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[rivka]

I made Jello tonight. For the first time in my life.

It's not the Jello of my youth, because it's lacking in canned "fruit cocktail." (My mother was a serious cook, and therefore never employed mini marshmallows.) It does have canned pears and banana slices, though.

It would never have occurred to me to make Jello, except that Alex suggested that she could bring some to school to share with the friends on her birthday. When I expressed surprise, she and Michael both informed me that they like Jello. I never knew. So we bought some, and then Michael got sick and it seemed that it would be a kindness to make something that would slip easily down his sore throat.

So, Jello. In our fridge. But I swear I draw the line well before Chef Boy-Ar-Dee canned ravioli.

Comments

[echosupernova.livejournal.com]

That's funny--my mother almost always either put canned fruit inside or topped Jello with bananas, and it was always served as a light dessert.

She also holds to the culture of Jello concoctions at major holidays--lime jello blended with cream cheese and crushed pineapple for Thanksgiving, and lemon Jello with rice, mini marshmellows, and marischino cherries (called "Glorified Rice) for Easter. The lime one is quite tasty, though I know it sounds weird.

I too like black cherry flavor.

[selki.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed lime jello with cottage cheese and crush pineapple inside, kind of the same idea.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

In my wife's family that is a traditional holiday dish, lovingly known as "Green Slime."