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In reply to the discussion: Okay - Unbelievers - People make Jello with vegetables suspended in it slathered with mayo. [View all]yardwork
(61,712 posts)34. Pretend like you are going to eat it.... I love that!
Southerners are so good in these situations.
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Okay - Unbelievers - People make Jello with vegetables suspended in it slathered with mayo. [View all]
Aerows
Nov 2015
OP
I used to only do the whip cream version, but with all the diabetics in my family
JimDandy
Nov 2015
#83
My bone broth is always solid after it cools in the fridge, but it tastes like its source.
Hekate
Nov 2015
#87
I roast chicken thighs in 1/2 inch of chicken stock an save off the liquid and put it in the fridge
Monk06
Nov 2015
#136
I love homemade chicken broth, and it is so easy. The stuff in cans is all salt...
Hekate
Nov 2015
#137
those are deviled eggs with the powdery yolk filling piped out from icing nozzle
NuttyFluffers
Nov 2015
#144
I have to admit that after I left home, I often fooled my mean old mother...
countryjake
Nov 2015
#184
The one on the left looks like dog vomit made into a bowl with dog food in it.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#30
Honestly I'd be afraid to serve it to my dogs and cats, it might traumatize them.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#50
LOL, I didn't want to date myself, but yep, it was pretty common back then. Sometimes it
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#27
OMG!!! THAT IS FREAKY! Looks like some kind of alien crab that climbed outta the sea!
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#32
I grew up eating slimy cooked okra, whiskers and all. I loved it. Hubby hates the whole idea
CTyankee
Nov 2015
#183
I remember my mom making jello with grated carrots and green grapes suspended in it.
Arugula Latte
Nov 2015
#54
As long as it doesn't have any of the aforementioned Alien Eyes floating around in it, it's a winner
BlueJazz
Nov 2015
#64
I remember eating with a friend of mine at Thanksgiving. His mom had something like that ..
BlueJazz
Nov 2015
#82
That sounds like it might be good - not dissing Jello, it's just the *THINGS* people do to it.
Aerows
Nov 2015
#65
Almond Float actually sounds good.My sister in law makes this thing with Cool Whip that I cannot eat
Hekate
Nov 2015
#188
It looks like one of the salamanders I used to find in the basement.
beam me up scottie
Nov 2015
#93
Ugh. No to the mayo. My mom did orange jello with grated carrots, walnuts, raisins. Not bad.
Hekate
Nov 2015
#84
Oh, I believe you! Part of it was the era because Jello was once a colorful novelty.
Hekate
Nov 2015
#94
The real kicker is people sometimes call this Ambrosia (food of the Gods).
Juicy_Bellows
Nov 2015
#101
but, but, but....there's ALWAYS room for congealed animal bones and connective tissue!
bbgrunt
Nov 2015
#134
you know why they got to be such a big thing in the fifties and sixties? technology....
bettyellen
Nov 2015
#140
Yep. It was all the rage in the 1960s and 1970s, and some people who grew up then
tblue37
Nov 2015
#160
Aerows your thread inspired me to make Cherry Coke Salad - I love it! No vegetables
seaglass
Nov 2015
#162
My family is not that polite. It's a dish my husband's aunt used to make and I don't think we've
seaglass
Nov 2015
#224