Applesauce 7-Up Salad – The Fourth Place Best Recipe Winner In The Glistening And Jiggly Contest

by RetroRuth | Jul 18, 2012 | Best & Worst, Contests, Hello Jell-O, The BEST

Now that all the unpleasant awesomeness of the Worst Recipe is behind us, we can all kick back and enjoy the best gelatin recipes that were sent in. There was very stiff competition for this, as Tom and I both had favorites that we really wanted to see win. In fact,...

And The Grand Prize Winner Of The Glistening And Jiggly Worst Recipe Is….

by RetroRuth | Jul 11, 2012 | Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST

Oh no you don’t. I am not giving up the name of the winner just yet. I just want thank everyone (again!) for making this contest totally awesome. Thanks for sending in recipes, thanks for leaving comments, thanks for reading the posts, thanks for voting and THANK YOU...

Brownie S’mores with Easy Red, White and Blue Marshmallows – A Fourth of July Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Jul 4, 2012 | Best & Worst, Desserts, The BEST

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone! I hope you are all participating in  – or planning to participate in – some fun today! Tom and I are just hanging out and relaxing today. Oh, and probably making up more of these bad boys: And by bad, this time I mean really,...

Chicken Mousse, aka “Chicken Ice Cream” – Glistening and Jiggly Finalist #4

by RetroRuth | Jun 27, 2012 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST

This is it! The last of the four “Worst” recipes from the Gelatin Contest submission. It’s been pretty terrible so far, but I have to admit we saved the strangest one for last! This is Chicken Mousse. It’s pretty much just chicken ice cream. Which is messed up....

Molded Sea-Food Salad – Glistening And Jiggly Finalist #3

by RetroRuth | Jun 20, 2012 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST

Congrats to Michelle, the third finalist for the Glistening and Jiggly Contest in the “Worst Gelatin” category! Michelle sent us this weird thing, which was both very exciting and very disgusting. This is Molded Sea-Food Salad. It is exciting for many reasons. One...

Pineapple Olive Salad – Glistening And Jiggly Finalist #2

by RetroRuth | Jun 13, 2012 | Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST

Wow. I just…wow. That’s really all I have to say about the next finalist. In my opinion, this is really the epitome of a bad gelatin salad. Is it possible to have a perfect worst gelatin salad? Do you say it’s “perfectly terrible”? Or that is the “perfect food storm”?...