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I don't know, but they did it A LOT in the 50's and 60's!
I enjoyed looking through my mom's first cookbook recently .. it was an old Betty Crocker, I think. Complete with tips on not frowning, and resting for 10 minutes before your husband comes home so you can greet him with proper alacrity as you hand him the cool juice cocktail you've prepared for him lovingly. I assume you're supposed to read between the lines on that part and make him a Scotch..
I don't like lime jello, but all the others, yes. My aunt used to make a huge molded one for Christmas dinner with 3 layers [that's the one exception to the lime jello], a red layer with fruit cocktail, a green layer with cottage cheese, another red layer with applesauce. The layer with the cottage cheese was the most work - she smooshed the cottage cheese through a strainer so that it was very fine instead of curds, and mixed it in when the jello was half-set. Actually, the whole thing was a matter of timing - each layer had to be done and ready to pour when the layer beneath was not quite firm, or the layers would separate when it was unmolded. It was a tall star-shaped mold, and it was always gorgeous and went very fast. My mother, on the other hand, had a thing for lime jello and she loved Waldorf salad, so we also got a lot of green jello with chunks of apples and walnuts.
I've had most of what shows up at potlucks, and as long as it doesn't have Cool Whip in it, it's usually edible. That stuff is horrible!
I read a book recently where one of the characters made a comment to the effect that "you wouldn't believe what some people can do with liime jello and kidney beans!" I'm still thinking about that one...
mini marshmallows
pineapple tidbits
mandarin oranges
and sour cream
yum
My mom used to make something similar for years until we finally got up the guts to tell her we didn't like it. You'd think she would have caught on when I told her that it looked like it had already been eaten.
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why on earth would someone do that?!?!? lol
Tomato aspic was one of the first things we made in cooking class in seventh grade. Yick! But yes, it was quite the sophisticated dish back in its day.
I read a book recently where one of the characters made a comment to the effect that "you wouldn't believe what some people can do with liime jello and kidney beans!" I'm still thinking about that one...
Yikes, I don't even want to imagine what that is all about, lol.
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