TheBanyanTree: J-E-L-L-O

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Jena, Full Moon Warrior Princess
----- Original Message -----
From: Julie Anna Teague <jateague at indiana.edu>
To: banyan <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: J-E-L-L-O


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> Linda, A total hoot!  I now MUST dig out some of the old jello recipes.
> One time I counted: the Otwell United Methodist Cookbook has over fifty of
> them.  Jello concoctions had wide representation at every church dinner,
> and these things, despite their sweet, whipped, unnaturally colored
> goodness, were never on the dessert table, but on the "salad" table.  They
> had nuts and fruits---they were practically health food for crying out
> loud.  My mom was partial to this one she called "five cup salad".  My
> brother and I were happy to call it "salad", thus sparing ourselves from
> anything more salad-like.
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> It consisted of (I'm calling this up from somewhere deep within me, from
> some time in the early 70's, so bear with me.  The last time I helped make
> this, I was wearing a homemade, polyester pantsuit.  It was the same
> fabric as my mother's and coordinated nicely with my brother, who had
> already run for his life, and my father, who was in no way going to the
> damned church dinner.  My mom had very big hair.  I had long braids and
> was just beginning to cop an attitude about life in general and the
> banality of jello dinners at the Otwell United Methodist church in
> specific.)
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> 1 cup miniature marshmallows
> 1 cup crushed pineapple
> 1 cup mandarin orange slices
> 1 cup cottage cheese
> 1 cup...something...something...can't
> remember, but it MIGHT be whipped cream
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> (It probably was whipped cream because the calorie count up to that point
> is *way* too low.)
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> and then...
> as ever...
> the ubiquitous...
> drumroll please....
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> 1 pkg orange jello (not mixed with the water)
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> Do not try this at home.  Or if you do, don't blame me.
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> Julie...who ate her share of jello chocolate puddin's in the special
> stemmed puddin' glasses,
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> ...who filled her mother's "wine" glasses (we never once had wine)
> halfway with jello, tilted them artfully in the fridge so they would "set
> up" at an angle, then added a layer of jello mixed with whipped cream, and
> topped it off with more whipped cream, thus creating a spectacular family
> treat,
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> ...who knows what fruit sinks and what fruit floats,
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> ...who, thanks to the Otwell United Methodist Church ladies, will never
> ever lack for creative ideas with jello.  Never.  Ever.
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