On 5/29/2019 4:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:


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> Sorry to barge in.Â* It's not "cooking".Â* You have to boil some water.
> Then stir the Jell-O powder into it.Â* Then pour it into a bowl or a mold
> and add cold water (ice cubes if you want a quick set) then put it in
> the refrigerator.Â* If you want to add fruit, you do it before you put it
> in the fridge.
>
> I have never added fruit to Jell-O but I've certainly heard about it
> here over the years.Â* Also from having some very old "dessert" cookbooks
> which often mention the use of fruit in Jell-O.
>
> I'd rather just eat fruit than suspend it in a gelatin concoction.
>
> Jill

Technically it is not cooking, but it is the first thing, as kids, that
we made in the kitchen. Fruit cocktail, bananas, peaches were typical
variations. Next would be heating milk and pouring in a package of
pudding.