When was the last time you made Jello?

I have a family tradition of making rainbow jello for Easter. Each color layer gets a thin layer of sweetened condensed milk jello in between to make the colors really pop when it is sliced. It's so pretty. It takes all day. It's one of my favorite things about Easter.

I also make it pretty regularly because I eat gelatin as a nutritional supplement that does seem to help my joint pain a bit. For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin and mix it with tart cherry juice in pint jars and chill it or mix it with hot tea or chicken broth.

Wow your second paragraph may have just solved my jello resistance, thanks! You almost lost me at fish and beef tho 😅
- Ha. Sorry. For beginners using unflavored gelatin I would recommend the Knox brand packets that are sold next to the regular Jello boxes. They are highly refined and don't have any um... surprising smells... ? The big 2lb jars of unflavored supplement gelatin can be a bit strong when you first add boiling water, but it goes away entirely once it is set in the fridge or dissolved in tea. I could see that putting someone entirely off jello if they were already iffy.
  My very favorite is mulberry juice jello, but the only place that sold mulberry juice near me stopped carrying it a couple years back. It's on amazon, but I can't bring myself to buy juice on amazon. Tart cherry is a good sub. https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Juice-Black-Mulberry-Organic/dp/B00J49VLMO/
For that I use unflavored fish and beef gelatin
If that counts, then I made some just a couple days ago as a by-product of my carnitas.
- I make it at least once every two months when I make chicken soup (I use Adam Ragusea's whole chicken recipe, the soup is like 90% gelatin)
- I make "chicken jello" for the cats on a weekly basis. It's their favorite.

we make jello shots for the adults during trick or treat for halloween every year... hundreds of little cups. if that counts

Oh it counts. You’re doing the Lord’s work. 🙏
Wow, do parents take shots at your door? This is not the Halloween I remember, but good on you.
- ha, yeah, 1 per person! and its jello.. its candy-adjacent
We made some for the 4th. It's not common but for parties? Everyone loves Jello Shots.

I was cleaning out my pantry last week and found 3 boxes of jello mix that were like 4 years old and I threw them out.

When I went grocery shopping, I was like "oh, yeah, I'm out of jello" and bought 3 more 🤦🏼‍♂️

Jello as dessert? When I was 15 for a school project. Jello as a shot? Probably annually

I was wondering why I can remember buying jello, but not consuming it.

My last colonoscopy so like 2 years old.

Which begs the question, why haven’t you had your colonoscopy? You are too old to not have had one and jello in an acceptable color is on the okay foods list.

Also barf

I make dog treats out of jello by adding chicken stock regularly. The stock comes from boiling rotisserie chicken leftovers. It costs about a dollar per batch. My dogs love it and it's good for them

That's an amazing idea that I'm going to steal
- Help yourself, your pets will love you for it. A couple of tips if you don't mind: I boil the rotisserie chicken carcass (or any kind of meat and bones) for 10 hours on very low heat and covered. It takes that long to extract nutrients. You can use canned stuff but it's full of salt. I pour the whole thing into a pie tin (with gelatin) and sprinkle molasses yeast flakes on top. You can find this at health food stores. It's got lots of nutritional benefits and if your pet ever suffers from a lack of appetite a little on top of their food may help. A little bit goes a long way. Bon appetit!
I dig your jam

One of my wife's friends had just had a kid. He's in highschool now.

A couple of years ago. Jell-O is useful when you have to go on a liquid diet.

Today. I love jello + canned fruit.

Do you mixed the canned fruit into the jello so it's suspended in there when it solidifies? My mum always made that when I was growing up. She topped it with mini marshmallows.
- Giving me Rugrats flashbacks. Remember the housewarming jello molds?
- Yup that's the way! Pineapple and pear is my fav. My mom always added marshmallows too, I'll have to do that next time for nostalgia purposes lol

The last time I made Jello I think I was like 22 or 23, so probably around 2004. I was at a party at my friend's house that had fizzled down to about 5 people pretty early. That's when someone had the great idea to make Jello shots... I prepared the Jello on the stove, but my friend Mary actually assembled the shots. She did not mention to anyone that she used Everclear and added almost double what the recipe called for. Anyway, she put them in the fridge and then promptly forgot about them... Until we ran out of beer. Then someone remembered. They weren't completely set, which at the time we attributed to them not getting chilled long enough. In truth, there was so much pure alcohol in those shots that they wouldn't have ever set even if we kept them in the freezer overnight! Assuming we were immortal, as drunk people in their early 20s tend to do, we heroicly downed about 4 of them each before we realized how strong they were... Most of the rest of that night is a blur of laughter, spinning lights, and eventually a soft couch and oblivion.

That was probably about the 2nd or 3rd most drunk I've ever been before or since, and definitely top 5 worst hangovers lol

For the record I do not drink anymore

Sounds familiar, only that we went for some bottom shelf vodka. I believe I was 21, was at the very end of my bachelor's degree. Probably around July/August 2005.

I will never make Jello for as long as I live. I feel like there's some kind of dark, horrible secret behind its creation, like it's made of ground up roaches and goat phlegm or something, and I just don't want to know.

Gelatin, also known as hydrolyzed collagen, is made from primarily pig skins which are acid treated to break them down.
- I specifically stated that I did not want to know, why would you do this to me

Been a long time. Once I found out it was all bones and hooves and connective tissue, that kinda took the fun out of it.

Look up agar agar : it's a gelatin substitute made from algae
They make vegan jelly (or jello) nowadays, don't feel like you can't have fun any more!

I'm 40, and made it for the first time a month ago. It made 4 tiny cups. I still have one cup in the fridge.

Not since college

Fucking never, the texture grosses me out

Do you have kids?

Newp!

Maybe a month or two? I have a kid who is more into pudding.I made pudding like last week.

I keep some in the medicine cabinet. Gelatin can make a nice throat coating when you have a bad cough.

Do you eat it dry?!

Never. Had to Google what it even is. I had something similar once as a child.

I'm mid 40's and I literally just finished making jello with my elementary school aged daughter. We're still waiting for it to solidify. Last time we did it a few weeks ago we used cold water and it solidified pretty quickly.

About 20 years ago is the first and last time I made jello myself. I'm 32yo now.

I made Jello late last year to eat while fasting for my colonoscopy. I'm 50. Sometimes I make it when someone in the house is sick.

Jello like jelly? The wobbly wobbly stuff you have with ice cream and the like?

I make it every few months to have with ice cream.

Wibble

Well, shit. It never occurred to me to try it with ice cream. Now I know what I'm doing when I get home!
And to answer OP, the last time I made jello was way back in my 20s, with copious amounts of booze in it.

I made parfait (or whatever the jello, whipped cream, walnuts and fruit thing is actually called) for a potluck at work once when I was 19. That was the last time I ever made Jello. I am now 39.

I'm more of a pudding guy.

I make it anytime someone in the house is sick. It's great for when you don't really feel like eating much and you need to stay hydrated.

We make Jell-O shots for every party. Rather than use standard gelatin, we use a gelatin made out of fish bones which works really well. Gin, lemon, elderflower, champagne flavors!

Er, probably a year ago? I make it occasionally as a snack, but I have to remember to get some from the grocery store. My husband also enjoys it, so when I do make some, it goes quickly.

My grandfather would make sheets of jello, it was his snack he'd feed us when we visited him!

Probably not since I was less than 10. I'm almost 30 now. I should really make some Jell-O

I don't know what jello is. Is it just plain jelly? Regards, the non-american world (I assume)

Sweet fruit flavored gelatin.
Yeah it’s just a brand of jelly.
To make it more confusing they call jam jelly.
- No, we call jam jam. Jelly is made purely of the juice of a fruit or berry, thickened with pectin and with added sugar. If you use the whole fruit smooshed up but with chunks we call it preserves. We also call marmalade marmalade. It's made primarily of the skin of citrus fruit, but you probably know that

My grandmother made it all the time. My parents seldom made it. I have never made it. I associate it with hospitals and crappy school cafeterias.

Last year.

I'm about middle age and don't believe I have ever made it, even as a child. I have had it, and would consider eating more if it wasn't available in such atrocious colors with false flavorings.

It is currently 85*F in my house and something like jello sounds nice right now as I contemplate what I will cook for dinner haha.

It's been a while tbh now if it's pudding...

When I got a colonoscopy a few months ago.

Last week, used a package over a cake. Poke Cake.

Can't stand the shit lol

Never made it. My wife buys sugar free jello cups sometimes for dessert.

I think I remember making some in university. Probably with vodka. That was ... oh shit... years ago.

Like a year ago

Two days ago!

It’s been years since I’ve prepared Jello for consumption at home! I like Jello, but only occasionally eat it when I’ve got a craving.

semi-regularly in summer. It's fairly refreshing.

I briefly added fruit, ala 1950s, but I prefer without. Occasionally with wHipped cream, but that takes effort since I don't like the garbage that the spray cans create. (whipped cream, sugar and an electric mixer).

1 box makes ~750ml / "one fifth", which is enough for 3 snacks, imo.

The issue is the amount of sugar in them (and the whipped cream). Using sugar-free versions is good.

Using a whipped cream maker, with NO2 canisters for some calorie-free sweetness, is nice.

About 2 years

I don't even know what that is.

Like a month ago. I made a jello chocolate fudge pudding pie with graham cracker crust and whipped cream. It was delicious.

Chocolate fudge pudding pie... that's a dessert that just keeps on giving, I'd be so over that
- Over it, or all over it? Those mean opposite things bc English is wack.

I never really liked that stuff, so I believe I never actually made any jello by myself. I really don't get why it's popular. It looks unedible and it tastes nothing but sweet. It's usually accompanied with pusdings or cakes which I would much rather waste some of my calorie budget on.

Never because it's gross and tastes like shit.

After learning the effects of food dyes, I haven't had jello in over a decade.

Does Jell-O use food dyes?

Yes, most Jell-O contains artificial colors, including red 40, yellow 5, and yellow 6, which are derived from petroleum and may have negative health effects. Some say that these dyes may promote cancer because they contain benzidine, a known carcinogen. Red 40 is also a common ingredient in candy, cereal, baked goods, gelatin powder, drugs, and cosmetics. Some say that side effects of red 40 include hyperactivity, behavioral changes, allergic reactions, hives, asthma, sneezing, watery eyes, skin irritation, and migraines.

Unfortunately, jello requires violence and cruelty towards animals, and this is not acceptable to me.

Downvoters: "Violence and cruelty are acceptable when jello is involved."
- Violence and cruelty towards farm animals is always acceptable

I make jello vaginas when I’m feeling lonely.

Adding a bit of fish sauce makes it pretty realistic, I think.

You need a hug.
And probably Jesus.
- Nah, just a pussy.