I grew up in an era when gelatin salads were considered, nutritionally speaking, the moral equivalent of vegetable salads, served with pride in place of fresh greens — though my grandmother would ...

The concept of a gelatin salad might sound a little shocking to us now, but they were popular in the 1950s (and because they required refrigeration, they were also seen as a status symbol). In this ...

Congealed salads—the wiggly, jiggly, technicolor gelatin molds of yesteryear—are a Southern staple that'll never stop showing up unannounced. Children run and scream at the sight of the lime-green ...

Judging by our mail, Lime Gelatin Salad comes to local luncheons and dinner tables a number of ways. Readers, as usual, have responded to the request for that salad with recipes which are similar yet ...

In Saving Southern Recipes, Southern Kitchen’s Kate Williams explores the deep heritage of Southern cooking through the lens of passed-down, old family recipes. Let's face it: Congealed salads are not ...

DILLON THOMPSON: This jello salad has got to be one of the weirdest recipes we've ever tried on this show. And some kind of giant, jiggly, sea foam green mold of goo that tastes savory and sweet all ...

While athletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics are going for the gold, their Utahan hosts will be going for the green. That is, green as in lime Jell-O--the nonsponsoring, unofficial food of choice in the ...

D.T. of Moline recommends her Spaghetti Sauce to answer a recent request in Curious Cook's column. D.T. writes: ``Earlier this month, S.P. of Geneseo asked for a thick spaghetti sauce recipe. I have ...

My grandmothers' had a magical obsession with Jell-O for molded desserts, appetizers, and entrées in the 1970s and 80s. Whether it was a holiday centerpiece or a weekday special dessert, each jiggly ...