Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, the Jell-O salad—the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement—can teach us about U.S. life in the 20th century as few foods can.
jellied dishes were foods of the elite, served as elaborate molded centerpieces on the tables of nobility
My sides went into orbit. In the meantime, I’ve been calling a traditional version of this dish by an expression that means skinflint through my whole life. (It’s cow feet, cow stomach, sausages, chickpeas, vegs. It tastes way better than it sounds like, but it’s rather laborious.)
But even here in my chunk of South America this dish fell into a bit of disuse. My grandpa would eat it cold, and people wouldn’t raise an eyebrow; when I do it, people go “eeeew, reheat it first”.
My sides went into orbit. In the meantime, I’ve been calling a traditional version of this dish by an expression that means skinflint through my whole life. (It’s cow feet, cow stomach, sausages, chickpeas, vegs. It tastes way better than it sounds like, but it’s rather laborious.)
But even here in my chunk of South America this dish fell into a bit of disuse. My grandpa would eat it cold, and people wouldn’t raise an eyebrow; when I do it, people go “eeeew, reheat it first”.