Horrible Holiday Dishes!!!!

dixie · 11-17-2011, 06:02 PM

I must admit, my grandmother is notorious for the jello "whathehellisthat" dishes. There's usually a variety of it not only on the holidays but for every Sunday dinner as well. (Which is probably another reason I quit going to Sunday dinner.) Especially cauliflower. She has a thing for cauliflower.

GreeneyedMe · 11-17-2011, 06:13 PM

Reading all this while eating my dinner...helps the diet for sure!!

LOL

sara-bera · 11-17-2011, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dixielady

I must admit, my grandmother is notorious for the jello "whathehellisthat" dishes. There's usually a variety of it not only on the holidays but for every Sunday dinner as well. (Which is probably another reason I quit going to Sunday dinner.) Especially cauliflower. She has a thing for cauliflower.

They do look very festive, don't they?

Inked_Trinity · 11-17-2011, 07:54 PM

Just so you know...... you all are killin me with the Jello nasty!

tapu · 11-17-2011, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by June

I'm "throwing" this down next time GT comes to visit. I don't know what it is, but I think I can recreate it.

Green Stuff = Lime J-ello, mini marshmallows melted into it, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, cottage cheese and cool-whip.

It is delicious.

After that photo, I have to post this link. Enjoy the recipe cards, and if you make any of the dishes... um, don't tell me.

http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

JAGG · 11-17-2011, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by June

I'm "throwing" this down next time GT comes to visit. I don't know what it is, but I think I can recreate it.

Green Stuff = Lime J-ello, mini marshmallows melted into it, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, cottage cheese and cool-whip.

It is delicious.

hahahaha It kinda looks like the bottom of my boots after I get home from work. It looks like spearmint leaves (probably to mask the terrible odor) and dead cockroaches with some real stiff white rice and some very old pepperoni, with dryed orange peels.

Sparx1_1 · 11-17-2011, 11:26 PM

Before there was Jello there was Aspic which for those who do not want to click the link it's congealed meat stock.... yummmm.
I've had all the kinds of jello mentioned here... they're really not that bad. The cottage cheese one is one of my favourites.

Aspic with rice, corn and vegetables.

BoDy*ShOt · 11-17-2011, 11:52 PM

the ex-mil's dressing and gravy. sooooo super gross with the innards nasties and sliced boiled eggs. I mean. gravy is not meant to be chunky...i gag at the thought of it *bleck*

sara-bera · 11-18-2011, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparx1_1

Before there was Jello there was Aspic which for those who do not want to click the link it's congealed meat stock.... yummmm.
I've had all the kinds of jello mentioned here... they're really not that bad. The cottage cheese one is one of my favourites.

Aspic with rice, corn and vegetables.

What I would like to know is who was the first person who thought this up? Who decided that would be a good idea?

Perhaps, to someone, it tastes good, but still... who thought it up?

tapu · 11-18-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RitaSink

What I would like to know is who was the first person who thought this up? Who decided that would be a good idea?

Perhaps, to someone, it tastes good, but still... who thought it up?

someone with no more meat left for the family so they came up with what to do with the rime of stock they had in the pan.

I'd know--we eat gizzards at thanksgiving.

11-18-2011, 07:58 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspic

theoddz · 11-18-2011, 08:06 AM

For years, my dear Pop thought that giving his friends these little hard bricks of dry, chewy, sticky, cubed, candied, plastic-tasting so-called "fruitcake" was a really good idea. They're made in Claxton, Georgia, and have been around for something like 100 years. How this has happened, I have no idea. Apparently, there are some people who actually *like* these things. They'd make great door stoppers.

Me?? I'd only give them to someone whom I really, really didn't like.

I think this stuff would survive years and years of re-gifting. The shelf life of them has to be at least 25 years. They probably stock them in fallout shelters.

~Theo~

sara-bera · 11-18-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by tapu

someone with no more meat left for the family so they came up with what to do with the rime of stock they had in the pan.

I'd know--we eat gizzards at thanksgiving.

Gizzards aren't really a stretch. Aspic is pretty darn... creative.

JAGG · 11-18-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RitaSink

What I would like to know is who was the first person who thought this up? Who decided that would be a good idea?

Perhaps, to someone, it tastes good, but still... who thought it up?

Necessity is the mother of invention. So my guess is some who was real hungry in the middle of an old mother hubbard moment. I wonder the same thing about a lot of foods we eat. Like crab. I love crabs but have you ever seen one walking along? The guy that said hey , look at that, doesn't that look good ,let's eat it,had to be pretty dang hungry.
Not to bump the thread or anything.

persiphone · 11-19-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by dixielady

I must admit, my grandmother is notorious for the jello "whathehellisthat" dishes. There's usually a variety of it not only on the holidays but for every Sunday dinner as well. (Which is probably another reason I quit going to Sunday dinner.) Especially cauliflower. She has a thing for cauliflower.

hahahahahahaaaaa @ "whathehellisthat" dishes

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