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Here's a quick bowl of my favorite flavor. My boy likes to suck up the cubes like he is a vacuum cleaner. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

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Here's a quick bowl of my favorite flavor. My boy likes to suck up the cubes like he is a vacuum cleaner. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Regards, Ross

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good heavens - do they really look like that, Ross? (We don't have Jello here) The cubes look so ... well, angular, like cut with a razor.
I like the accentuated highlights in the text.

Regards,
Britta

Britta is the second person to speak of being Jello-challenged (Wolfgang said the same for Austria).

I would think that General Foods (maker of Jell-o) would have Jell-o marketed around the world, like Coke and Pepsi.

Guess not. Probably marketed as Gelatine in the rest of the world.

Ross, the jell-o cubes are too rigid. I thought Soquilli did an excellent job capturing that soft edge. But your transparency effect is cool.

Gary

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I had a friend at school who always said that just before explaining why he had done something his way.

When I make Jello I like to use the least amount of water possible. The result is a firmer more intensely flavoured gel that can indeed be cut into razor-sharp cubes. Actually they just look sharp edged - you have no danger of cutting your tongue. I cut it with a knife (and not a dull spoon like some of you probably do!)

Look back at Soquili's animated jello cube. It actually displays quite a sharp edge. I think anytime you cut cubes of jello you will get a relatively sharp edge. Boys and girls you must satisfy your curiosity by making some jello and cutting it up. (The trick to cubing jello is to use less water than the recipe recommends and pour it to set into a lightly oiled shallow pan. Upon setting, grid it up vector-style with a sharp knife. Followup by eating your experiment. Try vacuuming in a big lump like my boy! It is fun - if you are lucky it will go down in one piece. Swishing it around between your tooth can be fun too. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] )

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Gary,

actually there really *is* nothing like Jell-O here. And as I said, I never saw it in Germany as well.
Austria may be small, but Germany is such a big market, it must have something to do with taste that they don't sell it there.

We have all kinds of Pudding and stuff, but no kind of clear gelatine dessert.

I remember something called 'Götterspeise' in Germany that would have been near-Jell-O, but I don't think it's on the market any more. Or at least I don't think it's very popular.

By the way: I like Cherry and Grape, because it tastes soooooo artificial. Natural taste don't justice a freaky dessert like that ...

You may send over a box of it though .. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Wolfgang

<font size='1'>What kind of sandwich ain't too fattening ??
A Half-A Sandwich ...</font>

I like the firm texture you get when using less water, and the extra flavour.

I do use a spoon ;-0 takes too much time to cut those cubes ;-)

Soquili

Actually Ross, I thought maybe you made the cubes in an ice cube tray.

Judi

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There really only two "proper" ways to eat it.

1. Sucking of cubes (as Ross' son has brilliantly discovered)

2. With a topping of fresh whip cream, but contrary to #1 above, eaten slowly to savor every morsel.

The only thing coming close to #2 is a bag of FRESH gummie bears; bought and eaten in Germany (Gummi Bearen sp?) while still fresh.

John,

it's "Gummibären" or "Gummibaeren" if you don't want to use Umlauts. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Personally, I prefer them, when they are NOT fresh. Meaning that I like them not so soft but when they get a little dried up and harder. Just a little ..

Tastes are different, but "Haribo" brand are the best ...

Wolfgang

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> it's "Gummibären" or "Gummibaeren" if you don't want to use Umlauts.

Personally, I prefer them, when they are NOT fresh. Meaning that I like them not so soft but when they get a little dried up and harder. Just a little ... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The Umlauts? And if so, perhaps you would like to illustrate umlauts that are a little dried up and harder :-)

(Sorry Wolfgang. It was just an amusing image).

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I'm with you Wolfgang the Haribo Gummibären are the best! I also like them when they become a little dry and hard, adds something to the experience I think.

I wonder how much trouble the customs people would cause if we traded Jello and Gummibären.

Soquili

Soquili,

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I wonder how much trouble the customs people would cause if we traded Jello and Gummibären.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I don't think it would cause any customs trouble. It only would be the most expensive gelatine desserts ever.

I just checked and it looks like flying over would be cheaper:

1 kg of Haribo Gummibären: $ 5,-
Least price for shipment $16,60 (slow packet)

Even if the total weight would stay below 1 kg, the shipment would still be $10,-

I wonder if I should start a mailing service instead of the Jell-O factory ...

Wolfgang

P.S.: Gary, I strongly prefer crispy fried Ö over dried up Ä and cooked Ü !

Hi
it is now for months that i check in the xara gallery nearly every day and there were quite a few times when i wanted to 'join' in and post a comment. With the yell-o thread, i just want to take that chance. We do have something like jello here in Germany, and, as Wolfgang said, it is called "Goetterspeise". It comes as a pack of powder and can be produced in a variety from "slimy" to "hard-boiled". And it is quite popular, but I guess, just when your kids are pre-teens :-). Thanks for the fun you all give me every mornig with your beautiful images and your humorous comments, even though my "artistship" is not nearly as good to post something, I feel like reading "news from the 'family'" every time I open The Xara-Gallery.
Tom

Hi Tom,

and first of all welcome to the forum. Even though lurking is fun too, you will eventually find it even more interesting to share your thoughts and work with 'the family'.

That said, it is very interesting that Götterspeise is still popular. I am pretty sure that it's not available here in Austria. What brand(s) is (are) it ?? Oetker ??
I have to check with our local 'Müller Drogerie', it's one of the few places to carry things normally only available in Germany.

Can you confirm, that the original Jell-O is not sold in Germany ??
If so, I wonder why ...

Wolfgang

Hello Tom and thanks for posting your comments.

It is good to have you "officially" with us.

Jell-o here in the USA also comes in a package. You put the contents of the package into water and boil it until it becomes thick. Then it goes into the refrigerator.

When I was a young boy, I would open the Jell-o package and eat the mixture. It was very good.

My mother was not very happy! :-)

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Wolfgang: I did forget another way to enjoy "Der Baeren". A techinque I and a few of my buddies developed while on field manuvers in an area near Nurenberg (Grafenver I think it was called). On cold nights we would huddle around a camping-stove, put the little bears on metal skewers and roast them over the stove. [Now there was a good use of the US taxpayers money.]


Gary: D0 you remember the Lickem-Aid packets?

John,

thanks for the tip, I will try this asap. Until now I just knew you could roast Marshmallows. I wonder what the bears will be like.

Talking of weird experiments. I once tried to put a whole (gummi-) bear-clan into the microwave oven. They melted away, but instead of the really big 'mega bear' I was hoping for it never got really gummi-like again. Even after cooling it would be sticky and soft.

Any more sick people out there to share strange recipes with them poor bears ??

Only related by name is a drink called "Gummi Bear". It's half Red Vodka (pretty sweet, with blackthorn-aroma) and half Red Bull on ice. Bad for your teeth but pretty funky ...

Tom, I just came back from a walk. No Götterspeise here. None. Just pudding ...

Wolfgang

P.S.: Aaah, before I forget it: I wonder how a bear on the roast would look like if Risto drew it ... [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[GaryQuote] "You put the contents of the package into water and boil it until it becomes thick. Then it goes into the refrigerator." [/GaryQuote]

Gary, your good wife must be the one who makes Jell-o in your household! Your instructions relate more to Jell-o brand cooked pudding mix than to the gelatin dessert. To make Jell-o gelatin you dissolve it in boiled water. That water usually coming from a kettle. Then an equal amount of cold water is added. It will not thicken and "set" until it is cooled by refrigeration.

You can make your own gummybear-like gel out of jello powder. Dissolve the powder in the minimum of boiling water. Pour into your bear molds (or a shallow pan if you want to make gummy bars). Put in fridge to set. The resulting gel will taste great, and it will have the texture and chewiness of gummybears. It doesn't need to be refrigerated. This is a variation on the classic Jell-o "jigglers" recipe.

Wolfgang- Your box design is great! Xar-o might just be marketable. Jell-o is now available here pre-made in little tubs. Great for a quick snack. Imagine if the little tubs contained the jell-o made with vodka! I can imagine such pre-made gelled cocktails could be popular. (What a fun way to get drunk!).

Tom - Welcome aboard the Xara cruise!

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Ross,

I remember something called "Slurpy" from Barbados. They sold it in a bar and it was nothing else than Jell-O made with a considerable amount of Rum or Whisky in a small paper cup.

I did not get drunk (I only had one) but I am pretty sure that it would be easy getting sh*t-faced with those. The sugar in it does not give you the impression of drinking spirit and the same sugar takes care of bringing the alcohol into your blood real quick.

I would love to market ready Jell-O made with Vodka in tubs. Just need a catchy name for it. Jell-O-Hol ??

Even though I prefer my Single Malts without sugar, I have to get some Jell-O somewhere ...

Wolfgang

Email me your address. I'll post you some jello and jello clones to try. (Jello clones are the other brands of gelatin dessert powders on the market. At our store we tend to buy the store-brand ones because they are the least expensive & taste exactly the same).

Note there was a recipe for vodka-laced jello in the page of posting of links I added to Gary's thread.

Regards, Ross

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ross Macintosh:

Swishing it around between your tooth can be fun too. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] )
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umm ... which tooth, Ross? Any specific one? [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Gary: Me, Jello-challenged? LOL - I guess I have been all my life! The absolute gross horror of my childhood: what we used to call "wobble pudding" (Wackelpudding). Eeek, indeed!
I suspect you can get Jello here in NZ ... it's just not very widely-known and I haven't seen it. But there are a few more US products creeping in; like, you can now get something called Oreos.

It actually took me reading this thread (I had to laugh so hard, I gave it 4 stars);) for a memory to flood back - after all these years ... 1969 in a Louisiana school cafeteria ... me confronted with a lunch tray containing a bowl with the most vilely multi-coloured small transparent cubes. I turned pale as a ghost, apparently, and dashed out in a hurry. My guess is that that was Jello [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

Wolfgang: your Xar-o label looks very convincing. And ...: Haribo macht Kinder froh - und Erwachsene ebenso! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Tom/Synder:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> it is called "Goetterspeise". It comes as a pack of powder and can be produced in a variety from "slimy" to "hard-boiled". <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You hit it on the nail with your description! LOL
And please don't be shy about posting your Xara concoctions here ... I regularly and happily make a fool of myself and have never regretted it.

Regards,
Britta

Wolfgang
you are right, the brand is dr. oetker. Comes very good as lemon and made 60% tequila and 40% water, we had them once just for fun. I live in Ramstein, which is I think the biggest american airport outside the united states, so we are very well supplied with all that "bx-stuff", like coolaid, bulls eye and so on, but now, after this appetizing thread, i think i am going to ask a friend to get me some of that grape stuff. germans only produce the common tastes, like lemon, strawberry or cherry.

Cranberry-flavoured jello is a Canadian favorite in the fall season. Yummy! Tart & sweet. Seek it out to try. I don't know if the Americans have such sophisticated flavours. (Our Atlantic Canadian McDonald's even have yummy McLobster sandwiches in the summer).

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Have to bring this up once again.

For all Jell-O challenged, here's a tip:

I succeeded in making near-Jell-O by using

0.5 litres of fruit juice or lemonade (~ 2 cups)
6 grams of ground gelatine (or any other form of it)

Preparation is like the 'real' stuff: Bring half of the juice (or less) to a boil. Take away from the heat and stir in gelatine until totally dissolved.
Add rest of the juice, stir once again and fill in cups or any other suitable container.
Refrigerate for 4+ hours.

Voila: Jell-O, Wackelpudding, Götterspeise !!

I made successful attempts with lime-lemonade and black currant juice. Try and find your favourite ..

I also add a little Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) to the almost cooled off mixture. It adds to the flavour and makes it healthy as well ...

Ross: Thanks again for your offer, I hope I don't seem ungrateful ..

Wolfgang

Wow so much talk about Jello and Gummi bears. They are both great treats! I grew up eating Jello and Gummmy Bears. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]