Happy Spring! To mark the season, I'm posting one of my favorite things: an elaborately-decorated molded salad.
It's named, appropriately enough, Fresh As Spring Salad.
And since it's supposed to be savory, it uses plain gelatin, rather than sweetened Jell-O! That's always a plus. But because it's from Not for Salads Only... Wish-Bone (1980), it mostly just tastes like thickened Wish-Bone Italian Dressing and mayonnaise, interrupted only by occasional veggie bits. So, if your idea of a nice spring day is eating a mound of thickened condiments, this one is for you! I will celebrate spring by going outside in a jacket that I think will be too thin and immediately getting too hot OR by going outside in a jacket that I think will be too thick and immediately getting too cold. Who can say? The surprise is what makes it fun.
My first impression was that the vegetables were suspiciously shiny.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm thinking about how happy people would be if they made ranch jello. Just think of the marketing possibilities. Make prepackaged cups of ranch jello with shredded carrots or corn mixed in for a mess free way to eat vegetables with ranch on the go.
That makes me think of George's story about how his dad was at a buffet and mistook the ranch for pudding. He felt committed to eating it since he took a whole bowlful and didn't like being wasteful.
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