I’m 52. And in my entire adult life I’ve never made Jello. How about you?
we make jello shots for the adults during trick or treat for halloween every year... hundreds of little cups. if that counts
When was the last time you made Jello?
Submitted 5 months ago by Alpha71@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 months ago
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Oh it counts. You’re doing the Lord’s work. 🙏
tamal3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wow, do parents take shots at your door? This is not the Halloween I remember, but good on you.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 months ago
ha, yeah, 1 per person! and its jello.. its candy-adjacent
MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We made some for the 4th. It’s not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Jello as desert? When I was 15 for a school project. Jello as a shot? Probably annually
GluWu@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I was wondering why I can remember buying jello, but not consuming it.
loomi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My last colonoscopy so like 2 years old.
Which begs the question, why haven’t you had your colonoscopy? You are too old to not have had one and jello in an acceptable color is on the okay foods list.
Also barf
Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I make dog treats out of jello by adding chicken stock regularly. The stock comes from boiling rotisserie chicken leftovers. It costs about a dollar per batch. My dogs love it and it’s good for them
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
That’s an amazing idea that I’m going to steal
Hikermick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Help yourself, your pets will love you for it. A couple of tips if you don’t mind: I boil the rotisserie chicken carcass (or any kind of meat and bones) for 10 hours on very low heat and covered. It takes that long to extract nutrients. You can use canned stuff but it’s full of salt. I pour the whole thing into a pie tin and sprinkle molasses yeast flakes on top. You can find this at health food stores. It’s got lots of nutritional benefits and if your pet ever suffers from a lack of appetite a little on top of their food may help. A little bit goes a long way. Bon appetit!
spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I dig your jam
spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 months ago
One of my wife’s friends had just had a kid. He’s in highschool now.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 5 months ago
I will never make Jello for as long as I live. I feel like there’s some kind of dark, horrible secret behind its creation, like it’s made of ground up roaches and goat phlegm or something, and I just don’t want to know.
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Gelatin, also known as hydrolyzed collagen, is made from primarily pig skins which are acid treated to break them down.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 5 months ago
I specifically stated that I did not want to know, why would you do this to me
Anamnesis@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Been a long time. Once I found out it was all bones and hooves and connective tissue, that kinda took the fun out of it.
myster0n@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Look up agar agar : it’s a gelatine substitute made from algae
Adincar@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
They make vegan jelly (or jello) nowadays, don’t feel like you can’t have fun any more!
Asclepiaz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Today. I love jello + canned fruit.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Do you mixed the canned fruit into the jello so it’s suspended in there when it solidifies? My mum always made that when I was growing up. She topped it with mini marshmallows.
tamal3@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Giving me Rugrats flashbacks. Remember the housewarming jello molds?
Asclepiaz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yup that’s the way! Pineapple and pear is my fav. My mom always added marshmallows too, I’ll have to do that next time for nostalgia purposes lol
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The last time I made Jello I think I was like 22 or 23, so probably around 2004. I was at a party at my friend’s house that had fizzled down to about 5 people pretty early. That’s when someone had the great idea to make Jello shots… I prepared the Jello on the stove, but my friend Mary actually assembled the shots. She did not mention to anyone that she used Everclear and added almost double what the recipe called for. Anyway, she put them in the fridge and then promptly forgot about them… Until we ran out of beer. Then someone remembered. They weren’t completely set, which at the time we attributed to them not getting chilled long enough. In truth, there was so much pure alcohol in those shots that they wouldn’t have ever set even if we kept them in the freezer overnight! Assuming we were immortal, as drunk people in their early 20s tend to do, we heroicly downed about 4 of them each before we realized how strong they were… Most of the rest of that night is a blur of laughter, spinning lights, and eventually a soft couch and oblivion.
That was probably about the 2nd or 3rd most drunk I’ve ever been before or since, and definitely top 5 worst hangovers lol
For the record I do not drink anymore
viking@infosec.pub 5 months ago
Sounds familiar, only that we went for some bottom shelf vodka. I believe I was 21, was at the very end of my bachelor’s degree. Probably around July/August 2005.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I keep some in the medicine cabinet. Gelatin can make a nice throat coating when you have a bad cough.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do you eat it dry?!
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Unfortunately, jello requires violent and cruelty towards animals, and this is not acceptable to me.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Downvoters: “Violence and cruelty are acceptable when jello is involved.”
rbesfe@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Violence and cruelty towards farm animals is always acceptable
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m 40, and made it for the first time a month ago. It made 4 tiny cups. I still have one cup in the fridge.
Flamangoman@leminal.space 5 months ago
Fucking never, the texture grosses me out
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I make jello vaginas when I’m feeling lonely.
Adding a bit of fish sauce makes it pretty realistic, I think.
Alpha71@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You need a hug.
And probably Jesus.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nah, just a pussy.
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 5 months ago
About 20 years ago is the first and last time I made jello myself. I’m 32yo now.
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one [bot] 5 months ago
Maybe a month or two? I have a kid who is more into pudding.I made pudding like last week.
Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Never. Had to Google what it even is. I had something similar once as a child.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I literally just finished making jello with my elementary school aged daughter.
200ok@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not since college
PandaPikachu@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I make it anytime someone in the house is sick. It’s great for when you don’t really feel like eating much and you need to stay hydrated.
obinice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Jello like jelly? The wobbly wobbly stuff you have with ice cream and the like?
I make it every few months to have with ice cream.
Wibble
Decoy321@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, shit. It never occurred to me to try it with ice cream. Now I know what I’m doing when I get home!
And to answer OP, the last time I made jello was way back in my 20s, with copious amounts of booze in it.
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I made Jello late last year to eat while fasting for my colonoscopy. I’m 50. Sometimes I make it when someone in the house is sick.
delicious_justice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We make Jell-O shots for every party. Rather than use standard gelatin, we use a gelatin made out of fish bones which works really well. Gin, lemon, elderflower, champagne flavors!
StaySquared@lemmy.world 5 months ago
After learning the effects of food dyes, I haven’t had jello in over a decade.
Does Jell-O use food dyes?
Yes, most Jell-O contains artificial colors, including red 40, yellow 5, and yellow 6, which are derived from petroleum and may have negative health effects. Some say that these dyes may promote cancer because they contain benzidine, a known carcinogen. Red 40 is also a common ingredient in candy, cereal, baked goods, gelatin powder, drugs, and cosmetics. Some say that side effects of red 40 include hyperactivity, behavioral changes, allergic reactions, hives, asthma, sneezing, watery eyes, skin irritation, and migraines.
wrinkletip@feddit.nl 5 months ago
I don’t know what jello is. Is it just plain jelly? Regards, the non-american world (I assume)
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sweet fruit flavored gelatin.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 months ago
Yeah it’s just a brand of jelly.
To make it more confusing they call jam jelly.
maryjayjay@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No, we call jam jam. Jelly is maybe purely of the juice of a fruit or berry, thickened with pectin and with added sugar. If you use the whole fruit smooshed up but with chunks we call it preserves. We also call marmalade marmalade. It’s made primarily of the skin of citrus fruit, but you probably know that
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
It’s been a while tbh now if it’s pudding…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
I made parfait for a potluck at work once when I was 19. That was the last time I ever made Jello.
I’m more of a pudding guy.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 months ago
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
When I got a colonoscopy a few months ago.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have a family tradition of making rainbow jello for Easter. Each color layer gets a thin layer of sweetened condensed milk jello in between to make the colors really pop when it is sliced. It’s so pretty. It takes all day. It’s one of my favorite things about Easter.
I also make it pretty regularly because I eat gelatin as a nutritional supplement that does seem to help my joint pain a bit. For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin and mix it with tart cherry juice in pint jars and chill it or mix it with hot tea or chicken broth.
rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com 5 months ago
Wow your second paragraph may have just solved my jello resistance, thanks! You almost lost me at fish and beef tho 😅
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ha. Sorry. For beginners using unflavored gelatin I would recommend the Knox brand packets that are sold next to the regular Jello boxes. They are highly refined and don’t have any um… surprising smells… ? The big 2lb jars of unflavored supplement gelatin can be a bit strong when you first add boiling water, but it goes away entirely once it is set in the fridge or dissolved in tea. I could see that putting someone entirely off jello if they were already iffy.
My very favorite is mulberry juice jello, but the only place that sold mulberry juice near me stopped carrying it a couple years back. It’s on amazon, but I can’t bring myself to buy juice on amazon. Tart cherry is a good sub. www.amazon.com/…/B00J49VLMO/
grue@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If that counts, then I made some just a couple days ago as a by-product of my carnitas.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I make it at least once every two months when I make chicken soup (I use Adam Ragusea’s whole chicken recipe, the soup is like 90% gelatin)
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I make “chicken jello” for the cats on a weekly basis. It’s their favorite.