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The origin of everyone’s favorite wiggly dessert
By Carrie | May 15, 2008
Apparently this is my week of nostalgic blog entries. So, in 4th grade, I played the Jell-o girl in our “History of LeRoy” play at Wolcott Street Elementary School. Because of this important acting role (my only roles in plays were in my elementary days.. sigh), I felt it was my responsibility to share with my readers this New York Times article on the origins of Jell-o. Also, if you’re really feeling the need to further explore the history of flavored packaged gelatin, you can visit the Jell-o museum in LeRoy. I wonder if they have a record of 4th grade Jell-o girls past and present. I bet they are completely missing this important piece of Jell-o history. In fact, I wanted to top this entry off with a photo of me as the Jell-o girl, but alas, I have no idea where the pictures are. Time to make Mom dig through the archives..
Topics: food, life happenings |
May 15th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Awwwwwwww my beautiful jello girl…ya know..all the memorabilia is on a beta tape that you have that someday we were going to get changed over I think. lol oh my!
May 16th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Remember the Jell-o wars too? The lawyer, Boylan, that’s mentioned in the article has his office on Craigie Street! I feel LeRoy is really famous now.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hmm, I remember making Genessee county out of Jell-o, but not Jell-o wars! Did people actually throw Jell-o at each other?? LOL.
May 18th, 2008 at 8:38 am
I don’t remember that either Shira!! Explain to us please!!