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phosfateThe other night Mom made lemon Jell-O. Which would be okay, but not only did she add festive peeled carrots to it, not only did she add meant to be festive but in its final effect entirely puzzling cottage cheese curds, so the whole thing look liked a badly neglected aquarium, no, not only these things, but when she cut the Jell-O into serving-sized slabs, she adhered a single grape to the top of each with a dollop of Miracle Whip.
I think she may be trying to kill me.
I think she may be trying to kill me.
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Date: 2003-09-19 02:04 pm (UTC)My mind keeps trying to see this as "whipped cream" or "Cool Whip" or something else that makes some tiny smidgen of culinary sense...
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*shudder*
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Date: 2003-09-19 03:04 pm (UTC)But the carrots and cottage cheese must have added texture.
Uh... did you eat it?
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Date: 2003-09-19 02:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-09-19 03:15 pm (UTC)Then I read the comments. And I remembered that Miracle Whip is not a fake cream, but a fake mayonnaise. (I think it was on the market over here for about 10 minutes in total about 10 to 15 years ago.)
The rest all makes a weird sense - my mother, for example, does a great salad dish involving fresh beetroot from the garden, onion and blackcurrant jelly (sounds disgusting, tastes marvellous). But she'd never let even *real* mayonnaise near the stuff.
The ball's in your court now. Your mother is expecting you to respond with something even better than that, you know.
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Date: 2003-09-19 05:28 pm (UTC)I must remember that the recipe the next time my father wants me to dine with him and Thing (his girlfriend). :p
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Date: 2003-09-19 05:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-09-19 08:15 pm (UTC)And, using Miracle Whip -- and yes, I was one of those whose brain inserted "Cool Whip" for this until reading the comments -- as an adhesive is *truly* thinking outside the box. Especially as a dessert adhesive.
~hugs~ Poor darling. My mom incorporated leftover mashed potatoes into chocolate-chip cookies once, but I think your mom wins the weird dessert competition.
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:18 pm (UTC)You have a point. A strange, twisted point.
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Date: 2003-09-20 06:30 am (UTC)A friend is having a Big Bad Brunch next weekend. I'm bringing Candle Salad. (See here for description and link to a photo.) "It takes a very, very clean mind to think that up." *g*
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Date: 2003-09-20 11:54 am (UTC)Miracle Whip is evil.
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Date: 2003-09-24 11:15 am (UTC)Lime jello, whipped cream, and cottage cheese all mixed together. My favorite is when she adds pineapple bits and walnuts. Yummy yummerson.