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I'm 52. And in my entire adult life I've never made Jello. How about you?

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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 28 points 4 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 11 points 4 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 12 points 4 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. https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Juice-Black-Mulberry-Organic/dp/B00J49VLMO/

Thanks! I was a little nervous at the thought of beef jello but I'll try the Knox brand first. Two pounds sounds like a lot but what do I know? I'm gonna try coconut 😋

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin

If that counts, then I made some just a couple days ago as a by-product of my carnitas.

[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 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)

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 24 points 4 months ago

we make jello shots for the adults during trick or treat for halloween every year... hundreds of little cups. if that counts

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Oh it counts. You’re doing the Lord’s work. 🙏

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 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 4 points 4 months ago

ha, yeah, 1 per person! and its jello.. its candy-adjacent

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yes, but there's also vodka involved haha do you live in mostly single-family suburbs?

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[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

We made some for the 4th. It's not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 22 points 4 months ago

I was cleaning out my pantry last week and found 3 boxes of jello mix that were like 4 years old and I threw them out.

When I went grocery shopping, I was like "oh, yeah, I'm out of jello" and bought 3 more 🤦🏼‍♂️

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Jello as dessert? When I was 15 for a school project. Jello as a shot? Probably annually

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

I was wondering why I can remember buying jello, but not consuming it.

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 11 points 4 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

[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I dig your jam

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

That's an amazing idea that I'm going to steal

[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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 (with gelatin) 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!

[-] loomi@lemmy.world 11 points 4 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

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

One of my wife's friends had just had a kid. He's in highschool now.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 10 points 4 months ago

A couple of years ago. Jell-O is useful when you have to go on a liquid diet.

[-] Asclepiaz@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Today. I love jello + canned fruit.

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 7 points 4 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

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[-] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 6 points 4 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 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Look up agar agar : it's a gelatin substitute made from algae

[-] Adincar@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago

They make vegan jelly (or jello) nowadays, don't feel like you can't have fun any more!

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 6 points 4 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 12 points 4 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 21 points 4 months ago

I specifically stated that I did not want to know, why would you do this to me

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago
[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 4 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.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Not since college

[-] Flamangoman@leminal.space 5 points 4 months ago

Fucking never, the texture grosses me out

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 4 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 8 points 4 months ago

Do you eat it dry?!

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm mid 40's and I literally just finished making jello with my elementary school aged daughter. We're still waiting for it to solidify. Last time we did it a few weeks ago we used cold water and it solidified pretty quickly.

[-] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

Never. Had to Google what it even is. I had something similar once as a child.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 4 points 4 months ago

Maybe a month or two? I have a kid who is more into pudding.I made pudding like last week.

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

About 20 years ago is the first and last time I made jello myself. I'm 32yo now.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My grandmother made it all the time. My parents seldom made it. I have never made it. I associate it with hospitals and crappy school cafeterias.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I made parfait (or whatever the jello, whipped cream, walnuts and fruit thing is actually called) for a potluck at work once when I was 19. That was the last time I ever made Jello. I am now 39.

I'm more of a pudding guy.

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