On 1/6/2013 8:33 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:03:52 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> And I don't know *anyone* who likes the stuff. If it was so good you'd
>> still be seeing it in restaurants, wouldn't you? It was commonly seen in
>> dessert cases when I was a kid. It's not any more.
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> Times have changed but I have on rare occasion seen it in restaurants.
> It is served on a regular basis in many hospitals.
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> It is a simple dessert that was very popular at a time when life was
> also much simpler.
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Ed: IIRC you live in New England. Do they still make coffee gelatin
dessert there? It was one of my very favorite desserts, usually served
in most Chinese restaurants (and in my mother's house.) I used to be
able to buy Plymouth Rock Coffee Gelatin via mail order but haven't been
able to find it in a long time.

gloria p