Amuse Bouche: There's Nothing Quite Like Jell-O
We have to be honest with you: even when we went home last night, we couldn't stop thinking about Jell-O. On the subway? Jell-O. While making some pasta? Jell-O. While watching last night's Big Love? Jell-O. To be fair, that last one could probably be attributed to the Wikipedia article we read alleging that heavily Mormon parts of the United States are known as the "Jello Belt."
Finally, we were able to contain our curiosity no longer. We logged onto YouTube hoping to find a video of someone eating celery Jell-O. Sadly, no such video was available. We were desolate for a moment until we found a video so baffling, so trippy, so flat-out weird that we simply had to share it. Behold, the characters from Disney's Alice in Wonderland shilling for the wiggly stuff.
Jell-O? Hell No! [MP: Boston]
Jello Belt [Wikipedia]
Alice in Wonderland Jello Commercial 1954 [YouTube: captainhowdydoody]
Comments
The most amazing thing i read recently was an article in Gastronomica about Jello. It stated that jello is not considered a meat product by the FDA. In fact, they felt that the end product of gelatin was so altered from its original state that it was to be considered okay for vegetarians to eat. I've tried telling that story a few times in my classes and all I get are a bunch of rolled eyeballs.
Posted by: jo | June 28, 2007 04:39 PM