On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 1:26:09 PM UTC-4, Helpful person wrote:
> 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.
>
> http://www.richardfisher.com

Packaged gelatin certainly was modern, making aspic available to
housewives who lacked the expertise and time to make their own.

<http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/08/history-of-jell-o-salad.html>

Cindy Hamilton