Re: OT/Red stuff

Jeez Andrea, I may have to try that myself.  The Jell-O at the Chinese place
is some red flavor, maybe strawberry.  Purges the palate after all that
Chinese food and is less fattening than banana pudding.

On 7/28/06, Andrea Hodges <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
>
> Hmmm I might have to try that with diet ginger ale as I like the lime OK.
>
> Theresa, I can't have anything with sugar at the moment, but yes, I'll
> eventually be able to eat fruit. I decided to "deal with it" and do the
> two
> week induction phase of the South Beach diet where you have nothing but
> greens and protein for two weeks to help rid yourself of the mass cravings
> for processed sugar. It's actually not so bad. Lot's of lean meat, cheese
> (which I have to be careful with as I have milk allergies on top of
> diabetes) any leafy green thing I want as well as mushrooms, onions, nuts,
> etc. I'm actually managing to not go hungry, I feel better, and I'm
> starting
> to lose weight. YAY!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <sundrops@earthlink.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT/Red stuff
>
>
> > My favorite jello dessert is lime jello with ginger ale used instead of
> > the water -- keeps just a little fizziness -- and with pear halves for
> the
> > fruit.
> > --Barb, Grass Valley CA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Judy Browning" <judylee@lewiston.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT/Red stuff
> >
> >
> >> Jello salads were a staple of any family or social gathering in my
> youth.
> >> Red orange or black cherry with fruit or berries, lime or lemon with
> >> shredded carrots, celery & pineapple. The really fancy ones included
> nuts
> >> or cottage cheese. Whiipd cream & cream cheese showed up a little
> later.
> >> Some I like, some I avoid. Not fond of sugar free gelatin at all.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:48 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT/Red stuff
> >>
> >>
> >>> If it's so evil, why are you eating it?
> >>> We often had jello as kids, rather liked it, but it was nearly always
> >>> plain, no stuff in it  - wait no, strawberry jello with bananas in it,
> >>> yummy.  My aunt made the three tiered jello dessert of jello, then
> >>> whipped cream and pineapple, topped by another layer of jello - which
> >>> was tricky to try to keep the top layer from sliding into the cream
> >>> cheese before it set.  I was never particularly fond of it, I liked
> >>> plain jello.
> >>> Haven't had it for many years but just the past few months I've been
> >>> eating the sugar-free black cherry.  I dislike the aspartame taste,
> but
> >>> the black cherry part tastes good, so I just sort of ignore the fake
> >>> sugar part of it.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Andrea Hodges" <andreah@hargray.com>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:33 PM
> >>> Subject: [CHAT] OT/Red stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> OK, so many of us don't eat read meat, or at least not much. How
> about
> >>>> red
> >>>> jello? I just tried my first sugar free, cherry jello. Can I get an
> >>>> EEW?
> >>>>
> >>>> I had lime last night, which wasn't bad, but definitely not a fan of
> >>>> the
> >>>> cherry. Keep in mind, I haven't eaten jello since I was child. For
> me,
> >>>> thoughts of jello usually bring up one of the most heinous dished my
> >>>> family
> >>>> used to make for holidays. "Congealed Salad" Now why on earth would
> you
> >>>> EVER
> >>>> refer to a food as congealed anything? Conjures up all sorts of
> visions
> >>>> of
> >>>> nasty stuff that congeals like blood and fat. My mother used to take
> >>>> red
> >>>> jello, mix it with cool whip (I think) fill it with fruit and nuts,
> >>>> dump it
> >>>> all into a bundt pan, then dump it out on a plate when it was cold
> and
> >>>> call it
> >>>> congealed salad. Yuck! Speak of the devil. She just called. My bad,
> it
> >>>> wasn't
> >>>> cool whip. One recipe had cream cheese and orange jello and
> pineapple.
> >>>> The
> >>>> other had cream cheese, bananas, nuts, and orange jello. So, there ya
> >>>> go.
> >>>> That's my story for the night. Has absolutely nothing to do with
> >>>> plants. I
> >>>> just felt the need to rant about the evils of jello.
> >>>> A
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrea Hodges
> >>>> Beaufort, SC
> >>>> Blue Ridge Boxer Rescue
> >>>> www.blueridgeboxerrescue.com
> >>>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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