I Will Yak This Up, No Problemo

because yaks and jello go hand in hand
because yaks and jello go hand in hand

Here, http://crankycaregiver.wordpress.com/, is the JELL-O yak ad, as promised. I’ve also included these nasty jello molds as per your request.  Vile indeed.

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Spanish olives inside jello?  What the WHAT?  Is that Barcelona style?

And this shrimp aspic mold is undefendable.  Two of those words don’t even belong in meals!  You know what aspic is?  Per Wikipedia, aspic is a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatin made from a meat stock or consommé.  Not necessary.  I’ll take my shrimp Kung Pao, thank you.

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-1950s-most-nauseating-jell-o-soaked-recipes/
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-1950s-most-nauseating-jell-o-soaked-recipes/

The site where I found this (listed above) shows a picture of her husband “in a state of gelatin overload.”  Visit it for more fun tidbits.

Likewise, I would be holding my barf back if I were about to consume a baked beans gelatin mold.  You know how Duke, the golden retriever, has been trying to sell the Bush’s Baked Beans recipe for years?  Yeah, I don’t think he could PAY to give this jello recipe away.  Mercy me.  But this one rivals the beans.

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Mmmm!  Break me off a peice of that Kit-Kat bar!  Delish.  Just in case you’re not sure what that is, it’s PIG TROTTERS IN ASPIC.  I’ll pass.  I’d rather put Harlem Globetrotters in my mouth, preferably with a side of Meadowlark Lemon.

Now the jingle I recall from my youth is as follows: Watch it wiggle, see it jiggle. Cool and fruity, Jello brand gelatin. Of all desserts, you’ll love the one that tastes so light and makes such fun. Make Jello gelatin and make some fun.

See?  Nothing in there about tripe or menudo or things that give you the trots.

Still, there was one man in the 50s who broke the mold (I couldn’t help myself).  Thomas Lehrer, who taught classes at MIT, Harvard, and Wellesley, claims to have invented the JELL-O shot.  I guess it DOES take a genius to find a better use.

10 thoughts on “I Will Yak This Up, No Problemo”

  2. Flashback to annual church dinners as a child: the salad was always a square of lime jello containing grated carrots, celery and green onions, served on a lettuce leaf and topped with a dollop of mayo. That damned salad tricked me more than once when I was little, thinking I was getting whipped cream on fruit-filled jello. I was a slow learner. I am not surprised to see these salads from the past, but I share your revulsion. Ugh.

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    1. LOL damn salad. This sounds very Midwesterny. I cannot grasp how a FRUIT jello would ever combine well with veggies or meats. Did they serve ambrosia at those dinners?

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      1. Yes! Mostly at potlucks. The sit downs were led with the veggie jello, entree was ham or turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy and more veg, dessert was sherbet or ice cream with those nasty frosting wafer cookies. Mixed nuts and butter mints in a tiny pleated paper cup alongside. That was my favorite part.

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