I’m 52. And in my entire adult life I’ve never made Jello. How about you?

  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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.

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    4 months ago

    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_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    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.

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      4 months ago

      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.

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        4 months ago

        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)

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        4 months ago

        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/

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          4 months ago

          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 😋

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            4 months ago

            I was a little nervous at the thought of beef jello

            Ever had any braised beef dish? Or a really good beef soup?

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    4 months ago

    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.

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      4 months ago

      I was wondering why I can remember buying jello, but not consuming it.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    4 months ago

    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.

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    4 months ago

    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.

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    4 months ago

    The last time I made Jello I think I was like 22 or 23, so probably around 2004. I was at a party at my friend’s house that had fizzled down to about 5 people pretty early. That’s when someone had the great idea to make Jello shots… I prepared the Jello on the stove, but my friend Mary actually assembled the shots. She did not mention to anyone that she used Everclear and added almost double what the recipe called for. Anyway, she put them in the fridge and then promptly forgot about them… Until we ran out of beer. Then someone remembered. They weren’t completely set, which at the time we attributed to them not getting chilled long enough. In truth, there was so much pure alcohol in those shots that they wouldn’t have ever set even if we kept them in the freezer overnight! Assuming we were immortal, as drunk people in their early 20s tend to do, we heroicly downed about 4 of them each before we realized how strong they were… Most of the rest of that night is a blur of laughter, spinning lights, and eventually a soft couch and oblivion.

    That was probably about the 2nd or 3rd most drunk I’ve ever been before or since, and definitely top 5 worst hangovers lol

    For the record I do not drink anymore

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      4 months ago

      Sounds familiar, only that we went for some bottom shelf vodka. I believe I was 21, was at the very end of my bachelor’s degree. Probably around July/August 2005.