Gelatine and calling it a salad, that’s what. At least for me.
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_skj@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoVery few would include all of the things listed above and I’ve never actually seen veggies in one.
The one my family makes is just a dessert that’s primarily jello with a thin layer of cream cheese and pretzels. Has a nice combo of salty and sweet.
Not sure why people are so grossed out by that, what’s wrong with it?
BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
_skj@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Salad doesn’t mean vegetables. Salad is a dish made of a mixture of discrete pieces. See other things like potato salad, macaroni salad, tuna salad, antipasto salad, caprese salad, etc. You’re going to have a lot of food hangups if this bothers you.
BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh, I know what salad means. The gelatine part is what bothers me deeply, especially if in conjunction with cream cheese. Who in their right mind comes up with something like that? 😅
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I mean… the Brits invented “mushy peas”
_skj@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Would you put whipped cream on jello/jelly? That’s also dairy and features heavily in dessert. Cream cheese is used to make some icing, cheese cake is basically a brick of sweetened cream cheese. So cream cheese also shows up in desserts.
So the person who came up with it was just familiar with how desserts work.
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
In my family it was jello, half of the half-set jello was mixed with whipped cream, other half cut into chunks, then mix in marshmallows, and fruit, and let it all set up.
I’ve never seen jello salad with cheese, veg, or nuts or anything, that’s wild, just cuz I’ve never seen it before.