Comments | morwen_peredhil: Recipe from Hell: Jellied Turkey Salad

morwen_peredhil

Recipe from Hell: Jellied Turkey Salad

Jun 01, 2012 12:42

From Better Homes and Gardens Favorite Ways with Chicken, Turkey, Duck and Game Birds (1967), "a glamorous make-ahead salad for easy luncheon entertaining." Because nothing says "glamor" like gelatin and radish roses. At least there's no lemon Jell-O?

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morwen_peredhil June 1 2012, 16:58:56 UTC

I'm just trying to figure out why anyone would take the time to do that to perfectly innocent leftover turkey - and then proudly serve the result to guests! The past is a foreign country indeed.

lyssie June 1 2012, 17:14:30 UTC

*gapes* Why would... WHO WOULD EAT THAT? *shudders* The image was bad enough, but then the recipe! Even worse!

morwen_peredhil June 1 2012, 17:19:22 UTC

I don't know! And it's supposed to be fancy luncheon food to be served to unsuspecting guests! The understandably bitter real-life Betty Drapers obliquely expressing their angst and hostility?

conejodanz June 1 2012, 17:28:14 UTC

What was the big fascination with gelatin? Seriously.

morwen_peredhil June 1 2012, 17:31:35 UTC

I don't know why it was considered tasty and fancy for several decades, but people must have actually been eating and liking these congealed horrors for there to be so many recipes for so long.

oohasparklie June 1 2012, 20:14:39 UTC

Haha oh wow. Sounds like something some Mormon housewife in Utah came up with. (Gelatin is VERY popular around here! Green jello with shredded carrots is a staple, I'm not even kidding. Ewwwww!)

morwen_peredhil June 1 2012, 20:20:16 UTC

For some reason, Mormons didn't give up on the wacky/foul Jell-O combinations when most of the rest of the country did.

I once ran across three-bean salad in lime Jell-O in real life (at an Episcopal church potluck). Compared to that, I might almost be able to choke the carrot version down. ALMOST.

oohasparklie June 1 2012, 20:22:33 UTC

We have weekly dinners on Sundays, and my Grandma decided one week to make a green jello "casserole" that had MIRACLE WHIP "frosting" on the top! I'm not kidding. It was like, a 1/4 inch thick layer of straight Miracle Whip (aka "Mormon Mayonnaise") on top. Nothing added to it. So basically, sweet mayo on Jello. I didn't try it because when I heard what it was I actually, physically gagged. Nobody else liked it either. Poor Grandma. LOL

morwen_peredhil June 1 2012, 21:14:49 UTC

How nauseating! It's bad enough when congealed salads are served with globs of real mayo, let alone that horridly sweet fake stuff.