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69. My mom did lime jello with shredded carrots.

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 09:44 AM

Aug 2014

I think we actually liked it, but l could not see myself doing that today. It may be fun to do that for a family dinner and see what my adult children would say.

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I refuse to believe people actually ate this shit in the 60s [View all] Blue_Tires Aug 2014 OP

We we barbarians back in the day The Second Stone Aug 2014 #1

Just the word, "aspic" makes me nauseous... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #2

It gags me, too. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #18

my Mom did a salad with strawberry jello and cream cheese & some kind of fruit, I think... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #19

Frozen strawberries, maybe? GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #20

yes probably.... I should ask my sister what else was in there. hlthe2b Aug 2014 #22

In my family we call it "green salad" or "lime salad" Boomerproud Aug 2014 #45

ass pick trof Aug 2014 #49

Similar things, only without the shrimp Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #3

I didn't (not born yet) but great and grandparents did. Reason: no AC. politicat Aug 2014 #4

That sounds tasty, actually. amandabeech Aug 2014 #66

We also had Jello with canned pineapple and sliced bananas Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #95

"By itself" wasn't so good, amandabeech Aug 2014 #98

Don't knock it till you try it. Xyzse Aug 2014 #5

The internetz are a veritabe treasure trove hifiguy Aug 2014 #6

Omgeeeee! I almost vomited looking at those pics! I've never seen so much beige food. mackerel Aug 2014 #24

Here's another one, the poster said he got his inspiration from Lileks Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #84

Here's some modern bad food spinbaby Aug 2014 #92

I feel the same way about people who eat liver lunatica Aug 2014 #7

I am a vegetarian now, but in my meat-eating past, RebelOne Aug 2014 #30

Yeah, my mom and grandmother could eat it by the bushel Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #72

Maybe it's a genetic thing lunatica Aug 2014 #74

Those Jello salads were very popular back in the 60's as well as these: Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #8

I love what you've done with that pear. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #9

So does that mean that we both have to ask Skinner to ban us and throw all of Arkansas Granny Aug 2014 #10

Skinner is reasonable. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #16

omg! he won't be reasonable when he sees this picture you just posted!!! orleans Aug 2014 #41

Those pears (?) have a decidedly hifiguy Aug 2014 #12

I think those mouses OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #21

best comment EVER! n/t orleans Aug 2014 #42

Ark Granny lululu Aug 2014 #78

I love it - the shrimpy are swimming in the green sea LynneSin Aug 2014 #11

On the other hand... Turbineguy Aug 2014 #13

Someone REALLY needs to redesign the lower-right corner of that box jmowreader Aug 2014 #67

Gross. But, in the 70's, Lark's Tongues in Aspic totally ruled. dawg Aug 2014 #14

and ............... dawg Aug 2014 #15

One of the Ten Great Prog Albums Of All Time. hifiguy Aug 2014 #25

Oh yeah!!! Saw them live in '74. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #31

That Crimson never came to Minneapolis hifiguy Aug 2014 #32

outrage SCantiGOP Aug 2014 #17

My Grandma did an orange jello with shredded carrots mackerel Aug 2014 #23

I have seen that hifiguy Aug 2014 #26

She actually served it at Thanksgiving. mackerel Aug 2014 #27

i put crushed pineapple and chopped pecans in mine. kcass1954 Aug 2014 #40

My mom did lime jello with shredded carrots. logosoco Aug 2014 #69

That's weird stuff my grandmas made to distinguish themselves from our great grandmas. hunter Aug 2014 #28

Chicken fried possum and pickled owl gizzards hifiguy Aug 2014 #29

Didn't she serve vittles too? lunatica Aug 2014 #33

The possum and the owl gizzards WERE the vittles, hifiguy Aug 2014 #34

My great grandmas grew up north of the 'possums. hunter Aug 2014 #35

My mom's family was German hifiguy Aug 2014 #36

haha! grasswire Aug 2014 #48

It is a MN, Dakotas, Iowa, WI thing, I think. hifiguy Aug 2014 #56

north of the possums?? LOLOL grasswire Aug 2014 #57

Possibly. hunter Aug 2014 #64

none of my ancestors came directly from Scandihoovia grasswire Aug 2014 #65

There were also these: The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #37

Hifiguy backs away quietly. hifiguy Aug 2014 #39

I am sitting here crying from laughter so hard I can just about breathe. I cannot see monmouth3 Aug 2014 #91

candle salads??? never heard of such a thing. n/t orleans Aug 2014 #43

It looks yummy. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #44

OMG. Those are really creepy. 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #53

this has... NJCher Aug 2014 #59

That is actually his sister, Amy Sedaris, in the Jimmy Fallon clip. Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #86

LMFAO! adirondacker Aug 2014 #81

Aye, let's get back to real food intaglio Aug 2014 #38

I really want to try haggis OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #46

I had in Scotland while I was on a tour to Loch Ness. RebelOne Aug 2014 #94

I still try to find sweetbreads. Best meat on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! onecent Aug 2014 #47

I didn't eat this shit - LiberalElite Aug 2014 #50

Yup. We actually ate Jell-O. That was before the mad cow prion scare. nt valerief Aug 2014 #51

We had some of those jello salads when I was a kid. drm604 Aug 2014 #52

My high school cafeteria... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #54

My mother makes soup with a pound of chicken feet. We used to call mackerel Aug 2014 #55

Our mothers were related - loved 840high Aug 2014 #63

this is a great thread grasswire Aug 2014 #58

This thread reminds me of a song, want to hear it? Goes like this. Doc_Technical Aug 2014 #60

!!! hifiguy Aug 2014 #61

WHy do you think there are so many people whistler162 Aug 2014 #62

I make a damn fine jello salad, thank ye very much jmowreader Aug 2014 #68

I ate things like that in the 1960's Generic Brad Aug 2014 #70

Obviously, you didn't see our 'TV Dinners' pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #71

Gads hifiguy Aug 2014 #85

We had astronaut food, too PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #73

Reminds me of this video caraher Aug 2014 #75

That is a fantastic song & video! mackerel Aug 2014 #76

It's a favorite of mine caraher Aug 2014 #80

I love Jello molds. lululu Aug 2014 #77

I thought gelatin was from animal hooves? mackerel Aug 2014 #82

animals lululu Aug 2014 #93

Fried baloney sandwiches. kwassa Aug 2014 #79

Leaving the tails on the shrimp is a nice touch...... (nt) Paladin Aug 2014 #83

We ate this stuff when I was a kid: Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #87

I remember seeing something like that at the school cafeteria. mackerel Aug 2014 #88

I believe it might have first been served by the Army in WWII, where it was known as Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #89

Uh, as a veteran of many Midwestern Church Suppers of the sixties to the early eighties..... Burma Jones Aug 2014 #90

I've had a different form of that. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #96

It makes head cheese seem like ambrosia nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #97