queermunist comments on who came up with ts 😭

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gulasorredflower@lemmygrad.ml to c/memes@lemmygrad.ml

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Tap for spoiler

as a bulimic, I don’t think even I would eat this

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I think it was popular for a while simply for the novelty. Easy access to gelatin and refrigeration was kind of new in the 50s.

Then people got over it because the novelty wore off, and without that it's just a bland cold food.

I have no idea what could explain the continued popularity in Eastern Europe.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 4 child comments

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Easy access to gelatin and refrigeration was kind of new in the 50s.

It was partially a ploy by refrigeration companies to make the common ownership of newly-available refrigerators obvious and a point of pride/envy in suburban households.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] gulasorredflower@lemmygrad.ml [S] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

weren’t they like a massive block of ice in a room back then

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

It's the point where they stopped to be that, although the ice accumulated inside quickly so you could end with solid block of ice inside, and you had to defrost them often to prevent it.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

The only true way to prepare those dishes is without (added) gelatin, only boiling the bones and cartilage until collagen dissolves.

It is vaguely similar to jellied eels in concept, by the way.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent