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    Before Jell-O became sort of generic, what did Americans call the wobbly stuff that we in the UK call jelly?

    Question #120341. Asked by Baloo55th. (Feb 14 11 12:30 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Jell-O

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O#History

    Feb 14 11, 6:35 PM
    Datsmeharse

    		Jell-o is a brand of gelatin. Peter Cooper patented a process for clarified gelatin/e.
    http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/cooper.html

    Feb 14 11, 10:51 PM
    queproblema

    		"Calf's foot jelly was widely used as a dessert in the nineteenth-century Midwest until it was replaced with commercial Jello."

    http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Calf%27s%20foot%20jelly

    Anybody remember Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna?

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/pollyanna/whoswho/snow.html

    Feb 15 11, 12:52 AM
    davejacobs

    		From the Wiki site, it sounds as though it was commonly referred to as "jelly" even in America. The name Jell-o was given in 1897.

    Feb 15 11, 2:09 AM
    Baloo55th

    		I always assumed calf's foot jelly was a savoury thing (especially for invalids). Just goes to show you should look things up. (Well, it sounds mildly disgusting - just the sort of thing invalids were given, possibly on the principle that they'd get better in order to avoid them...) So it looks like (calf's foot) jelly was the answer. Ta.

    Feb 15 11, 11:27 AM

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