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by Piso on March 28th, 2008

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Why is jam called jelly in american and jello called jelly in britian

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  • by angel_of_mercy on March 29th, 2008

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    well, from a British point of view - Jam is what you have on toast, jelly is a dessert, like at a kids party or something. and you dont have jelly on toast, at least, not here.

    It sounds to me like Jello IS jelly, but because of the popularity of the brand name, people have adopted that name for it.

    Since we don't have the brand name jello here, then it's still just...plain old jelly lol.

    Maybe thats what it is?

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