On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 7:27:09 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Tough times made for odd meals
> http://www.countryliving.com/food-dr...n-era-recipes/
>
> "In the 1930s, gelatin was considered a modern, cutting edge food,"
> writes Rudie Obias at Mental Floss. Back then, people apparently enjoyed
> a food called Corned Beef Luncheon Salad, a mix of canned corned beef,
> plain gelatin, canned peas, vinegar, lemon juice, and, sometimes, if you
> were lucky, cabbage.

I don't see how gelatin could have been considered modern. Aspic had been in use for decades, if not centuries.

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