I’m 52. And in my entire adult life I’ve never made Jello. How about you?
I have a family tradition of making rainbow jello for Easter. Each color layer gets a thin layer of sweetened condensed milk jello in between to make the colors really pop when it is sliced. It’s so pretty. It takes all day. It’s one of my favorite things about Easter.
I also make it pretty regularly because I eat gelatin as a nutritional supplement that does seem to help my joint pain a bit. For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin and mix it with tart cherry juice in pint jars and chill it or mix it with hot tea or chicken broth.
Wow your second paragraph may have just solved my jello resistance, thanks! You almost lost me at fish and beef tho 😅
Ha. Sorry. For beginners using unflavored gelatin I would recommend the Knox brand packets that are sold next to the regular Jello boxes. They are highly refined and don’t have any um… surprising smells… ? The big 2lb jars of unflavored supplement gelatin can be a bit strong when you first add boiling water, but it goes away entirely once it is set in the fridge or dissolved in tea. I could see that putting someone entirely off jello if they were already iffy.
My very favorite is mulberry juice jello, but the only place that sold mulberry juice near me stopped carrying it a couple years back. It’s on amazon, but I can’t bring myself to buy juice on amazon. Tart cherry is a good sub. https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Juice-Black-Mulberry-Organic/dp/B00J49VLMO/
Thanks! I was a little nervous at the thought of beef jello but I’ll try the Knox brand first. Two pounds sounds like a lot but what do I know? I’m gonna try coconut 😋
I was a little nervous at the thought of beef jello
Ever had any braised beef dish? Or a really good beef soup?
For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin
If that counts, then I made some just a couple days ago as a by-product of my carnitas.
I make “chicken jello” for the cats on a weekly basis. It’s their favorite.
I make it at least once every two months when I make chicken soup (I use Adam Ragusea’s whole chicken recipe, the soup is like 90% gelatin)
One of my wife’s friends had just had a kid. He’s in highschool now.
we make jello shots for the adults during trick or treat for halloween every year… hundreds of little cups. if that counts
Wow, do parents take shots at your door? This is not the Halloween I remember, but good on you.
ha, yeah, 1 per person! and its jello… its candy-adjacent
Yes, but there’s also vodka involved haha do you live in mostly single-family suburbs?
Oh it counts. You’re doing the Lord’s work. 🙏
We made some for the 4th. It’s not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.
My grandmother made it all the time. My parents seldom made it. I have never made it. I associate it with hospitals and crappy school cafeterias.
Not since college
Last year.
I’m mid 40’s and I literally just finished making jello with my elementary school aged daughter. We’re still waiting for it to solidify. Last time we did it a few weeks ago we used cold water and it solidified pretty quickly.
Unfortunately, jello requires violence and cruelty towards animals, and this is not acceptable to me.
Downvoters: “Violence and cruelty are acceptable when jello is involved.”
Violence and cruelty towards farm animals is always acceptable
“Always acceptable” can only be interpreted to mean in any amount, for any reason. That’s clearly sadistic and disturbed were it to reflect your true feelings. It’s the sort of nonsense a person says to themself when they refuse to allow themself to think rationally about a subject and actually reflect on their true feelings.
The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.
Animals are not morally equivalent to humans in my opinion, and morality is not rational.
You choose to draw the line around a select group of animals, I choose to draw it around humans only. Both are valid worldviews.
Jello as dessert? When I was 15 for a school project. Jello as a shot? Probably annually
I was wondering why I can remember buying jello, but not consuming it.
Fucking never, the texture grosses me out
I was cleaning out my pantry last week and found 3 boxes of jello mix that were like 4 years old and I threw them out.
When I went grocery shopping, I was like “oh, yeah, I’m out of jello” and bought 3 more 🤦🏼♂️
I’m about middle age and don’t believe I have ever made it, even as a child. I have had it, and would consider eating more if it wasn’t available in such atrocious colors with false flavorings.
It is currently 85*F in my house and something like jello sounds nice right now as I contemplate what I will cook for dinner haha.
I make jello vaginas when I’m feeling lonely.
Adding a bit of fish sauce makes it pretty realistic, I think.
You need a hug.
And probably Jesus.
Nah, just a pussy.
Do you have kids?
Newp!
I made parfait (or whatever the jello, whipped cream, walnuts and fruit thing is actually called) for a potluck at work once when I was 19. That was the last time I ever made Jello. I am now 39.
I’m more of a pudding guy.
