Recipes from a gentler time

[chrishansenhome]

The theme in the vintage ads community this week is Jell-o™ and other gelatine products. I liked Jell-o™ when I lived in the US (it's not available here in the UK, as far as I'm aware, although there are other Jell-o™-like foods).

So, many of the ads reproduced in the community have to do with that quintessentially 1950's food, the gelatine salad.

So perhaps you'd like to make some of this:

Corned Beef 'n Cabbage Mousse
Creamy Hellmann's makes this man-pleaser velvety-smooth.

1 envelope unflavoured gelatine
1/2 cup cold water
1/4 cup finely-chopped onion
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 cups finely-shredded cabbage
1 can corned beef, separated into chunks
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup pickle relish

Soften gelatine in water in small saucepan. Dissolve over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in onion, lemon juice, and salt. Gradually stir into mayonnaise. Blend in remaining ingredients. Turn into 1-quart mold and chill 2 hours or until firm. Unmould and serve. Serves 8.

Then again, perhaps not.

Comments

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

That looks positively revolting! ;)

Two of my friends have posted a total of 3 Jell-O-inspired posts since yesterday. I wonder what's up.

[chrishansenhome.livejournal.com]

They must be members of the Vintage Ads community, I suppose.

I'm seriously thinking of making the Corned Beef 'n' Cabbage Mousse and blogging about it, just for a laugh.

There will be pictures.

[mango-king.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - looking at that "salad" sort of makes me woozy, and not in a good way... :-)