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Before Jell-O became sort of generic, what did Americans call the wobbly stuff that we in the UK call jelly?

Question #120341. Asked by Baloo55th.
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Feb 14 2011, 6:35 PM
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Jell-O is a brand of gelatin. Peter Cooper patented a process for clarified gelatin.
link http://www.ringwoodmanor.org/peter-cooper.html

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Feb 14 2011, 10:51 PM
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Jell-O is just a trademarked gelatin-dessert product. Before gelatin was widely available (as a product), most gelatin desserts were what is called "calf's-foot jelly." This was popular in the 19th-century Midwest until it was replaced with commercial Jell-O.
link http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Calf%27s%20foot%20jelly

Anybody remember Mrs. Snow in Pollyanna?
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Feb 15 2011, 12:52 AM
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From the Wiki site, it sounds as though it was commonly referred to as "jelly" even in America. The name Jell-o was given in 1897.

Feb 15 2011, 2:09 AM
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I always assumed calf's foot jelly was a savoury thing (especially for invalids). Just goes to show you should look things up. (Well, it sounds mildly disgusting - just the sort of thing invalids were given, possibly on the principle that they'd get better in order to avoid them...) So it looks like (calf's foot) jelly was the answer. Ta.

Feb 15 2011, 11:27 AM
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