50s jello food

Good Housekeeping July, 1952

Artist Elrod said she focuses on gelatin because it’s "the perfect combination of whimsy and nostalgia."

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Ever wished your Jell-O was filled with Tuna? Neither have we! Yet we’re looking 5 of the most truly disgusting 1950s food made with Jello.

Yet inside horrors lurk. It's a Tuna 'n Mackerel Picnic Loaf

Take a look back at some savory jello salad recipes from the 1950s - including jellied potato salad, cabbage relish and peach & cheese salad - and see how the famous gelatin wasn't only something for dessert.

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There was a time when women’s magazines were filled with Jell-O recipes, enough that you could serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, all containing Jell-O. It seems strange now, but the history of the food can shed some light on the craze. Making gelatin was once a labor-intensive project, and was served to flaunt how many servants one had. Then at the turn of the 20th century, the Industrial Revolution gave us two trends that collided successfully: processed foods and the rise of the…

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A vintage recipe from the "Joys of Jell-O" for Sunset Salad, "an appealing, always popular mold of grated carrots and crushed pineapple." Make this congealed salad with lemon or orange-pineapple Jell-O, salt, water, pineapple, lemon juice, coarsley grated carrots, and chopped pecans.

Nothing says delicious like green olives and lime jello.

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What was with the weird savory jellies in the first half of the 1900s? Here's a delightful recipe from Jello for Lemon gelatine with cabbage, radishes, eggs and chives. Oh, yummy. (Good Housekeeping, December 1952)

A humorous look at the most disgusting failed Jell-O recipes that will make you cringe.

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Classic Jello recipes like you have never seen before and hope to never see again! Love the texture and colour of the photos and creative combos (creamy fig pudding anyone?!).