![]() Ĭool Whip® – what am I talking about! In these vintage recipes, it was referred to as Dream Whip® or a “whipped cream substitute”. For this recipe, she no doubt used the curved fish Mirro® mold that is part of her collection. She replaced the cottage cheese with 1 cup of whipping cream. Margaret’s favorite marked-up selection from The Joys of Jello® booklet is the Crab Meat Salad which uses lemon and lime gelatin. The larger 11 cup ring mold was never used! It still sports the original Mirro® label. Margaret’s small ring mold is pictured below along with some of the ingredients for the famous tomato aspic recipe. Pour into 8 individual molds on in a small ring mold. Add the cold tomato juice and the rest of the ingredients. The Famous Tomato Aspicĭissolve the gelatin and salt in the boiling tomato juice. The fruit cocktail will be served as a dessert. ![]() The ingredients for the tomato aspic are in the pantry – waiting for a seafood meal. The results were unanimous: the tomato aspic and the “fruit cocktail” salads. Recently, I conducted a test to see which Jello mold salads were the most memorable with the in-laws. There was a time when the kids and I experimented with the Jello® parfaits – layers of different flavors – chilling each layer until it thickened before adding another layer – often with the fancy glasses tipped at an angle. A chilled fruit filled dish of jello topped with Cool Whip® is a welcome dessert during the summer months. So…let’s explore this very American phenomenon known as the Joys of Jello®. Little did I suspect that barely twenty years later, I would sit down to dinner in central Pennsylvania and find a huge ring of tomato aspic sitting in front of me. Surely, she did not mean to mix the two and then add gelatin.ġ932 Ad Jell-O Gelatin Salad Lime Fluff Recipes Fruit – Original Print AdĪs it was, she was was trying to make me drink cold milk from a metal tumbler and eat square bread along with a sweet salad full of fruit! Although I did not speak a word of English at the time, it was difficult to reconcile calling it a salad when the red jiggly mold was full of apple chunks and sliced grapes. I vaguely remember “Aunt Grace” from Philadelphia asking why I did not like her red salad. That’s not a good sign but, apparently, Jello mold salads were quite the thing back during the 50’s and obviously much earlier than that judging from this poster.Īll I recall is that my 1952 introduction to American cuisine included a Jello mold. If you prefer to make a non-alcoholic version of this Jello salad, just swap in water for the alcohol and you’ve got a family-friendly version even the kids can enjoy.IN ROYAL FLAVORED GELATIN AD BuzzFeed® lays claim to a list of “17 Horrifyingly Disgusting Retro Gelatin Recipes”. And if your finished Jello salad ring won’t release from the mold, setting the mold in a warm water bath for five to 10 seconds should help release the Jello. If the layer is mostly firm but sticks to your finger, then it’s ready for the next layer. A simple way to check if a layer is ready is by touching the Jello with your finger. Wait too long and the layers become too firm and won’t stick together. If the previous layer hasn’t set enough, the lines will blur and you won’t get that crisp separation. The trick to achieving clean, clear layers is to add the next layer at just the right time. With alternating layers of red, white and green, this holiday dessert is a boozy gift to bring to your Christmas parties. ![]() Is there anything more classic than a Jello salad? When it comes to dessert for Christmas, we can’t think of anything more festive than this Christmas Jello salad ring.
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