elegantly molded desserts and salads to show off their creativity in the kitchen, at least not on any kind of a regular basis. By the late '80s, with sales having decreased by 50% since their peak, the brand changed to marketing their product as a kid's snack, and selling it pre-made in plastic cups. I can't imagine anything more boring, so let's return to the sixties, when Jell-O briefly offered such flavours as celery, Italian Salad, Mixed Vegetables, and Seasoned Tomato to use as bases for their salad recipes. None of them lasted long, however although personally if I wanted to encase cole slaw or potato salad ingredients in Jell-O, the Italian Salad or Celery flavours sound much more appealing than adding them to a fruit flavour. So get ready to add some veggies to fruit gelatin! Mm, doesn't this Vegetable Trio Loaf look delicious?

You could also try the Barbecue Salad, which doesn't actually feature any barbeque sauce in the basic recipe, but which does offer suggestions for extra flavour!

Ingredients: 1 package Lemon or Orange Jell-O 3 Oz 1 1/4 cups hot water 1 8 oz. can of tomato sauce 1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt Dash of pepper Directions Dissolve Jell-O in hot water. Add tomato sauce and other ingredients. Blend. Pour into individual molds. Chill until firm. Place on crisp greens with mayonnaise. For extra spiciness, add any of the following before chilling: onion juice, seasoning or celery salt, cayenne, Worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce or horseradish.

If you are having Uncertain Thoughts about the edibility of this recipe, don't worry! You can simply watch this brave soul who made and taste-tested a bunch of vintage Jell-O recipes in her New Joy of Jell-O Project. (Fascinating viewing, and while I'm not going to spoiler you, I will say that not all of the recipes got a complete thumbs down, some much to her surprise.)

Or there's Chicken Mousse, if you need something to serve up at your next Sunday luncheon if you want the guests never to come back.

Last, if you by now are desperate to cleanse your palette with a more fruit-based dessert dish, I offer the Avocado Strawberry Ring, since avocados seems to be a big thing right now. I'm not a fan myself, but if you like them, this recipe got a passing grade, and since the strawberries are only a garnish for the center of the ring, you can substitute any other fresh fruit of your preference. I'd think a smaller berry like blueberries or blackberries would like nice, myself. Or cherries.

And if anyone grew up on any fancy Jell-O recipes, I'd love to hear about them -- both the good and the bad.

[bunniesbearsandadventures]

What is like the weirdest thing your body craved?

For me it was Jell-o

For a time like a few years ago I really wanted Jell-o and for like a month or two straight I would by as many Jell-o flavors as I could.

Now I can't even picture myself eating it or want to eat it.

Also buttered toast.

Sometimes i just really want buttered toast and nothin else and I'll straight up eat it for a week and then it goes away.

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[im-tired1124]

If anyone’s wondering what it’s like growing up in Florida, I went to a restaurant when I was like nine where they served gator nuggets as an entree. They tasted like deep fried silica gel. It’s been six years and I feel really bad for that gator, whomever they were. May they rest in peace. They didn’t deserve to become mediocre KFA.

[stankhead]

pros of vintage clothing shopping: mm pretty and ! sustainable :)

cons of vintage clothing shopping: hello boy its me, everyones grandma ever, fun fact in the 50s and 60s everyone was short and malnourished and it was illegal to make dresses over size 6 thanks for shopping mwah

[gallimaufryish]

[junonreactor]

the thing is that being restricted to a no-solids diet is that it really isn't that bad. there are a lot of options there still. however being restricted to a COLD non-solids diet is like. what the fuck is left. puddings and ice cream? cold soup?

[emmieexplores2]

1952

[nelsonangelica]

Specialty Dessert - Citrus Jell-O Salad Red grapefruit and mandarin oranges in cans are the main ingredients in a light citrus gelatin salad that has a sweet-sour mayonnaise dressing on top.