Do you put milk in your jello?

[NotUrsula]

Strawberry Jello with cold milk over it was one of my late father's very favorite snacks. Dad was Irish, but he learned the Jello thing when he lived in the north of England. (Only there is isn't Jello; it's jelly. What Americans call jelly, the British know as jam.)

The English have always been fond of using gelatin; it is cheap and somewhat nutritous, and during WW2 you could actually get it (though you couldn't usually get sugar, so sweetening it was a challenge.) Packets of real Jello from the US (with sugar already in) were a very popular thing for British relatives and friends to ask to be sent from America during the war. It did not weigh much and it was sweet; the perfect gift.

 

[EMom]

Milk in my jello? No, that is nasty.

 

[aprilgail2]

Me too... Jello in general is pretty awful. Adding whipped cream or heaven forbid, MILK, pushes it into "gag me" territory.

I totally agree!

 

[chellt]

Texas gal here. Never heard of it. Here in the south they put cottage cheese and grapes in it it all makes me wanna hurl.

However, as a kid, milk over cornbread or stale popcorn was such a treat!

 

[pat fan]

Milk on jello?

Milk on crumbled graham crackers however was great!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Ew.

 

[disney4us2002]

Add me to the group of posters who have never heard of this and the thought kind of grosses us out.

+1

 

[Tinijocaro]

Milk on jello? Milk on crumbled graham crackers however was great!

Ok, since I've already confessed the milk on jello thing, I'll also confess to eating graham cracker cereal, AND bread cereal. Yup. Broken up pieces if g crackers or bread in a bowl with milk poured over. Sugar added to bread cereal.

My mom didn't drive so we got real creative with snacks. Dad was a salesman who was out of town a lot so shopping only happened when he was in town.

Also, dip a spoon of peanut butter in sugar and lick it, dip, repeat.

Bowl of maple syrup, dip pieces of bread in it.

I'm sure there are more horrifying snacks but the only one I've passed on to my kids is the jello/milk one.

 

[pixiewings71]

It's similar to whipped cream - dairy on jello. Does that gross you out?

Yes, actually it does.
But I don't enjoy eating Jell-O so that's probably why. My Grandma used to make a Jell-O salad that I hated but I had to eat some of it because my Mom said so......LOL Now that I'm on my own I have honestly not made Jell-O in so many years.....lol
Now pudding, I love pudding and I make mine with milk, but I don't make it and then add more milk. and I do add whipped cream to my pudding.
I've also done the hot/warm Jell-O when my kids have been sick, I guess that's good Jell-O because it's just a drink, I have issues with the feeling of regular Jell-O in my mouth.....it's a texture thing. LOL

 

[wenrob]

No. Sounds kind of gross. We used to do the redneck equivalent. Milk over a glass of crumpled up cornbread. It was actually good.

My grandma would pour milk over a tall glass of torn up bread crusts with a little sprinkling of sugar.

My great grandma would put shredded carrots and raisins in her jello. I don't think I've ever had milk over jello but the thought doesn't turn me off. I like whip cream on mine so milk doesn't seem far fetched.

We never put extra milk in our pudding but grandma would make butterscotch pudding and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top while it was still hot. So again because of that it doesn't strike me as weird.

I have known people to mix in cottage cheese and fruit. THAT skeeves me out. Yet, I am the person who will make a smoothie with (making sure it's completely smooth) cottage cheese and fruit for the extra protein.

 

[Poohforyou]

Considering the fact that I HATE milk all these ideas make me feel.

 

[Maggie7313]

I've never heard of this but it just frightens me. I don't like the idea of dairy (including whipped cream) anywhere near my jello.

 

[Jennasis]

True story...

My uncle loved Jello. My grandmother used to make it for him as a child. So when he married my aunt, she wanted to make him some since it was his favorite treat (and a rare one in his house as a kid). She made the Jello in little parfait glasses they had gotten for their wedding and presented it to him after dinner. He screamed! "What IS THIS??" He demanded. "What's wrong with this jello??? You've RUINED it!!"

My aunt was stymied. She rushed over to see what was the matter. Everything looked fine. She had eaten hers and it tasted fine. My uncle was steaming as he snatched the glass off the table and scowling, flipped it upside down at her.

My aunt just goggled. "What? What's wrong with it?" She asked as he glared at her with his upside down parfait glass.

"It's HARD!" He cried. "LOOK! It's gone bad and turned like milk...it's all hard."

It took some prying on her part to figure out what he was going on about, but hilariously she discovered the problem wasn't hers. It was my wonderful dingbat grandmother (may she rest in peace) who didn't know how to properly make or serve jello and had, for YEARS, being serving her sons a HOT LIQUID jello in bowls...like soup. Which is what my uncle was used to eating and how he wanted it.

 

[Stitchfans]

Yep we did. Tastes real good.

 

[soccerdad72]

Never heard of it either.

My dad used to put mayonnaise on top of his Jello, though.

 

[MomofKatie]

True story...

My uncle loved Jello. My grandmother used to make it for him as a child. So when he married my aunt, she wanted to make him some since it was his favorite treat (and a rare one in his house as a kid). She made the Jello in little parfait glasses they had gotten for their wedding and presented it to him after dinner. He screamed! "What IS THIS??" He demanded. "What's wrong with this jello??? You've RUINED it!!"

My aunt was stymied. She rushed over to see what was the matter. Everything looked fine. She had eaten hers and it tasted fine. My uncle was steaming as he snatched the glass off the table and scowling, flipped it upside down at her.

My aunt just goggled. "What? What's wrong with it?" She asked as he glared at her with his upside down parfait glass.

"It's HARD!" He cried. "LOOK! It's gone bad and turned like milk...it's all hard."

It took some prying on her part to figure out what he was going on about, but hilariously she discovered the problem wasn't hers. It was my wonderful dingbat grandmother (may she rest in peace) who didn't know how to properly make or serve jello and had, for YEARS, being serving her sons a HOT LIQUID jello in bowls...like soup. Which is what my uncle was used to eating and how he wanted it.

Now, that's funny!

 

[Micca]

OmG, the thought of it makes me lose my breakfast...

Robin this made me think of the dinners in the church basement I used to go to as a kid. Somebody was always doing something foul to jello: adding cottage cheese, shredded carrots, raisins, and I think I do recall some with mayonnaise or sour cream and maybe some crushed nuts.

I remember thinking "this stuff looks like someone threw up in it"

In our house jello is relegated to the night prior to medical procedures where you're not supposed to consume solid food. Maybe they should brand it : Jello--The Official Food of Colonoscopies!

 

[DawnM]

Never heard of this, but I don't like jello at all in any shape or form so I don't eat it with or without milk.

Dawn

 

[Robinrs]

Robin this made me think of the dinners in the church basement I used to go to as a kid. Somebody was always doing something foul to jello: adding cottage cheese, shredded carrots, raisins, and I think I do recall some with mayonnaise or sour cream and maybe some crushed nuts.

I remember thinking "this stuff looks like someone threw up in it"

In our house jello is relegated to the night prior to medical procedures where you're not supposed to consume solid food. Maybe they should brand it : Jello--The Official Food of Colonoscopies!

LOL!! And NOT the RED stuff!

It's the only time I'll suffer thru it....

 

[KristaTX]

I'm going to have to unsubscribe from this thread. It's seriously making me feel sick to my stomach every time I see just the title pop up in my subscribed threads list .