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Do You Still Do Congealed Salads?

ECBG — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:25:19 GMT

My first congealed salad was when I was about 14 (we didn't do them at my house). It was cherry jello with fruit coctail on a lettuce leaf with a little grated cheddar. It was ok.

The next one I tried was a light green that appeared to be lime jello with cottage cheese. That was where I stopped. I really don't care for lime except key lime pie.

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FastDogWalker2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:30:00 GMT

These were hugely popular with my grandmother and my mom when I was growing up! We ate tomato and apricot aspic too! I was surprised to find, when I got older and out in the "real" world, these WERE NOT popular menu items! !

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rms1954 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:35:29 GMT

The name you called it makes me gag. We called them molded gelatine salads. I like jello but I don't want anything else in it. I have to make one once a year at Thanksgiving cuz my husband's mother used to make it.

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:34:39 GMT

Not congealed..........but my "first" mother-in-law used to coat a canned pear half with cream cheese, and then press halved black grapes into the cheese. Looked like a hand grenade..........

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:35:18 GMT

Ewwwww ...... no.

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haddon9 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:41:34 GMT

"Congealed" does not sound appetizing at all. Yes I made jello back when I first got married but not for many, many years.

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Scooby Doo — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:44:07 GMT

At the holidays we had one that I still like today. It's lime jello with crushed pineapple, cream cheese, whipping cream, a little sugar and vanilla.

Can't stand fruit cocktail stuff. Utah seems to be the capital of jello salads and funeral potatoes.

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ECBG — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:52:49 GMT

@FastDogWalker2 wrote:
These were hugely popular with my grandmother and my mom when I was growing up! We ate tomato and apricot aspic too! I was surprised to find, when I got older and out in the "real" world, these WERE NOT popular menu items! !

@FastDogWalker2 Food habits are always interesting to me.

I could never handle tomato aspic. It appeared to be thickened V 8 just which I loved with pepper, I just couldn't handle the thickness of an aspic.

I could live on tomatoes. Often, as a child, I'd have to swish with buttermilk because the tomato acid would break out the inside of my mouth.

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jeanlake — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:57:44 GMT

any excuse to clean out fridge & pantry

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deepwaterdotter — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:01:14 GMT

I have made this recipe that was ripped from am old Women's Day magazine:

4 3-oz boxes pineapple Jello

2 cups boiling water

2 13.5-oz cans coconut milk

1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

15-oz can mandarin orange segments, drained and halved

10-oz jar maraschino cherries, drained and halved

Stir Jello into boiling water to dissolve in big bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup cold water and coconut milk. Refrigerate for 1 hour until slightly set.

Spray mold pan with cooking spray. Whisk Jello mixture to blend and fold in Marshmallows, oranges, and cherries. Pour into mold and refrigerate 4 hours to set. Invert onto plate just before serving.

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KBEANS — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:05:22 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@FastDogWalker2 wrote:
These were hugely popular with my grandmother and my mom when I was growing up! We ate tomato and apricot aspic too! I was surprised to find, when I got older and out in the "real" world, these WERE NOT popular menu items! !
@FastDogWalker2 Food habits are always interesting to me.

I could never handle tomato aspic. It appeared to be thickened V 8 just which I loved with pepper, I just couldn't handle the thickness of an aspic.
I could live on tomatoes. Often, as a child, I'd have to swish with buttermilk because the tomato acid would break out the inside of my mouth.

I never had jello with fruit in it until the other day. it was delivered with my grocery order since I haven't been going out shopping recently. IT was jello with fruit cocktail in it, It wasn't bad. Lol Although I just asked for jello cups.

V8 I love it. I add Franks Red Hot Sauce to it. It tastes great.

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alicedee — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:09:14 GMT

I eat jello mixed with canned fruit occasionally. I also like lime jello mixed with cottage cheese and crushed pineapple.

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Icegoddess — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:10:58 GMT

I was never a fan. However, a few years ago I came across a Blueberry one I like and sometimes make for holidays. It has some crushed pineapple and canned blueberries in it, but the fruit is not overbearing the way it is in the ones I remember growing up. It also has a cream cheese/sour cream/sugar toppng and then some nuts sprinkled on top although I often consider those optional.

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I am still oxox — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:16:48 GMT

Never had one from the looks of it I am pretty glad about that

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tansy — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:19:24 GMT

My mother would try a jello "salad" recipe but the mixture never seemed to set up properly.

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RedTop — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:24:21 GMT

Yes, my family has a favorite, and we never have a holiday meal without it.

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:30:10 GMT

@jeanlake wrote:

@jeanlake That is just grotesque(!!)

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PA Mom-mom — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:42:13 GMT

@ECBG I never liked Jello salads. My Mom never made them, but she kept Jello on hand in case anyone got sick. My MIL served them at every family gathering. They made me choke - especially the ones with grated carrots! Fast forward. My DD makes a "pretzel salad" which consists of strawberry Jello, whipped topping and pretzels. I'm sure there is more to it, but that's what I remember. All of her in-laws request it. I don't see how it is a salad, but if it pleases her in-laws, so be it!

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lovesrecess — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:43:00 GMT

I have an old cookbook that belonged to my aunt during the 50's...every other recipe is a congealed salad...never knew you could do so many things with jello. Thumbs down to all of them!

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ECBG — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:47:42 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@ECBG I never liked Jello salads. My Mom never made them, but she kept Jello on hand in case anyone got sick. My MIL served them at every family gathering. They made me choke - especially the ones with grated carrots! Fast forward. My DD makes a "pretzel salad" which consists of strawberry Jello, whipped topping and pretzels. I'm sure there is more to it, but that's what I remember. All of her in-laws request it. I don't see how it is a salad, but if it pleases her in-laws, so be it!

@PA Mom-mom I have a pretzel salad I did with mandrian orange I believe. This was at least 20 years ago. I got it from a coach at our school. She mad it and it was so yummy.

I don't think they're really salad, since a vegetable serving is 1/2 cup.

It seems some of these were added to a meal to introduce a little taste of sweetness. They were put on a small plate often, because hot food would melt them.