Better Together?

Aren’t some of the Olympic sports interesting.  I guess they all are interesting, but some really make you think:  ”who came up with that sport?”  Take the double luge for instance.  How exactly did it originate?  Perhaps one day there were not enough sleds, so much like pumping someone on a bicycle, someone suggested, “hey lets ride together.”  Then maybe someone decided that it was “much better together.”  I’m not sure who would think that, especially not the person on the bottom.  Half way down, the bottom person is probably thinking, “I can’t breath, I can’t breath.”  Good thing that the luge is a speedy sport.  The pain and agony of being on the bottom is over fast.  Do they trade off?  ”I was on the bottom last time!  It’s your turn to be squished.”

This One Will Give You a Sugar and Caffeine High

Cherry Coke Jello

1 Can Cherry Pie Filling

1/2 Cup Water

1 Can Pineapple Tidbits, or Crushed Pineapple, reserve juice

1 lg. (6 oz.) Package Cherry Jello

1 12 oz. Can Coke

Place pie filling, water and juice from pineapple in a large pan.  Bring to a boil.  Add Jello and Coke, stirring until Jello is dissolved.  Place pan in sink with ice water or in fridge until Jello has cooled and is slightly thickened.  Mix in pineapple and pour into serving dish.  Chill until set.  Serve with sweetened whipped cream.

This one is popular as a mold on many Thanksgiving tables; however, if you are not over 50 I doubt it will please your taste buds

Cherry Coke Jello with Cream Cheese and Pecans

1 lg. (6 oz.) Package Cherry Jello

1 (20 oz.) Can Bing Cherries

1 (20 oz.) Can Crushed Pineapple, reserve juice

1 (8 oz.) Package Cream Cheese, softened in the microwave for 20 seconds on each side

12 oz. Coke

1 Cup Chopped Pecans

Drain juice from pineapple and cherries in a large pan.  Bring to a boil and add Jello.  Stir until dissolved.  Add softened cream cheese and whisk into Jello mixture.  Add Coke and place pan in sink with ice water or fridge until Jello is slightly thickened.  Add pineapple, cherries and nuts.  Pour into serving dish and chill until set.

Cherry Coke Jello

If You Want an Authentic Coca-Cola Taste in Your Jello: This One's For You

2 Envelopes Knox Gelatin

2/3 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Unsweetened Cherry Juice

20 oz. Coke

12 oz. Cherries, roughly chopped (can use frozen)

1/2 Cup Drained Crushed Pineapple

Mix Knox gelatin and sugar in a medium sauce pan.  Stir in juice; let stand 1 minute.  Cook on medium heat until gelatin is completely dissolved.  Cool room temperature.  You can speed this up by placing pan in a sink of ice water.  Stir in Coke and fruit.  Wait until foam has disappeared and gelatin is slightly thickened. Stir gelatin to distribute fruit and pour into serving dish.  Chill until set.  Serve with sweetened whipped cream.

So how about you?  What do you think?  Are they really better together?  Now go have some Jello Joy!

I love the Olympics.  I could just park my bod on the couch and watch it all day.  Of course, the Olympics and Jello go hand in hand.  The Salt Lake Winter Olympics had an abundance of Jello souveniers.  I think there are atleast 20 different Jello Pins.  It certainly doesn’t hurt to have a bowl of jiggly stuff to eat while you watch Shaun White do his stuff.

The Green Jello With Pineapple and Cottage Cheese pin was a popular one; even so, I doubt anyone under 60 years old has made it recently.  I guess we should give it a try.

Green Jello with Pineapple and Cottage Cheese

6 oz. Package Lime Jello

16 oz. (2 cups) Small Curd Cottage Cheese

20 oz. Can Pineapple Tidbits, drained well

1/2 Pint (1 cup) Whipping Cream

(Many recipes call for Cool Whip.  I recommend using fresh whipped cream whenever possible.  It tastes much better and only takes a few minutes longer- well worth it!  One cup cream that has been whipped is about four ounces.  So if a recipe calls for 8 or 9 oz Cool Whip, whip a half pint and that will give you about two cups which is a similar amount.)  Mix Cottage Cheese, Jello and pineapple in a bowl.  Place in fridge to chill.  Whip cream and gently fold into cottage cheese mixture.  Chill for several hours.

Whoever designed the Green Jello with Pineapple and Cottage Cheese pin had apparently never sampled, nor seen the delight, for when you add the cottage cheese it becomes creamy in color and rather bumpy.  Most recipes also call for Cool Whip or whipped cream which makes it fluffy.  It certainly does not have a cute little clump of cottage cheese and tidbit of pineapple encased in a little cube like the Jello on the pin.  If you don’t like this recipe, there are probably one hundred other versions out there.  Some with mayonnaise in place of the cottage cheese, which I wouldn’t recommend; some with cream cheese, but the pin is not Green Jello with Pineapple and Cream Cheese now is it?

Now go have some Olympic Jello Joy today!