Back to eating for this reason to be cheerful. And also, in a sense, back to childhood. J is for jelly.
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| A glow in the dark jelly. |
It's probably just as well at this stage to do a bit of what Wikipedia calls disambiguation. The jelly I am referring to is the slightly wobbly, gelatinous fruity concoction which is a must at children's parties, especially if served with ice cream. I am not talking about what I understand Americans call jelly, which I would call jam. There, is that clear?
Having said that, it has been pointed out to me by Mrs C that if a British person made jam and strained out the fruit pieces the product would be called jelly rather than jam. It's confusing up to a point, but I suppose the thing to bear in mind is that we are talking about nice things to eat.
In my book, jelly must taste strongly of the fruit it contains and its consistency must be just so. Not too firm, not too runny. It should also be the case that if the jelly was made in a large bowl from which portions are being served the spoon taking the jelly from the large bowl ought to make a farty sound. As I said, jelly is something I associate with children's parties, so it puts me in an immature frame of mind.
Probably only one bit of music that should go with this post and that's It Must Be Jelly Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That.
- Question: Do you like jelly? If not, what food must a children's party have to be successful?
* Jelly picture by Jellorama (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Now I want jelly...
ReplyDeleteIt worked! Go on, have some jelly.
ReplyDeleteHi Mark - I do love a fresh jelly ... you don't get them too often ... but I guess it's an essential cheap dish for kids' parties .. cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteMrs C made some jelly using juice from mandarins from a friend's tree. It was delicious.
DeleteI like both jam and jellies and the more exotic the fruit, the better! Love the music that you paired with this one Mark... Great piano, great brass! Funny comment about the farty sound: made me laugh out loud. :)
ReplyDeleteMichele at Angels Bark
The farty sound is a bit of bonus with jelly. Glad you liked the music.
Deleteyep this concept sure confuses Americans who call it Jello
ReplyDeleteStrangely enough I've seen Jello as a J on someone else's A to Z entry.
DeleteDont think we would really celebrate a children's party with jelly unless it was on bread.
ReplyDeleteCake and ice cream is the most traditional. I love the glow in the dark version
Happy A to Zing
Cake's good. I can go with cake at parties.
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