Jello aka Gelatin is such a common and whimsical food ( bouncy, sweet, and brightly colored ) that it’s easy to forget that it’s actually an animal product. Boiling the leftover skins and bones of cattle, chicken, calves feet, and pigs releases the connective tissue molecule ‘collagen’ to disperse into the water. Dry, add boiling water and anything from fruit, nuts, candies, or vegies and ‘viola’ a mainstay of mid-west and country cooking. One of mom’s regulars, cheap, filling, disgusting --------------- always hated it.
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