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Thought I would do an edible vintage recipe in between posts because the next one is going to be disgusting.
Just pour off liquid from a No. 2 can of Dole Sliced Pineapple. Replace with gelatin made with half the water in package directions. Chill until set. Run a little hot water on can sides and bottom to loosen. Then cut bottom from can and use to push mold out. Cut between pineapple slices and serve. It's grand as a salad or dessert!
My first try. I used the heavy syrup from the can instead of water.
Second attempt came out a little better. They didn't turn out like the picture even though they were refrigerated for more than 4 hours. Used 1/2 cup hot water and 1/2 cup of cold water. Fackin awesome with some cottage cheese.
Although I hate lime jello, that seemed to pair up with the pineapple the best. Actually ended up really liking it.
Would I make it again? Most definitely.
That1guyshetoldyounottoworryabout
So at first, I thought you opened a can of pineapple from 1955...
red1monster
Cottage cheese ? I really hope this is just a joke
WannaWanga
No, it's not
rhombusrightangle
I can smell the yellow paisley wallpaper on the walls of the room this was filmed in.
IAmFeatherWeightHearMeRoar23
Fruit cocktail cups with cottage cheese! Mmmm mmmmm
CrossBetween
Mack1986
Considering the era surprised they didnt recomend also adding mayonnaise and pimento
Goryofa
Nothing stops you! Surely there is a mayo jelly version.
cornzilla
chinablue
The japanese are going through thier mayo faze right now
That1guyshetoldyounottoworryabout
Say 'aspic' again and I'll puke on you.
Whenceitcame
Fetish
Krashtestdummy
BardockTheRebel
I was on board until the cottage cheese.
HelloToe
HelloToe
And given the two previous images in this comment thread, I feel obligated to link this:
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prfesser
Orange pairs nicely with pineapple. At the soft-serve place near where I grew up, orange-pineapple was the favorite "flavor of the week".
prfesser
Though you should see if you can find naturally-flavored gelatin, not the candy-tasting Jello or Royal gelatin.
mybrainblinks
Ah, Cold War foods. Shaped by the nagging fear that everyone would all die quickly and at any moment.
prodmerc
Wouldn't you want the best cooked food in that case? Imagine this being your last meal...
mybrainblinks
Well, *I* would. some are more like “I don’t care what this food will do to me” or are coming up with things that last long in a bunker.
Lulabel73
I just made oxtail soup from my 1930s cookbook. There is a recipe for sheep’s head fricassee but it’s more like an autopsy.
Icyfirebolt
You should try the pineapples in their own juice instead of heavy syrup.
Snodig
Pineapple juice counteracts the gelatin setting, so this will probably be a poor result.
linuxbox
Even better, buy a pineapple and eat it with it's intended sweetness and amazing flavor. It's a pick me up. Sugar rush mixed with flavor!
NotAmused1001
ok
NawFuk
Jesus Christ where do you find these abominations?!
Hutchy01
If I'm honest it's the only one of the awful vintage recipes I've ever seen you post that I've ever even considered doing
counterintel
Its just jello + fruit. I make a big ass dish of it on the regular. Sugar free Jell-o and no sugar added fruit. Snacks for dayyzzz
CreepyPhlox
I have a packet of lime jello I’ve been trying to figure out how to use. Just added pineapple slices and cottage cheese to my grocery list!
morelikeconsham
My family made lime jello with pineapple and whipped cream all the time. I loved it.
brucatlas
I grew up in a home that made things like this... just know it can get weird really quick. Lookin at you, jello salads.
CreepyPhlox
Watergate salad mmmm :)
NakedGalaxy
We didn't have this kind of stuff growing up but for some reason my sister always makes it now & she's getting my mom to start. It's awful.
BXCream
Minus the cottage cheese... And people think pineapple on pizza is bad.
Hutchy01
Absolutely, I'd use it as a base for trifle probably
CreepyPhlox
Pineapple and cottage cheese is one of the greatest combinations in existence.
Shannerwren
But wait there's more - look up jello, cottage cheese, & cool whip recipes
DeletedByAdmin
jello and fruit is good. Jello and meat is bad.
Hutchy01
Well that's my weekend plans ruined
Kamishiro
Mint jello and lamb is supposed to be pretty good. I don’t care for lamb, though.
Lekkanaai
DesperateDunn365
Jello good, meat GOOOODDD!!
Forge128
ASPIC!
superbest
Finally! An edible fleshlight!
HelloToe
Wait... the regular ones aren't edible?
bipartisantacos
I’m not going to curse my search history with it, but the thing when the guy put his fleshlight in the freezer and his dad cooked it...
iluvplants
hesbeginningtobelieve
Cottage cheese and fruit is a great healthy snack. Adding sugar makes it a pointless unhealthy snack. Upvote anyway for weird 50s food
NineByNine
you know, from the gif, I thought the can itself was from 1955 and that was just how it came out because it had all congealed or something.
Drek258
I’m glad I’m not the only one.
thomasjbryant13
My mom used to make this all the time. In the 90s.
LoudAngryJerk
as a diabetic, my limbs are on fire just looking at this.
linuxlizard
I've had this when I was a kid. Delicious cold. Even with the cottage cheese.
konelhft
Y'all have weird definitions of "salad"
WannaWanga
The origins of jello salad can be traced back to a dish called perfection salad (c 1904) by Mrs. John E. Cook
YurgenGrimwood
If I can add a bottle of vodka to the recipe we have a deal.
Cr4zyC4tLady
Oh you bet your ass you can :)
Mithi
Use half the water on Jello and add the other half volume in Vodka once it is cooled to close to room temperature.
RobertZimmermanWasRight
Vodka-jello is a thing, so why not.
orangemarmaladesky
Woolytop
Oh, it's cranberry sauce! Oh no it's... what on EARTH did you do to that pineapple!?
PaladinVeeta
The 50s had a lot of jello based foods. I remember seeing fish in jello
CatsUpvoteTerror
50's and 60's were obsessed with geletin. There was nothing you couldn't use with geletin
Skipadedodah
My Grandma made these all the time. I ate two cans and puked bright red off her balcony and stained the neighbors concrete below.
sevrono
Weird fact: while fresh pineapple cannot be jellied due to bromelain, the enzyme is denatured by cooking. And canned pineapple is cooked 1/2
prodmerc
Bromelain? more like Broyoulyin huehuehue
sevrono
During the canning process and is therefore free of bromelain 2/2
bipartisantacos
So the canned pineapple won’t try to eat it before you do?
Mithi
Same reason you can marinate meat in pineapple juice to make it more tender.
HelloToe
Bromelain is also used as a meat tenderizer.
OutSyder
apparently it's been researched as a possible anti-inflammatory.
zenoshogun
Probably due to that enzyme having a facility in breaking down meat proteins - while you eat fresh pineapple its trying to digest you too.
Unknowninterference
If I remember right, there is some youtuber that reviews military field rations, some from back in the 40 or earlier and he even tastes it
WannaWanga
Yes Steve1989MREinfo is the channel name. Love watching him
RoovyRoo
I thought jello instructions say don't mix with pineapple, or is that not jello?
WannaWanga
You're right https://www.thoughtco.com/why-does-pineapple-ruin-jell-o-607430
chinablue
Should have used a greasy cheeseburger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1q78GYNww
WannaWanga
But it's only with fresh pineapple. "While fresh pineapple prevents Jell-O from gelling, gelatin made using canned pineapple-
WannaWanga
(which was heated during the canning process) won't ruin the dessert.
RoovyRoo
neat
rssplowman
The 50’s were a weird time for home cooking. Post depression/war and there was a bit more money for most to be “fancy”. I’d eat that too!
Thefear1984
I'd buy that for a dollar
ValenceBond
Tbh this one didn’t seem too bad at first blush outside of the presentation. It was fruit with fruit jello, not a terrible idea
TechnicallyRight
In home refrigeration had just gotten to "in every household" stage. They usually didn't have all these ingredients. Crazy recipes galore.
HelloToe
https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/08/history-of-jell-o-salad.html
legendarycazaclaw
It's also that these companies enjoyed a boom from the war, and returning to peacetime meant they'd have to downsize. They didn't want that,
legendarycazaclaw
So instead they launched aggressive marketing campaigns to keep their products relevant. So many nasty recipes thet OF COURSE specifically
legendarycazaclaw
Need Jello or some other brand name prepackaged product from a production line they did't want to shut down or repurpose.
AntaNce
Frozen foods, blenders, home rotisseries were NEW, & cookbooks were kinda vague before the amazing Julia Child, she changed American cooks!
BlackCatCasper
In the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room, in the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room
rssplowman
When the middle class still did well on a single income.
RobertZimmermanWasRight
Toast Hawaii has let us straight to pineapple pizza
EyeTri
EyeTri
realfakegamer
What the fuck were mayonnaise companies on?
thegreatbananahatmonkeureturns
thegreatbananahatmonkeureturns
The surprise is projectile vomitting
PhurbuMukpodom
Snooj
Ever had Mock Apple Pie? It's made with Ritz crackers instead of apples.
Fido013
Goes well with Spaghettio Surprise!
NyQuilDaydream
I've heard it tastes more like a pecan pie without the pecans
yeahiheardaboutpluto
josephfrancistribbiani
I still want to know what made this child so sad.
Gribblecillin
They were originally stuffing things in jello to help preserve it, like aspic. If anything it was frugality and not fanciness that drove it.
JustARandomStrangerOnTheInternet
I thought it was because "Jello" was doing a big marketing push on how people could use their product.
MadameDex
Post depression, buying packaged/processed food was kind of a status thing.
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
For most of the country supply chains were garbage compared to today. Moving perishables around the country without the interstate was hard.
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Prior to the 1900s, gelatin was a high society food as it took a lot of time and money to render it down. Less color and flavor were more /
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
2/ time consuming but also more desirable. Gelatin recipes and molds we're a way to showcase your wealth. When powdered gelatins were,/
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
3 introduced it became super cheap and affordable, common man's food, you saw the same time of showcasing being emulated. Of course /
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
4/ the new recipes couldn't approach the refined flavors and tastes of high society and the whole concept was eventually snubbed. 5/ Alton
rssplowman
Meh. A little bit from column A and a little bit from column B. A terrine is considered fancy by Americans and the average housewife had 1/*
rssplowman
little to no culinary skills, other than super basic stuff. My mom was born in 1933 and being frugal carried over into our household. 2/*
rssplowman
This meant a LOT of bread at the table when there was limited meat. Homemade noodles too. She made the company sponsored recipes to 3/*
Iwilltrytobenicer3
I still make my noodles
rssplowman
show off more than anything. Although most of the time we choked them down and we’re glad to. 4/4