For days now I have been eyeing the Jell-O in the cafeteria - it's red translucency quivering and calling to me for some reason. I guess I have happy childhood associations with Jell-O - something comforting - something nonsensical and fun. So I finally succumbed and sat down yesterday with the first Jell-O I've had in years. The taste of it (I think it was cherry flavored? Though the color is really the only thing that would make me assume that.) has probably never been anything to write home about but the texture!
It has structure and yet it doesn't somehow. It doesn't quite melt in your mouth but not a whole lot of chewing has to go on. It's wiggly in a nice-not-freshly-killed-seafood kind of way. Jell-O is definitely an amusing food to eat and a nice palate cleanser to boot. In the end, even though there's really no food in that food, I kind of like the idea of Jell-O for its vast and whimsical creative potential. Plus gelatinous is fun to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbqVGWayvyw&feature=related
(70's Jell-O commercial)
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