spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Jan 7, 7:40 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:32:57 -0600, wrote:
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>>>> On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:49:23 -0900, (Judy
>>>> Haffner) wrote:
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>>>>> Jell-O is probably the most popular dessert there is, going back
>>>>> many generations, and always satisfying for just the "right
>>>>> sweetness" to satisfy anyone's palate, and as they always say,
>>>>> "there is always room for Jell-O!" Most desserts are heavy and
>>>>> filling, particularly following a meal, but Jell-O always seems
>>>>> to go down easy. I'm talking about the gelatin powder and not the
>>>>> Jell-O puddings, although they are good too.
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>>>>> Do you make it often at your house? Do you enjoy it? What do you
>>>>> best like in it, or prefer it plain?
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>>>>> My hubby often asks for it, and likes one of the red fruit
>>>>> flavors, such as strawberry, with fruit cocktail and bananas in
>>>>> it, served with just a dab of real whipped cream on top. My dad
>>>>> liked it with only sliced bananas, but I like it just plain even,
>>>>> and also enjoy a good Jell-O salad too.
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>>>>> Do you have a favorite flavor(s)? I like most of them, and use
>>>>> them for various things, such as lemon Jell-O for a pound cake
>>>>> recipe I have and use various flavors for the Poke & Pour Cakes.
>>>>> I have used it in cookies and cupcakes too, and use to make
>>>>> Jigglers for the kids, when they were younger.
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>>>>> Judy
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>>>> I wont touch the stuff. Jello is made from horse hooves. Not only
>>>> have these hooves been walking around in manuare all their lives,
>>>> but the horses are killed to get the Jello. As a horse owner, I am
>>>> sickened by the thought of killing them for human consumption. I
>>>> have not eaten this junk since I learned what it was made from in
>>>> the 1970s. Just the sight of it makes me ill.
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>>> Well, guess what. Gelatin is in candy, ice cream, pharmaceuticals
>>> and many, many other things you put in your mouth, handle, or buy
>>> every day. Gelatin is what makes Jell-o what it is. Where did you
>>> get the idea that horses specifically are killed specifically for
>>> their hooves. You're as crazy as Julie. Maybe you are Julie.
>>> Janet US
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>> If the person is Jewish and keeps kosher then they can't eat any of
>> those things.
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> Observant Jews can eat traif things if (1) they need them for their
> health, and there's no alternative, or (2) the concentration is super
> low. So if your medication comes in gelatin capsules, or if you take
> glucosamine and chondroitin for your joints (one of those comes from
> shellfish shells), it's OK.

I don't know about that for sure. I think some people would not take those
things. I don't know that many Jewish people becauset there really aren't
many in this area and some of the ones I do know don't keep kosher. But I
do know of one online who would not take a medicine if she thought it wasn't
kosher. But maybe that's just her.