Do You Still Do Congealed Salads?

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

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.

FastDogWalker2 · ‎03-10-2010

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! !

rms1954 · ‎06-06-2019

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.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

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 · ‎08-23-2010

Ewwwww ...... no.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

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

Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

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.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@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.

jeanlake · ‎03-10-2010

The most entree ever, a savory jello salad featuring OLIVES of course. I hated green Jello salad! Jello Flavors, Jello Recipes, Salad Recipes, Jello Desserts, Fruit Jello, Lettuce Recipes, Fruit Dips, Grandma's Recipes, Fruit Salads

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deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

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.