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Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Like, sixty years ago

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  • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But-but-but America bad!

    Seriously though, are Europeans so desperate to stroke their egos that they need to make fun of a trend so old it’s slipping from living memory?

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    • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      lemmy.ca/comment/8745479

      I feel like a thing isn’t “slipping from living memory” when it’s still being used to the extent that non-nationals even know the usage.

      Why does saying that ‘calling Jello a “salad” is weird’ mean “America bad”?

      Seems like you’re a bit sensitive about this topic…

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      • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are… are you aware of exactly fucked up Utah is?

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  • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My great aunt put them on a bed of lettuce with a layer or cottage cheese.

    We didn’t touch them either and always laughed at calling them salads too.

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• jjagaimo@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably something to do with the great depression and needing to make cheap foods interesting

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  • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think people forget how much MRE style preserved food drove the nation for a bit and why a lot of good cooking was lost for a period.

    Than maximalist cooking using all theass produced food followed and it’s all atrocities for a while.

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• JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• scoobford@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Salads are just cold foods chopped up and mixed together with some kind of dressing. I.e. fruit salad, caprese salad, egg/chicken/tuna salad, etc.

  Using gelatin as the “dressing” is a regional thing. This would be called strawberry cumfart jello here, not strawberry cumfart salad.

  I also think only very old people still eat this shit. Gelatin in general is much less popular among young people, who want their food to vaguely resemble food.

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• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Salad” doesn’t mean healthy, it just means “item + goo.” Sometimes it’s veggies and dressing. Sometimes it’s fruit and their own juices. Ham, tuna, egg or chicken salad is just those items plus mayo. Add relish, celery and onions if you’re fancy. Sweet jello salads are jello chunks mixed with cool whip, fruit and nuts if you’re fancy. In a savory jello salad the jello is the goo and random bits of what ever veg and/or meat was in the fridge are the item.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “Salad” doesn’t mean healthy, it just means "item + goo

    Yeah apparently we’re using very different definitions on this side of the Atlantic.

    a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing and sometimes accompanied by meat, fish, or other ingredients.

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    • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Midwest US is pretty well known for their “salads” of whatever the fuck gelatinous mess they want to throw together. It’s a loose definition of salad.

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• MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, they’re only calories, not much else. Why would you eat that as main dish?

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What…?

    My problem isn’t whether it’s s main dish or not (and are you not aware salads can be main dishes?), my problem is that it’s sugary jell-o in cake form. Sort of the opposite of a salad.

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