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A to Z Monday
...the edible edition

Brought to you by the letter J for JELL-O. And, don't you just know, there's always room for JELL-O.




Grandma J wants to talk to you about vintage JELL-O. Ok, this isn’t exactly Vintage JELL-O! Because vintage is something she knows all about first hand, and wants to share with you.


Let's get started....

JELL-O was instrumental in spreading gossip across party lines in 1933. Big Brother had nothing on Cora Manning.

               

 

And, of course JELL-O was the hit at all college dorms in 1934. Even today, JELLO is a college staple.....

picture of five zillion jello shots goes here

Fast forward to the dorm refrigerator, 2010......That's right, you can thank great grandma for JELL-O shots.

 

Of course there was nothing like JELL-O to help with the family budget. No stimulus or bailouts needed in the '30. Of course the Great Depression was in full swing, and that meant Grandma J's grandmother was serving up blue potatoes. You've never heard of blue potatoes? Someday Grandma J will share that story if she hasn't already.

Of course, in 1933, the Depression had very little effect on Mrs. Dewey as she introduced a plethora of new JELL-O recipes.

In the 50's Jello was a favorite at Jack's birthday party......poor Jack.

Let's fast forward to the late '60s, early '70s when our nation fell into la-la land, and people walked around with flowers in their hair smoked pot, dropped acid out , and sang Kumbyah....

and women of high fashion with thin hair wore hats that looked like a JELL-O mold.

Yeah, the era had no flies on the JELL-O creative art department.......eating JELL-O could make you wish you were a whale.......

......or a psychedelic zebra........

Have you ever, in your wildest days, wanted to be a Yak?

And, if you actually turned into a human version of a whale....well, JELL-O could fix that too.

Grandma J was a new bride when this recipe came on the scene in the 60's. What a blast from the past because when she made this pie, her young family thought she was the Betty Croker of JELL-O.

 

Now, here is an ad that freaks out Grandma J....without hallucinogens! Brace yourself.....

Is it any wonder why these JELL-O for Salad packs never really became a big hit?


Now you can go make yourself some jello, or you  can read the history of JELL-O at Wiki.




Now, mosey on over to Jen's blog, Unglazed and check out a plethora of J foods. And if you are still in your jammies, then you may as well stay put and join us at A to Z Mondays. I'll even help you.....tell us what you know about JuJu B's, and if Grandma J spelled that wrong then you can always mention that in your post.

If you can't see the pictures, it's because they were just little X's and Grandma J removed them, then tried to put them back.... so use your imagination.   Seriously, trying to fix this  problem (which is probably a Blogger-wide issue) has created bigger ones for Grandma J......some involving a guy named Jack Daniels, which is serious in itself.