Comments on: “People considered ketchup spicy”…

By: J Kok

J Kok — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:11:16 +0000

I’ve also read that when Jello first appeared it was a status symbol because it showed you had a refrigerator.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:44:10 +0000

Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise?

Hold the ketchup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tWuG2oPL3o

By: Gringo

Gringo — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:35:16 +0000

I am reminded of “Mock Pizza” from my childhood, which consisted of ketchup + oregano on a saltine cracker.

What to eat if you have no way of satisfying a pizza Jones.

My Scots-Irish mother made a DELICIOUS pot of spaghetti, which we had fairly regularly. A Sicilian friend approved.

She also baked a lot of bread. Don’t know why she didn’t try pizza very much, it at all. Or why I didn’t try to make pizza when I began cooking myself during my high school years.

By: Ed Bonderenka

Ed Bonderenka — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:46:04 +0000

I once read that all the nutrients for survival were in Lime Jello. That doesn’t make it true…

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:44:54 +0000

During my Navy days ketchup or as it was called, “Red Lead,” went with everything. Sure perked up those powdered eggs, mystery meats, and dehydrated potatoes.

Jello was a staple aboard ships. Inexpensive and easy to produce, it was served frequently. If it had calories and was edible, we lapped it up. (Not much choice when the nearest restaurant was across many miles of ocean.)

I still like jello as a light dessert, but Red Lead is gone forever. (Too much sugar and salt.) Although ketchup on spaghetti does sound interesting.

By: Sam L.

Sam L. — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:24:17 +0000

White bread and Crisco: The Horror, the horror.

My mom made spaghetti with hot dog rounds, too.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:22:21 +0000

Separated at birth from Sheldon, Neo? In that case your name would be Missy and your singular description of Sheldon would be, “I once spent nine months with my legs wrapped around his head.”

All revealed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5EVV1Up08

By: John

John — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:23:40 +0000

My elementary school used to serve jello for lunch every day. Usually with whatever fruit they had chopped up and stirred in. Tolerable, but then somehow they got the idea to put pearl onions in lime jello…

I’ve told a few people about this over the years and nobody believed me. Recently at a get-together the topic of school food came up and out of nowhere an old friend said, “what was with the lime jello with onions in it?”

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:55:54 +0000

vanderleun: Sheldon and I—separated at birth.

Widely separated.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:47:59 +0000

Well, neo, you have now gotten some serious nerd credentials (not that you didn’t have them before.) I say that because in the hit nerd sitcom The Big Band Theory alpha nerd Sheldon’s favorite dish is spaghetti with sauce and cut up hotdogs in it. It’s his favorite because his mother, a fundamentalist Christian from the Texas panhandle, used to make it for him as a child. And you can be sure she didn’t use any of that fancy-pants marinara when a bottle of Ketchup was at hand.

BTW: I can attest to the fact that in France ketchup goes by the name “Le sauce American.”