The "The Stuff That Goes Well With So Many Things" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Have a couple of containers in the fridge filled with a variety of left-over fruit so I checked out the pantry in hopes of locating a box of Jello so I could mix everything together and make a neat dessert that would go well with the container of Cool Whip I also found half used in the back of the fridge.  Yep, there in the pantry was a large box of lime Jello which would definitely go good with the pineapples, orange wedges, grapes and peaches.  What a combo that will taste excellent with the Cool Whip on top.  It'll make a great breakfast tomorrow provided I don't eat it all before I go to bed tonight.  I can still remember my mother making all types of desserts with Jello when I was a child.  Many associated Jello as being developed in the 1950s and 60s, but this gelatin dessert has been around since 1897.  Wasn't long after that recipes began surfacing in local newspapers.  I recently found a website that posted recipes from the past that included Jello as part of the ingredients.  I have chosen a few to pass along to you.  Give them a try and see what you think.  One or two of them I'm sure mom made for me years ago.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

A New Year's treat from 1903.  I'm guessing that the price of 10 cents might have been quite high.

Jello with Tapioca.  Sounds delicious.

Two Sundays in a row with Jello.  Must have been special for Sunday dinner.

This recipe took a prize in 1929.

Recipe from 1930.

Jello published some tips in 1931.

A recipe from 1931.  Perhaps the tips from the previous posting helped in preparing this treat.

And ... one more recipe from 1931.  Really pushing Jello in 1931.

Wondering if Spam could have been used for this instead of ham.

Very simple recipe from 1949.

Now this sounds pretty good with the use of apricot nectar.  This is from 1956.

Now this sounds like something my mom made.  Recipe from 1964 while I was still living at home.

This too looks vaguely familiar, but I was married in 1970 when this recipe was developed and my wife doesn't remember ever making it.