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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So do I understand cirrectly that this gelatine enables you to take any broth/soup and turn it into a cake?

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They were all called "salads" for some obscene reason, but yes.

[–] msprout@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

It was because aspics were meant to 'contain' stuff, not just be gross, savory Jell-O. Like, a traditional aspic salad would have various fruits suspended in it.

I think when gelatin became common in grocery stores, people were just all about the novelty. If you read cookbooks from the 50s that have these recipes in them, you see a commonality — people were just chuffed as chips that they could make a cake that jiggles lol.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

Solid soup defijitely must have sounded sci fi hack in the 50s