My mother added a can of veg-all to her green jell-o. That's carrots, potatoes, peas, green beans, and lima beans in beef broth. Then garnished each serving with a huge dollop of Best Foods mayo. Yum!
Lemon jello with baby shrimp, mayo, celery and who knows what all. My MIL still makes it for family parties occasionally. She doesn't seem to notice that there is only ever one serving missing when the party is over - and that was usually taken by someone who didn't want to hurt her feelings and was tossed in the garbage when she wasn't looking.
A layered affair with every color Jell-O you can think of, one thin layer on top of the other, and every other layer had Jell-O and yogurt, so you had a layer of regular Jell-O, then a yogurt layer, then a regular layer and so on.
My mother made it all the time. Still makes it and takes it to parties to this day. The only difference is she mixed it with sour cream instead of yogurt. So it would be red, pink (red jello + sour cream), orange, peach (orange jello + sour cream), etc. etc, etc. Even the smell of the concoction is vile.
10 Vodka Jello shots at the "Famous Door" in Nawlins followed by four 1 yard Hurricanes from Pat O'Brien's. Ended up with a tattoo on my hiney with no recollection of any of it.
I just realized that I never eat Jello, and yet it was a staple in my Mormon house when I was a kid. The worst to me was shredded carrots in lime Jello, though we mostly had it plain.
I've been reading this board for years... maybe 10. I remember someone telling about their grandmother's (?) continuous jello concoction. It had something to do with always saving the jello salad leftovers and adding them into the next salad, along with whatever else she could find. Anyone else remember this story? If I recall the posters fears that there were parts of that blended jello salad that were just as old as them. Disgusting, yet hilarious...
Green Jello with bits of Ham, celery, Carrots, Colored Mashmallows and I think it was lucky charms. Underneath it was garnish with lettuce and it was topped with mayo and cottage cheese.
Cut a can of spam into tiny cubes. Stir into lime jello with some cottage cheese.
Seriously, it makes vomit look appetizing. It didn't taste that awful. I was in a situation where it was served to me so I had to move it around on my plate and take a bite. Awkward!
There is one Jello concoction I do like though my grandmother (Exmo) makes either orange or strawberry jello and puts mandarine oranges in it its pretty good.
My SIL lives in Roy,Ut has been in the state for almost 40 years. She'd tell me about the reception and the jello salads.
I thought she was just pulling my leg, but reading the messages in this topic, she was telling the absolute truth.
I'll never be able to look a jello the same again. I use to think slurping jello like John Beluschi in Animal House for the grandkids was a great ice breaker and lots of fun. But catching a batch with tomatoes or veg-all is just disgusting.
I remember decades ago having orange jello with diced celery...and I liked it. Always meant to make it myself but never did. I've always liked jello...even if it is made from skin and hooves.
It was chicken salad in plain clear Jello. I tried it once. In subsequent years I was instructed to put some on my plate even if I didn't plan on eating it. I love and miss my granny dearly but this dish was just...so sad and disgusting.