Comments on: Jellied Bouillon with Frankfurters (one of many traumatic dishes made possible by Jellateen)

By: Iknow Thisgirlfromsomewhere

Iknow Thisgirlfromsomewhere — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:30:18 +0000

I would like to make a disgusting, but technically edible sea themed jello mold using blue jello, clam juice to give it that fishy ocean smell, Hotdogtopi, swedish fish,mussels and chard (looks like sea weed) I would secretly bring it to a dinner party and just sit back and watch if people tried it.
Mmmuahahahah!

By: David

David — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:53:05 +0000

Yeah – this looks absolutely . . . umm, for some reason the word ‘horrorshow’ springs to mind! I do have one question though. With a thing like this, surely the crucial thing is the stock – Bouillon? I once made an attempt at chinese egg soup recipe – which was essentialy “Take stock ==> put egg in it” and the result was SO revolting that i still dream about it occasionally. But of course – i just, well, took stock, as ordered (i was young, ok!!). I imagine a true egg soup would be something much more subtle. I just wonder whether tweaking the stock in this recipe could make it work better. But then again, i am not sure what stock WOULD work with frankfurters and i also have to ask one very important question: IS IT WORTH IT!!??

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:26:12 +0000

A friend sent me this recipe and my husband seriously thought it was a recipe for home-made dog food.

By: Mama

Mama — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:26:26 +0000

I think these vintage recipe experiments are probably the coolest things in the world!!! This one sounded gross, but the experiment is awesome. You should throw a sixties-style party and make these disgusting dishes and make your guests eat them! hehe

By: Buzz

Buzz — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:46:52 +0000

Quotes heard at this meal: Erica, giving a bowl to the one-year-old: Here you go. Erica, after trying hers, and as the baby reaches to pick up some aspic: No you don’t! That’s way too much sodium for you! Erica: What are you doing? Buzz: I promised myself I’d eat some more of the gelatin. Erica: You don’t have to do it to make me feel better, and you’re not going to with that facial expression. Erica: I can’t even make myself put it in my mouth. Buzz: Let me get you a really grainy bit. Buzz, about to give the leftovers to the dog: Do you want to get a picture of this? Erica: No, I don’t want there to be any evidence for the SPCA.

By: dirtsister

dirtsister — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:13:15 +0000

ok, my throat just closed up.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:46:34 +0000

@Historiann — That’s awesome… “What else can we do to make this appetizer-holder look interesting? Set it on fire!!!”

Buzz asked me (as he was scraping the platter off for a deliriously happy dog) if I was purposely making really bad food, because it seems to be getting worse and worse. I promised a dessert next week.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:41:56 +0000

You are braver than most. I’ve got a 50s cookbook full of slightly higher-rent specialties than this one–I should take some pictures and post them on my blog sometime. (My fave is the photo of coctail party food featuring meatballs on skewers served stabbed into a giant cabbage that’s been hollowed out and with a flaming can of sterno in the middle, just for fun!)

I learned about the little hotdogtopi a few years ago, when I was in a restaurant with a child in our party. She ordered mac and cheese, which was homemade and really good, and garnished with adorable fried hotdogtopi! A real hit.