Trey45
12-03-2013, 12:02 PM
This recipe may look unappetizing, I fully admit to that. I grew up with this salad being made for special occasions, I make it about once a month because it's just that good!
ingredients:
2 packs of lime jello.
1/2 cup brown vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups of water
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup + 1/3 cup of sliced stuffed green olives
1 cup chopped celery
Directions:
Boil enough water to yield 1.5 cups. Dump two packets of lime jello in a HOT bowl and add 1.5 cups of boiling water. Stir to dissolve jello. Add vinegar and lemon juice and a scant 1.5 cups of COLD water. Stir. Place in fridge.
Shred the cabbage, chop the celery and green pepper, slice the olives and mix all together in a bowl, cover and set aside. In about an hour you want to check the jello, as soon as it has the consistency of thick syrup you add the vegetable mix and stir. Pour into a glass loaf pan or jello mold, cover and allow to congeal.
In the early to mid 60's jello had a vegetable flavored jello that we used, but they have quit making it, after a few trials and errors the lime jello produced the best flavor. When this recipe was first invented in 1904 it called for unflavored gelatin and won 3rd place in the Newcastle County Fair in Pa. To this day no one knows what took 1st and 2nd place, but 3rd place is alive and well. I hope you guys enjoy this salad as much as I do. I just made a batch of it today and am waiting for it to congeal!
ingredients:
2 packs of lime jello.
1/2 cup brown vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups of water
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup + 1/3 cup of sliced stuffed green olives
1 cup chopped celery
Directions:
Boil enough water to yield 1.5 cups. Dump two packets of lime jello in a HOT bowl and add 1.5 cups of boiling water. Stir to dissolve jello. Add vinegar and lemon juice and a scant 1.5 cups of COLD water. Stir. Place in fridge.
Shred the cabbage, chop the celery and green pepper, slice the olives and mix all together in a bowl, cover and set aside. In about an hour you want to check the jello, as soon as it has the consistency of thick syrup you add the vegetable mix and stir. Pour into a glass loaf pan or jello mold, cover and allow to congeal.
In the early to mid 60's jello had a vegetable flavored jello that we used, but they have quit making it, after a few trials and errors the lime jello produced the best flavor. When this recipe was first invented in 1904 it called for unflavored gelatin and won 3rd place in the Newcastle County Fair in Pa. To this day no one knows what took 1st and 2nd place, but 3rd place is alive and well. I hope you guys enjoy this salad as much as I do. I just made a batch of it today and am waiting for it to congeal!