J-E-L-L-O (It's Aliiive)

"When was the last time you used your Jell-o rings or fish-shaped salad moulds? Maybe you don’t even know what those cobwebbed copper hearts and roosters hanging from Grandma’s kitchen ceiling were for. But once upon a time, glistening gelatin towers of layered jewel-toned fruits and shredded cabbage quivered from every table.

Whatever would a gal don an apron for, if not for a tropical tuna salad, congealed in the shape of a pineapple? It would be unthinkable to serve a crab or lobster mousse in anything but a crustacean form. Yes, Virginia, there were days of yesteryear when salads were made out of layers and layers of spun marshmallow, shaped into shimmering swirls, and dyed pink to match your dress. Marshmallows with mayonnaise, no less." -Lorette C. Luzajic ("The Joy of Community Cooking")

I keep having visions of wobbly jell-o desserts in the arms of a beehived woman. This should be my next play! I guess these visions all started when yellowed booklets about the "Joys of Jell-O" kept getting tossed at Objects Found, and I kept diving in the trash after them. Most of the time I cut-up my favorite gelatin images for fruit salad inspired stationery or card sets. But these days I can't bear to part with them! I'm growing quite the collection, but I would never dare try any of these strange recipes piling up in my file cabinet. And if I won't eat it... I'll write it!