Did your grandma make Jello with fruit in it, maybe mixed up with whipped cream and little marshmallows, and serve it as a "salad", right there on the main dinner plate next to the regular food?
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Not just my grandmother, but also my mother, sisters, & aunts all made various jello salads.
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No. My grandma was an old (VERY old) Irish woman, whose meals consisted of meat, potatoes, and green vegetables, sometimes carrots, and toast with marmalade. I loved her. ^_^
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yes, but none with marshmallows in them. Usually lime green jello with crushed pineapple chunks. My grandma adds a secret ingredient that makes it creamy.
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Yes, and I always loved it. I still do which is why I do the same thing.
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my mom and me do it all the time! it's technically called watergate salad (with pistachio jello, manarin oranges, and other fruit with cool whip and marshmallows) we call it "green stuff". Yummy!!
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yes that green fluffy stuff. My mother called it ambrosia. A staple at pot luck dinners.
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No, in my family we had gelatin and it wasn't for sweet things it was for dinner with meats and veggies. But then again, I'm from Europe in the old days before Jello. Kind of like these:
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Usually just for holidays, but then yes, it was a tradition.
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my grandmother still makes us that! we had some last night..one time she tried to put carrots in the lime jello but we all complained about it so much she didnt make it again. she likes sliced grapes, mandarin oranges, apples, etc.
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