Comments on: Dietribes: Hello, Jell-O!

By: paige

paige — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:23:00 +0000

in my dorm cafeteria there is a group of people that refer to me as “red jell-o girl.” it stems from merely one day, when there was nothing good to eat, so i got a big bowl of red jell-o. they acted like it was ridiculous, which it was….but, more importantly, it was delicious. now i get a bowl of it every time they have it, if only to maintain the sweet nickname.

also, red and blue jell-o shots on election night should really be a requirement for all…

By: MN

MN — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:30:00 +0000

I associate Jell-O with being sick. While I don’t generally find it offensive, even if I was never crazy about the texture, I can’t eat it unless I am too sick to hold anything else down.

Unless we’re talking Jell-O shots. Then it all changes.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:02:00 +0000

My old roommate (who was notorious for always screwing around and causing mischief) once scolded my friend and I for tossing Jello so it stuck to the ceiling at an all-you-can-eat buffet (we may have been slightly intoxicated when this happened). It was great…the Jello was perfectly sticky to stay on the ceiling…good times!

By: Lu

Lu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:22:00 +0000

When we cleaned out my grandma’s pantry after she passed away, we came across the jello cookbook and found a recipe called “ring around the tuna.” A jello ring with tuna fish in the middle. No joke. We promptly tossed the recipe book.

By: bethany

bethany — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:10:00 +0000

I rarely eat the stuff, but one of my fondest memories of my grandmother has to do with jello. for breakfast every morning she would eat red jello mixed with cottage cheese on toast. probably one of the most discusting things i have ever seen, i still cant eat jello or cottage cheese (seperately of course) without thinking of her.

By: Kelly J

Kelly J — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:02:00 +0000

Leah- I LOVED sparkling jell-o! I’ve often wondered if you could just use sparkling water or soda or something instead. I just remember i was in middle school when it came out and LOVED the sparkling white grape flavor.

By: swmr

swmr — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:08:00 +0000

synchronized swimmers use unflavored jello to keep their hair up in the water (hairspray is soluble). i still can’t eat it.

By: Rioux

Rioux — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:02:00 +0000

My favorite Jell-o memory is the “Jell-o Brain” my mother made a few years back for Halloween. It’s made in a brain mold and she used peach Jell-O and chocolate pudding to get the right color. As you might imagine, hardly anyone at the party at any of it. Before we sliced it, I don’t think anyone believed it was edible. (Click my name to see an approximation of what it looked like.)

By: Rioux

Rioux — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0000

My favorite Jell-o memory is the “Jell-o Brain” my mother made a few years back for Halloween. It’s made in a brain mold and she used peach Jell-O and chocolate pudding to get the right color. As you might imagine, hardly anyone at the party at any of it. Before we sliced it, I don’t think anyone believed it was edible. Click my name to see an approximation of what it looked like.)

By: Vickey

Vickey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:14:00 +0000

I made Jello jigglers for the first time in probably 5 years this past Sunday.