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Jello and fruit

YellowLabMom — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:08:47 GMT

Every now and then, I make gelatin in small cups and add fruit. What gelatin and fruit combos sound good to you? I use... Cherry gelatin and mandarin oranges, lime gelatin and pears, and raspberry gelatin and peaches.

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ceekay — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:23:11 GMT

Gosh it's been such a long time since I have made any kind of gelatin. My mom used to love to make a molded salad for Thanksgiving (she is big on garnish and color) with orange jello and mandarin oranges, walnuts, celery slices, red grapes halved. It was really pretty when put out on a platter. Tasted good too but over the years people stopped eating it so she stopped making it. I like combos that are "pretty" such as the ones you mentioned.

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YellowLabMom — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:33:50 GMT

I think that's one reason I like it. My husband is not a fan so I only make a small package of jello which makes 4 1/2 cup servings. My mom made jello or (usually) pudding in her china dessert cups when I was little and that was always so special to me.

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Toppers — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:46:17 GMT

Your combos. sound really nice and yummy, YellowLabMom. Thank you for sharing them with us here.

Yes, my Mom used to make Jello pudding for our family too, back when I was really young.

She used to make chocolate pudding regularly for us.

I think that they only had the kind that you could cook back then.

I don't think that there was any kind of instant pudding back then, as I remember there being the "skin" on the top of the pudding, and then she would serve it with some kind of whipped cream on top.

She would go to the trouble of putting it in some kind of ice cream sundae glasses, too, so it would set up that way. It looked so pretty like that. That was one of my favorite desserts that she made for our family.

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birkin baby — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 04:20:48 GMT

Strawberry with chopped banana and pecans.

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betteb — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 04:28:55 GMT

I like lime and cherry with pineapple or pears or fruit cocktail. You know, Jello is really an old fashioned kind of treat, it gives me a warm fuzzy.

When I say I'm making Jello for a family get together, people say Jello? like it's something foreign, but I always take home an empty dish

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Tinkrbl44 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 04:39:11 GMT

I always get sugarless gelatin so only the fruit has calories, and my favorite is orange gelatin with mandarin oranges ..... and raspberry gelatin with either fruit cocktail or chopped peach slices ..... and just a little smoosh of real whipped cream .... YUM !!

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PenneyT — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:14:22 GMT

My favorite combo is Grape with Pears! Very yummy!

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KYToby — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 08:32:11 GMT

I find gelatin detestable. While I will use unflavored gelatin in some cooking, the thought of where gelatin comes from, combined with nasty artificial-tasting flavors and fluorescent colors is just nasty.

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lory — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:12:31 GMT

Lime/pineapple and cherry/banana are two of my favorites.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:18:53 GMT

Just remember the fruit has also a lot of sugar.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:19:19 GMT

Just remember the fruit has also a lot of sugar.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:20:17 GMT

Whoops sorry for the double entry!!.

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Campion — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:29:20 GMT

We used to share cooking when grad students. We had five people in a big apartment and the RULE was "Jello with fruit cocktail is NOT considered a valid dessert." After I made a terrible tuna casserole with peas and hard boiled eggs, it was added to the Forbidden List.

However, I happen to like jello with mandarin oranges, and I make a version with sherry and lemon gelatin for holidays. It's usually well-received.

My problem with fruit and jello is bananas. They get dark and I don't like the texture contrast either. Pears are ok, poached apples can be interesting, canned mandarins are nice and I don't hold with the grated celery and carrot thing.

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LooPY — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:31:00 GMT

On 3/7/2015 KYToby said:
I find gelatin detestable. While I will use unflavored gelatin in some cooking, the thought of where gelatin comes from, combined with nasty artificial-tasting flavors and fluorescent colors is just nasty.

Come on now, don't hold back--tell us how you really feel!

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Lacey1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:39:29 GMT

On 3/7/2015 LoopyLoo said:
On 3/7/2015 KYToby said:
I find gelatin detestable. While I will use unflavored gelatin in some cooking, the thought of where gelatin comes from, combined with nasty artificial-tasting flavors and fluorescent colors is just nasty.

Come on now, don't hold back--tell us how you really feel!

Actually, one of my first nursing jobs was at a hospital that contracted to care for prisoners from the local Supermax. On the post-op floor, it was common that the first food, after surgery was jello. The Muslim prisoners wouldn't eat it. Their religion prohibited pork-one of the ingredients in Jello. They wouldn't take any meds in capsule form, because the capsules were made with gelatin. Something most people don't think about.

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LooPY — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:07:38 GMT

On 3/7/2015 lacey1 said:
On 3/7/2015 LoopyLoo said:
On 3/7/2015 KYToby said:
I find gelatin detestable. While I will use unflavored gelatin in some cooking, the thought of where gelatin comes from, combined with nasty artificial-tasting flavors and fluorescent colors is just nasty.

Come on now, don't hold back--tell us how you really feel!

Actually, one of my first nursing jobs was at a hospital that contracted to care for prisoners from the local Supermax. On the post-op floor, it was common that the first food, after surgery was jello. The Muslim prisoners wouldn't eat it. Their religion prohibited pork-one of the ingredients in Jello. They wouldn't take any meds in capsule form, because the capsules were made with gelatin. Something most people don't think about.

I hear ya lacey--our religion doesn't permit pork either! It's just that the comments were kind of harshing my mellow. You know what I mean? Peace!

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Campion — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:11:30 GMT

There are a lot of people who won't eat jello: Jewish orthodox, vegans, vegetarians, Muslims (even beef gelatin may not be kosher or halal.) Considering the number of people these days who are particular, it's a wonder they offer jello. I guess apple juice would have to substitute. You can make jello with agar (seaweed gelatin) but I'm sure hospital kitchens wouldn't bother.

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debic — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:17:13 GMT

I like jello myself. Generally it's any flavor with fruit cocktail. I drain the juice to use as well. I also use about a half of a teaspoon of unflavored so it isn't soupy.

It's really no different than using bones for stock, all that marrow and stuff is what gelatin is, they just use more of the animal. Waste not want not.

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Mistreatedbycs — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:30:26 GMT

My mom always made lime jello, (slightly gelled and whipped), fold in applesauce and whipping cream then mold. A wonderful Easter light refresher.