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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 1:35PM
iamsurly vs The Food Of The Seventies: Beat That Jodi Kasten
Okay... so I finally decided to give myself a taste of my own medicine, as it were. On this week's Foodie Tuesday post I shared a nice 1970's recipe card for Emerald Cantaloupe. In the comments RavingBits asked someone to make this. So, I decided, what the heck!
Off I went to the market to get my key ingredients:
Nice Ripe Cantaloupe
Lime Jell-O
Very Cherry Fruit Cocktail
The recipe called for pineapple tidbits - but the only container of them that I could find at the Ralphs del Barrio was on sale and the liquid had turned a nasty shade of brown and crusted over. I don't live that far out on the culinary edge.
So, water was boiled and Jell-o was made. Cantaloupes were hollowed out. I didn't go so far as to peel the melon as it appears my fancy sharp peeler has gone on an epic adventure a la Spoon, Sock and Can 'o' Beans in Skinny Legs and All. So I didn't get as far as the rather unsavoury sounding cinnamon rye crisp crust.
Melons were filled with the Jell-o/Fruit Cocktail mixture.
Spillage did occur. It's pretty in a modern art neon vomit kind of way, is it not?
After 4 hours in the fridge everything had congealed come together. And then, with my trusty ever sharp fancy Culinar knife I sliced those babies in half again!
Et voila! I decided to take a photo of it on my marble topped buffet with some of my heirloom silver in the background to class it up a bit. I am an heiress after all.
Then my husband fed it to the dogs! Jack, it appears is a big fan of Jell-o!
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Hell, woman!
Stand by your DISH!
(Thumbified because this tickled the heck out of me and if for no other reason than, "modern art neon vomit." Snazzy.)
(pineapple tidbits - please. ~shaking head~)
lime jello tastes like cough syrup. the *only* kind of jello a discriminating person should eat is RED. (haven't a clue what actual flavor the jello folks call that; it's known as red jello in the Midwest, where I come from.)
and if there were a way I could work jello into a post on sex, I would; you can bet on that, girlfriend.
Guinan: More?
Lieutenant Commander Data: Please!
Or maybe the Mark Rothko...
Hilarious post, and if I had such canteloupe abuse on my conscience, I probably wouldn't have tried it, either.
But I think Someone Feed The Cat's comment about the miniature marshmallows is valid. Especially if the marshmallows were stale.
Rated.
I'm just not sure whether to serve it with beans & weenies or tuna surprise... ;)
P.S. What kind of wine do you suggest with Emerald Cantaloupe?
Man, was that classy.
I too prefer Red Jell-o, which I think, but don't quote me on it, is supposed to be strawberry. Personally, being obsessed with my weight, I eat the Sugar Free kind in the little plastic containers. I take two bites, fill the thing up with whipped cream (repeatedly) and call it a diet snack!
Cartouche - You'll have to move. I lived in Florida once... y'all have the GIANORMOUS palmetto bugs that scare the shit out of me. Perhaps we can meet in the middle - say Texarkana?
Owl - everything goes with grain alcohol.
Safe_Bet - I'm gonna say a riesling. Others may quibble, but I'm sticking to my guns on this.
John - your fetish is duly noted.
You are brave surly girl. I hope you sent hubby out to scoop the poop after that doggie snack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfOSC8Wlro
That would make just about anyone choke on their jello and cantaloupe....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTKi6V6qCBk
Oh well, there's always tomorrow.
You left out the most important ingredients, and for this I give this blog a big fat FAIL.