On 4/21/2016 12:08 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 21-Apr-2016, sf > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:49:33 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 4/20/2016 12:04 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:15:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I think he needs one of the many copper Jell-O molds I have hanging
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> my kitchen:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://s31.postimg.org/4wqx3w2cb/jello.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then he can plate it like they did in the 50's/60's
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> I never had any of those. I did have a couple of hand-me-down rings.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>> Got to thank my mother! She gave me those Jell-O molds around 1987.
>>>> I
>>>> hung them as decorations in other kitchens, too. I've never used them
>>>> as
>>>> Jell-O molds. They just seem to have been always around in my life.
>>>>
>>>> I've been toting these mold pans around and hanging them up for years.
>>>>
>>>> I've never once used them to make Jell-O. They are only as nifty
>>>> retro
>>>> decorations.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I bought most of what you have pictured plus a couple of different ones
>>> at
>>> an estate sale many years ago, except I do use mine on special occasions
>>>
>>> like the holidays etc.
>>>
>>
>> There was a time when people bought them as kitchen wall decoration,
>> not to actually use.
>>
>> --
>
> I remember that fad; I think it was about the same time some bought small,
> cast iron trivets as wall decorations.
>
I use cast iron trivets as... trivets to set hot pans on. They
belonged to my grandmother.

Jill