[Sca-cooks] Thanksgiving feasts

[A. F. Murphy]

Well, I'm perfectly willing to accept jello, or other gelled things, as a
dessert. It just isn't a salad! I mean, it is sweet... I had a great aunt
(by marriage) who served them, but she was the only one in the family who
did, and the rest of us (New Yorkers all, which is probably part of it)
would sit there trying to take just a tiny bit to be polite... and she
would decide we were being deprived, and give us more...

I've never had to deal with one at Thanksgiving.

Now, the one gelled exception is aspic, but that does really follow the
rule. It isn't about gelatin, it's about sweetness. Aspic is tart. A salad
is tart and vinegary and sets off the meal. Right? *G*

Anne


> [Original Message]
> From: <BaronessaIlaria at aol.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
 > Date: 11/26/01 3:44:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Thanksgiving feasts
>
> In a message dated 11/26/2001 8:09:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> XvLoverCrimvX at aol.com writes:
>
> "Mom made her jello salad which consists of Black cherry jello, pecans,
cream
> cheese, bing cherries, and pinapple. Its pretty good."
>
> Seemingly we are split between those who find Jell-O reprehensible and
not to
> be born and those who don't mind indulging in a little squiggle with
goodies
> in it. I have been known to make and enjoy a lemon Jell-O, lemonade
> concentrate and cool whip dessert that separates into three layers all by
its
> lonesome and is neither too sweet nor too sour. Tastes especially good on
hot
> summer days...
> My late aunt who was so southern she had two first names, used to always
have
> at least one "congealed salad" on her tables. If not, she felt she had
failed
> as a hostess...
>
> Ilaria
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