TheBanyanTree: J-E-L-L-O

[LLDeMerle]

LOL!

I never took you for a church-girl, Julie!

  
When I asked my grandfather what religion he was, he told me he was an
APA, "American Protestant Association."  I was raised Catholic, more or
less, (mostly less, but I attended Faith Formation classes, confession
and mass religiously) courtesy of his Irish Catholic wife and we didn't
do Jell-O.  We did Waldorf salad.  Chef salad. Baked beans.  Potato
salad.  I guess we made up for the lack of Jell-o with many different
varieties, not to mention bountiful quantity, of alcoholic beverages.

Wine or Jell-O?  Jell-O or a Manhattan?

Such a quandary.

See, I've long wondered what all of the excitement was about and
wondered if it is a competition among the ladies Mom associates with at
Tabernacle Baptist Church.  The day I complimented Aunt Ruth on her
interesting lime Jell-O layered thing...she replied, "Yeah, and it's a
BEAR to make!" followed by a long explanation of the tedious,
mind-numbing steps involved.

So it seems that the daughters of church ladies learn how to make
elaborate Jell-O recipes, while I learned how to pour shots for my
stepfather, a non-practicing Episcopalian.

By the way, Grandpa converted, and we all clinked Manhattans equally in
God's sight.


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