Americans in the what? 50s? 60s? Were putting fucking EVERYTHING in God damned gelatin too. At least this has more variety then like, gelatin with freaking hot dogs in it. And they'd make the gelatin with the fucking hot dog water.

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.

I heard the Mormons are still into jello dishes.

@OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml not to mention the boiled chicken liver 🤮

So, for the more...adventurous(?) comrades that might want to try kholodets, for example, avoid recepies with gelatine. Consistency just tends to be unpleasant, it gets vland, and it looks kinda like this picture.

If you pick the right bones(well, it's hooves, because there is a lot of connective tissue in them) and make it without gelatine(it's time-consuming), it'll still make broth-jelly with meat, but it'll melt very quickly in your mouth.

Savory, hearty stuff.

you can have it all to yourself, comrade…

What about this?

Poland fact: Catholic priest in Poland once used fresh headcheese to exorcise a demon of veganism. Then he embezzled 100 million PLN (around 25 million USD) from state fund although he probably did't used headcheese for that.

That's an interesting idea, actually. I'm gonna try putting kholodets on toast, if I find the time to make some. I usually just shovel it right into myself with horseradish.

not to defend the yanks, but no one was eating this after the 1990’s

Chicken and some vegetables in a gelatinised broth. There are tons of variations since you can put basically everything in it, and this one looks actually good, i seen much worse. It's often eaten with vinegar. Large amounts of vodka optional, but when served as small portion with two glasses of vodka (per person) it's known as "lorneta z meduzą" (binoculars with jellyfish).

One of the ways the Soviet Union used to torture Nazis in gulags until it was banned by the Geneva convention

but at what cost? texture? flavour?