So I was reading random articles on the internet today when I came across this post. Funny stuff, reminds me of the old “Look at these fucking peppers!” pictures.
Then I noticed that one of the links is to a picture of a savory Jell-O salad. That’s right. I can’t tell what exactly is in it, but looks like at least olives, celery, and yellow bell peppers/cheese slices. Eddie C thinks that the celery is shrimp. This monstrosity could likely be one or more of the layers of the Ericson Family salad. Who knows?
Anyway, apparently fine American cuisine went through a phase where everything was jellified. Gelatin salads and aspic meats. They used to have celery, mixed vegetable, tomato, and Italian flavored Jell-O.
I was initially put off, but I have to admit a certain (morbid?) curiosity about the whole idea. Eddie C says he’s down to try it. I guess I’m going to try to re-create this for his birthday trip down in Pismo. (Fair warning to everyone else going… you may want to make back-up dinner plans.) I looked around a found a couple of interesting recipes. Maybe I’ll try to pair with a good meat Jell-O recipe, too.
The last time I made anything Jello while on vacation was TAK Retreat, when we tried to make Jello shots with Everclear and it wouldn’t set, so we a thin Jello cap over a Dixie cup full of rubbing alcohol. This has got to be better than that, right?
Oh, and according to this website, (not Wikipedia, though) Jell-O used to make an official whisky flavor! How did I miss out on the best era ever?!