Christine wrote:

>I don;t think I have bought a package of
> Jello in over 40 years. It just isn't that
> appealing to me. * I do use plain gelatin
> for some desserts though...

You don't care for fruit or vegetable salads made with Jell-O, or any
desserts, such as the Poke 'N' Pour Cakes? I think they are really
divine. I use it for so many different dishes, and would be lost without
it, but hubby and I like it just with fruit and served with a little
whipped cream on top, as sometimes it "hits the spot" more than anything
else in the dessert line, and dieters and diabetics need not worry, as
have it sugar-free now too.

I just can't fathom it being unappealing, I guess, when is so many uses
for it...the sky is the limit.

Judy

Judy Haffner wrote:
> Christine wrote:
>
>> I don;t think I have bought a package of
>> Jello in over 40 years. It just isn't that
>> appealing to me. I do use plain gelatin
>> for some desserts though...
>
> You don't care for fruit or vegetable salads made with Jell-O, or any
> desserts, such as the Poke 'N' Pour Cakes? I think they are really
> divine. I use it for so many different dishes, and would be lost
> without it, but hubby and I like it just with fruit and served with a
> little whipped cream on top, as sometimes it "hits the spot" more
> than anything else in the dessert line, and dieters and diabetics
> need not worry, as have it sugar-free now too.
>
> I just can't fathom it being unappealing, I guess, when is so many
> uses for it...the sky is the limit.

In this area those poke and pour cakes were a passing fad. Kids liked to
make them because they were fun. But people didn't seem to like to eat
them. Once in a while someone would bring one to a potluck where I used to
work. People would make comments on them. Like that they couldn't believe
how someone took the time to make them. Then they'd laugh and eat something
else. Or if they were feeling adventurous and cut off a bite then proclaim
that it wasn't very good.

You say there are many uses for it but I can't see why or how! Yes, I do
use it for my cranberry salad but... It is only being used as a binder and
I do not make mine as per the recipe. I put so many cranberries, walnuts
and celery in there that it is about triple the amount called for. In fact,
I load up my pan or bowl with those things and then pour just enough
slightly thickened Jell-O over it to bind it all together. My mom used to
make it and it had more Jell-O in it proportionally but as I was eating it,
I always wished that the Jell-O part wasn't there. Everyone loves the way I
make it except for my dad who then asks, "Where's the Jell-O?" I think he
actually is one of those few people who likes the stuff but then his mom
collected fancy Jell-O molds and made the stuff all the time. And he is
very much a creature of habit, being known to eat things not because he
liked them but because he was used to eating them. Such as pickles. His
great grandma always had pickles on her table. So at holiday meals he
always insisted on having pickles there. And he would eat one and remember
her.