For those of you who have never had the misfortune of traveling to the highlighted area, this is because Mormons make “salads” by suspending the most random ass ingredients you’ve ever imagined in jell-o, and the highlighted area is the highest density area of Mormons in the US.
My family does a green jello with sour cream spread on top. More than one new person to holiday dinner has thought it was whipped cream and got a bit of a jump scare. Easier to tell something is funky when we fully commit and put shredded cheddar cheese on top...
Edit: there's a lot of variations, some have pineapple, mayo or miracle whip, cool whip, vinegar or lemon juice, etc. but try just putting all those ingredients in a search and you'll find all kinds of "sunshine salad" and "cottage cheese salad " recipes with Jello as the binder.
This causes me to question who spent their time finding out the Jell-O consumption with what looks like a finer resolution than just by state. Like why?
Btw for anyone who isn't aware Dan, the self-professed crank, is a senior writer at the national review most famous for his constitutional originalism and being anti-anti-MAGA. Like, he never advocates for Trump, just criticizes his critics. Read his works and come to your own conclusion on if he is a crank.
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CombatWombat@feddit.online · 203 pts · 109d
For those of you who have never had the misfortune of traveling to the highlighted area, this is because Mormons make “salads” by suspending the most random ass ingredients you’ve ever imagined in jell-o, and the highlighted area is the highest density area of Mormons in the US.
disorderly@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 108d
My (WASP) grandmother used to do this too. The fruit ones were alright. The other ones were not.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 108d
::: spoiler are these supposed to taste savoury, or sweet?
:::
Batmancer@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 108d
I’ll try almost any dish at party at least once. The jello salads have always been strange to me.
I do like texture sometimes, I wish the flavors were my thing. I also like the look of the food items being suspended in a glass dome like shape.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 108d
I like it when it's fruit in jelly, because then you feel motivsted to est your way to it
M137@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 108d
I think someone doped your jell-o.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 108d
Yes
TwoDogsFighting@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 108d
Yes.
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
Wtf with the second one!
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
Prawn cocktail jelly 😁
Tomato, feta cheese, prawns and... Horse radish??
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 108d
My good gracious lord... what have we done?
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 108d
american cousine always makes the british one seem mild
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 108d
Wet bread is spicy for british "cousine". That has nothing to do with the yankies
Watermark710@piefed.social · 3 pts · 108d
That one doesn't seem too bad to me. Shrimp are often eaten cold, and with lime. So cold shrimp in lime Jello might actually slap.
grue@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 108d
I thought that was Midwesterners.
CombatWombat@feddit.online · 28 pts · 108d
Midwesterners prefer mayonnaise-based salads to Jello-based salads in my experience.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 108d
There are plenty of salads out there with both jello and mayo
CombatWombat@feddit.online · 11 pts · 108d
Saints preserve us (from the jello-mayo salad, to be clear)
TheSilverShroud@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 108d
My family does a green jello with sour cream spread on top. More than one new person to holiday dinner has thought it was whipped cream and got a bit of a jump scare. Easier to tell something is funky when we fully commit and put shredded cheddar cheese on top...
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 108d
What a terrible day to be literate...
igmelonh@feddit.online · 1 pts · 108d
Jello salad is definitely a thing in the Midwest. Source: every Thanksgiving I had as a kid
negativenull@piefed.world · 11 pts · 108d
like Carrots, raisins, cottage cheese, grapes, nuts, etc.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 108d
All in the same jello?
negativenull@piefed.world · 11 pts · 108d
I've had carrots, raisins, cottage cheese, and grapes all in one. I've had other combos with walnuts/almond in another.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 108d
So... How does it taste?
idunnololz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 108d
Insanely sweet.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 108d
I think I've seen that recipe
Edit: there's a lot of variations, some have pineapple, mayo or miracle whip, cool whip, vinegar or lemon juice, etc. but try just putting all those ingredients in a search and you'll find all kinds of "sunshine salad" and "cottage cheese salad " recipes with Jello as the binder.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 109d
The answer is Mormons - Mormons love Jello
Blackout@fedia.io · 29 pts · 108d
Cause it's not a sin to fuck it right?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 17 pts · 108d
And soaking!
ServantOfRa@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 108d
Though it was quakers...
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 108d
Quakers tend to be environmental and political activists and a higher than average number of the ones I know are vegans.
Quaker salads are usually quinoa based. 14 kinds of quinoa salad at a Quaker pot luck.
plyth@feddit.org · 5 pts · 108d
That's unexpected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company
MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 108d
No, Quakers hate Jell-O. That shit jiggles right off their trembling forks.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 108d
Nope it’s definitely Mormons
hansolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 108d
And trampolines for some reason.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 107d
At the same time? Sounds messy
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 108d
Not a belt. More of a blob, or a mold if you will.
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 108d
This causes me to question who spent their time finding out the Jell-O consumption with what looks like a finer resolution than just by state. Like why?
trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 108d
If it's brandname Jell-O, then the brand might know how much they're delivering to each store...
Creat@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 108d
Ah, I didn't even know it was a brand. They might be it.
negativenull@piefed.world · 13 pts · 108d
The Funeral Potato belt is almost identical to this one too.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 108d
Thermal imaging reveals the true size of Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
glimse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 108d
What is Dan adding here
Siethron@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 108d
Informing us that there is context for this, without providing said context.
aldhissla@piefed.world · 9 pts · 108d
☝️It's not a belt.
... I'll see myself out.
LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 108d
Is this what they mean by the big J?
clifmo@programming.dev · 8 pts · 108d
Btw for anyone who isn't aware Dan, the self-professed crank, is a senior writer at the national review most famous for his constitutional originalism and being anti-anti-MAGA. Like, he never advocates for Trump, just criticizes his critics. Read his works and come to your own conclusion on if he is a crank.
themoken@startrek.website · 1 pts · 108d
Uh, what? I thought this guy was an (ex) baseball sportscaster ?
clifmo@programming.dev · 1 pts · 108d
It's in his Xitter profile
themoken@startrek.website · 2 pts · 108d
Yeah, wasn't going to go there to look, but this is a different guy and just happens to have a baseball handle. Weird coincidence.
GeorgimusPrime@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 108d
The US is a feminine hygiene product?
taiyang@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 108d
See also: Funeral Potatoes.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 108d
Looks like they wanted to cut some Jell-O in the shape of Utah and the rest is the leftover bits from doing so
Doom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
The only acceptable jello contains booze.
huppakee@piefed.social · 3 pts · 108d
Are those striped areas where it is half twiced so 100% of the average level?