I think I was forced to eat that as a small child once or twice.
Why I won't eat jello to this day.
Whoever thought this was a good idea, let alone "food" or even appetizing?
Posted on 11/26/2020 4:39:22 AM PST by mylife
The year is 1950. The Thanksgiving table is set, and before your growling stomach lies a cornucopia of show-stopping dishes: tomato aspic, jellied turkey vegetable salad, creamed spinach and whatever “cranberry surprise” is (yep, there’s mayonnaise in it).
Celia Sack, owner of Noe Valley’s 11-year-old Omnivore Books on Food, is a connoisseur of vintage recipes like these. Formerly a rare-books specialist at an auction house in San Francisco, both her personal collection and her in-store collection of antiquarian cookbooks are extensive.
So when I waltzed in one drizzly San Francisco afternoon with a strange request, Sack was more than prepared to help. I was embarking on a journey most would never choose to take: Instead of leaving the gelatinous monstrosities of ‘50s American home cooking in the past, I was determined to revive them.
With Sack’s help selecting a menu, I planned to test the boundaries of friendship by serving these dishes in an impromptu “Friendsgiving.”
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zing zang!
I think I was forced to eat that as a small child once or twice.
Why I won't eat jello to this day.
Whoever thought this was a good idea, let alone "food" or even appetizing?
I almost lost my breakfast looking at that!
Horrible and wretched are the only two words to describe it - not edible, not at all...
I should have checked with my wife. Its miracle whip, not cool whip. I just look at it.
I love seeing horrible recipes—it would make a heck of a coffee table book, with painfully clear pictures; my favorite in this category was shared by my minister, who dreaded every pot luck event at her previous church; one parishioner ALWAYS brought her signature dish—onion Jell-O.
It just makes me laugh. Saying it, and thinking of her dreading it all those years—knowing it was coming, like grim death, and having to practice that Christian straight face...
Yeah I’m being told that’s the secret. Lol
“ Canned String beans in can of mushroom soup with canned fried onions on top.”
I am making that today. The kids love it.
Ahh the Church pot luck dinner. LOL
I like ambrosia salad. But I like it made with fresh whipped cream. It’s a side dish, but I prefer it for dessert.
So do all my nieces and nephews. My kids preferred fresh veggies.
See? this is why she is the cook!! LOL
How’d I miss that? I’m sure I would have loved it.
I think it’s back but disappeared for a long time.
It has too much salt, but is SO GOOD!!
HA! My Mom still had the bottome set in the 70's when I was growing up.
The Fish, Lobster and Heart were always my faves on Grandma’s kitchen wall! :)
That’s the Spirit!
I still love that to this day. Along with canned B&M Brown Bread.
Just need me a little cream cheese.
“Remember gelatin salad with cottage cheese? Usually green, maybe with peaches or pineapple?”
Always Lime Jello, Cottage Cheese, Pineapple ‘tidbits’ and chopped Pecans.
Mom has the temerity to call this a, ‘salad’ and we eat it politely - except for Beau who would eat the whole bowl were it socially acceptable, LOL!
I’m 99.999% sure it’ll be on her Thanksgiving Table, today!
I’m bringing wine. ;)
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