Please don't let MIL see this.

6fsn · August 2013

It's jello in a can.

AuntFlo · August 2013

Ok - it looks bad, but I bet it tastes really good.

GBCK · August 2013

There wasn't any of this @ the family reunion this weekend...but I have actually seen it in person before.

(I read this because it reminds me of comfort foods: http://cakercooking.blogspot.com/)

MNNEBride · August 2013

My mom used to make this - it's pretty good. (Jello w/fruit was big in the 70s!)

GBCK · August 2013

actually, when I talked to my mom one day this weekend, she told me she was buying lemon Jello for her corned beef salad (which, yes, WAS served @ the family GTG).

That stuff is just plain vile.
Oh look, someone on the net took a picture

http://www.food.com/recipe/corned-beef-molded-salad-211065
I'd link the picture directly but it looks like puke ona plate.

kmmssg · August 2013

@GBCK - who the hell would eat that? That is beyond disgusting.

GBCK · August 2013

apparently, my family.
There was a reason I was skinny growing up; I don't eat my mom's cooking ;P
Hers is slightly prettier than that...but not much.

zsazsa-stl · August 2013

Jello + pineapple = delicious

Jello + corned beef = justifiable homicide

6fsn · August 2013

I can't believe you people are defending this.

NOLABridesmaid · August 2013

I think this is a white people thing, but my people aren't any better because they love cranberries in the can with the rings around it.

jojobrn · August 2013

I am going to go so far as to say this is a Lutheran/Midwest thing. Grandma's recipe box? Full of Jello salad recipes from her LWML meetings.

But I will always eat the strawberry pretzel one.

alikatt17 · August 2013

The strawberry pretzel one is delicious.

If I'm going to eat jello, there needs to be alcohol in it.

GBCK · August 2013

just remember to only used CANNED pineapple. There's an enzyme in fresh that breaks down the bonds in gelatain.
(I've done this science project, where we put fresh pineapple on jello and watch how fast it de-jell-os. Aso works w/ meat tenderizer. Which, you would think, people know not to put in jello, but, see above, re: corned beef)

It is a midwest church-potluck thing

dharmabunny · August 2013

jojobrn said:
I am going to go so far as to say this is a Lutheran/Midwest thing. Grandma's recipe box? Full of Jello salad recipes from her LWML meetings.

But I will always eat the strawberry pretzel one.

Must be a Missouri or Wisconsin synod thing

. I've never seen that corned beef abomination at any ELCA potluck. Hundreds of permutations of hashbrowns and partially frozen fruit salads, you bet. But not THAT.

jojobrn · August 2013

Oh yes Dharma, we are LCMS. And thankfully, most of the recipes are fruit and jello, but there was this celery one....

MNNEBride · August 2013

I've never seen that corned beef stuff at any LCMS potluck and I've been to hundreds of those. LWML ladies love their Jello ;-)

GBCK · August 2013

there was also no tater-tot casserole @ the familly reunion, which made me sad.
But there WAS "Grape salad" which is completely a midwestern potluck thing...and I like it.
It looks awful but is tasty

jojobrn · August 2013

LWML ladies are allllll about the potluck and jello salads. No joke about all the recipes Grandma left us.

PirateBarbie · August 2013

1) this is NOT a white people thing.

2) cranberry sauce in a can is disgusting

3) all of these "salads" = the reason why nobody wants to visit the midwest.

zsazsa-stl · August 2013

Hey now, we don't force them upon you as soon as you land. We first give you a hug and invite you to sit on our wagon wheel themed living room sets, play a game of cards (no betting), serve you non alcoholic beverages, give you a floral print dropped waist dress that we made in 4H, invite you to a quiet church basement and THEN bring out the jello. You have plenty of time to escape if you so choose.

PMeg819 · August 2013

zsazsa-stl said:

Hey now, we don't force them upon you as soon as you land. We first give you a hug and invite you to sit on our wagon wheel themed living room sets, play a game of cards (no betting), serve you non alcoholic beverages, give you a floral print dropped waist dress that we made in 4H, invite you to a quiet church basement and THEN bring out the jello. You have plenty of time to escape if you so choose.

You forgot to include the part about polite gossiping of neighbors.

zsazsa-stl · August 2013

Yes, we would get around to that once we saw who brought some crappy store-bought cake to the potluck instead of taking the time to make a real jello salad like a self-respecting member of the Lutheran Women.

PirateBarbie · August 2013

zsazsa-stl said:

Hey now, we don't force them upon you as soon as you land. We first give you a hug and invite you to sit on our wagon wheel themed living room sets, play a game of cards (no betting), serve you non alcoholic beverages, give you a floral print dropped waist dress that we made in 4H, invite you to a quiet church basement and THEN bring out the jello. You have plenty of time to escape if you so choose.

edit: You have plenty of time to escape and die of exposure in a cornfield, if you so choose.

this all sounds like a horrible nightmare.

alikatt17 · August 2013

I'm starting to think that Chicago should be excluded from the whole Midwest thing. I have never been served a jello dessert or salad at a party.

kmmssg · August 2013

jojobrn said:

LWML ladies are allllll about the potluck and jello salads. No joke about all the recipes Grandma left us.

This should be on Garrison Keillor's News From Lake Wobegon. He could have a field day with it.

VarunaTT · August 2013

The thing I find most upsetting about this post is the lack of alcoholic beverages at these dinners.

6fsn · August 2013

Hmmmm, maybe jello shots in a can! That would sure make Christmas at the ILs more fun.

zizibet · August 2013

Thank heaven my FILs are all Methodist. FMIL's lime with oranges and cream cheese is not bad at all.

kahaywa · August 2013

I'm not a big jello fan, but I LOVE pineapple. I might try this just to be obnoxious...

MobKaz · August 2013

alikatt17 said:

I'm starting to think that Chicago should be excluded from the whole Midwest thing. I have never been served a jello dessert or salad at a party.

Born and raised in Chicago. Heads roll if there is no jello salad, especially pretzel jello! The aspic/meat jello thing is midwestern ala European roots. I had to grow up with this being made all the time........head cheese!

dharmabunny · August 2013

mobkaz said:

alikatt17 said:

I'm starting to think that Chicago should be excluded from the whole Midwest thing. I have never been served a jello dessert or salad at a party.

Born and raised in Chicago. Heads roll if there is no jello salad, especially pretzel jello! The aspic/meat jello thing is midwestern ala European roots. I had to grow up with this being made all the time........head cheese!

FFS, if you are going to literally vomit on this thread, at least have the decency to clean up after yourself. Hotdog and beer vomit never smells as delectable as when it was first purchased at the ballpark

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