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rivkaI 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.
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.
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Date: 2009-01-17 07:04 am (UTC)My Mom's special jello salad for Christmas dinner was a festive red and green. Drain green olives. Open can of cherries, drain, reserve liquid. Prepare package of cherry jello, using the juice from the can for the cold water. Put cherries and olives in an 8 x 8 pan, pour in the jello. Chill. It's powerfully sweet and salty, and back in the day, I liked it.
The one I really liked was lime jello, with softened cream cheese stirred into it, poured over canned pears. Cut into rectangles with a half pear in each.