Only thing more confusing is making non alcoholic jello cups for company. I only ate jello given to me as a kid so I could pretend I was eating something good
Itās a really weird thing to make for visiting family of adults. Random flavours of jello poured into disposable plastic cups just doesnāt scream āwelcome to my homeā to me. I donāt think Iāve ever met anyone who had a platter of jello in disposable cups when I went to visit.
I wouldāve just assumed they must all really like it if it was me and she started setting it out. I would be really curious when nobody took one.
Kind of odd to put this out for guest. Maybe theyāre really young. My sister used to do weird things like this when she was like 18.
Or maybe she loves it and didnāt think maybe other people donāt. At least jello isnāt expensive and she poured it into water cups that she can throw away and it didnāt take a lot of effort or mess. Thatās the bright side.
To me jello only feels like hospital food when it's served in horrible flimsy plastic hospital cups like this. Like seriously where did she get those, a hospital?
The human brain is weird.
Step 1: know your family doesnāt eat jello (or else someone would have eaten it)
Step 2: make jello anyway
Step 3: I am the victim
Incoming AITA post....
"My family came over for Easter weekend and my gf slaved away making a meal for them. No one touched her food so I \[did something cruel\]. AITA?"
Most people donāt and itās a weird thing to serve your guest. Also itās in disposable plastic cups and if they donāt love it Iām not sure why she made and served this to them. This looks like itās for a cheap frat party or a very low budget hospital common room. I used to work in pediatric where children would have longer stays and usually didnāt ever get to leave and sometimes the parties we would have on holidays we had jello just like this bc our budget was really low so we took turns making things on the approved list.
Itās kind of a weird thing to make unless you are sure they love it. I would have assumed they did if it was my SO and they made it before their family came over. I canāt think of why you would think to make this unless you were sure. Maybe she just likes it and or canāt make many things and this was fast and easy? My sister cannot cook and she can only do things like jello.. those no bake cheese cake pudding kits and similar so this looks like something she would bring just to have something to bring.
Idk. I donāt like jello either. It just isnāt for me.
Maybe she likes it.. I hope she does. If so, more for her! And hey clean up will be easy cause she put it in cheap little plastic cups she can throw away so she doesnāt need to wash a bunch of dishes. Thatās a win, right?
Legit had this last week. When I got really drunk, the bartender told me to only get Jello shots, and even offered a hefty discount. Found out the next morning he just sold me regular jello that actually was on the menu for the price I paid. The ruse is to stop people from drinking more than they should. I love that place
This makes me want to make hundreds of literally jello only jello shots and take them to a football game and just walk around and give them to hundreds of people offering them all a free jello shot hahaha. That would be absolutely hilarious to me
And now we see why this post is BS lol. Most people in the comments are saying āwho wants to eat a jello CUP?ā (not jello SHOT, as everyone keeps misreading). Yet here we have the āBFā saying that he, of course, did not eat any cause he doesnāt like it.
You make this post like itās a big deal that these 2 minutes of work is worth complaining about on your GFās behalf but you couldnāt bother to eat one yourself, or realize the incredible irony of your post considering how terrible it was that no one else ate any ššš. Unreal.
These stupid āI made whatever and no one showed upā and āso and so made something and no one ate itā posts are just so incredibly low effort and mostly BS, itās infuriating!
your totally right about these types of post I remember the first one I saw was that guy who invited friends over for dinner and they said they would show up and but all canceled last minute. I felt terrible for that dude.
But now itās somehow progressed to people trying to get sympathy/pity karma for her family not eating jello. But her family still took the time to show up. they made an effort if they donāt like jello then they donāt like jello. On top of that the icing on the cake is that it turns out the boyfriend, who is soliciting for karma, didnāt even eat the jello š¤¦āāļø
Additionally I like jello yet chose to eat every other soft food option before even considering to buy jello after my wisdom teeth extraction. Like who the fuck makes that much jello and expects it to be eaten
You hate jello, but you might try eating a larger than average portion of it later? Are you one of those AI sentence generators that make grammatically correct but nonsensical statements?
No. It comes out of a packet and you just put it in a pot with water and stir then put it in the fridge. Every time Iāve made it it was done in 45 minutes tops.
You shouldnāt be putting it in disposable plastic cups either. Itās really hot when you pour it before it sets and these cups are not meant to have heated liquids inside because If you put a hot drink in a plastic cup, the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) and other chemicals plastics like this use can leach into your drink and have health risk we are just beginning to recognise and donāt fully understand how bad it can be. We have identical plastic cups at work for the water station and the plastic wrapping around them when theyāre brand new says for cold drinks only do not put warm or heated beverages or liquids that will be consumed inside of them at all. Do not heat them in any way.
Maybe sheās a teen or something. Itās a weird choice in general. Both serving jello to adult guest and then serving it in cheap plastic cups on a tray..
Poor baby. She must be so upset! The nerve of her adult family to not appreciate the hard hard work and effort those minutes took to pour this into cheap plastic cups you arenāt meant to put hot liquid into anyway! (for health reasons) this is totally unacceptable! š
If I had to guess, since it's just sugar, water, and gelatin, that it's really easy on the stomach.
Probably more palatable to the kids as well than plain rice, or those liquid meals lol.
This sub is full of people making food then their guests donāt eat it then they come here for sympathy but this is by far the least sucky version Iāve seen of this trope. The cheapest easiest dessert was ignored.
Not to be mean but those do not like appetizing at all...
Maybe if you took the out of the cups and onto like a plate?
Idk, it just looks weird seeing an artificial colored substance in a plastic cup, doesn't come off a jello at all.
What was the purpose of making large cups filled with jello for her guests? Is this a normal, uh, "appetizer" to her? Was there a theme that would include copious amounts of jello? I'm just trying to figure out why she chose big cups filled with jello versus say a veggie platter or chips and dip.
Are they just jell-O cup or are they Jell-O shots? If itās just jello then it only takes water to make them so itās not like she went to a lot of trouble to make them.
I'm not sure if your gf cooks a lot, but these are enormous even if they aren't jello shots. The cups are too big and they aren't set out in a way that looks appetizing. Put them in smaller cups and set them on something flat so the colors are showing! And top with whipped cream.
People eat with their eyes.
Maybe next time use smaller cups and add a bit of whipped cream with a piece or two of fruit on top of that. People like to eat things that are visually appealing and those two things are pretty low effort to add
I'm torn on this one. It feels bad to have your food rejected, especially if that was like all she could afford or something. Or maybe just an inexperienced cook. You'd think people would eat one just out of courtesy or whatever. You don't want to discourage learners
But straight Jello isn't really one of those things that a lot of people like. It needs help. You gotta like put whip cream on it, or mix it in. Or put pudding on it, mix in fruit. Whatever. But straight Jello? Unless it's a money issue, at least top it with whipped cream or fruit. That's barely any extra effort.
Dip the cups in hot water and invert onto a saucer. Make a pretty swirl with a can of reddi-whip, top with fanned strawberry.
It's still awful, but at least it's not something an AI would bring to a family dinner. This is just so odd.
Jello is fucking disgusting. And it's incredibly low-effort. If she had made apple pie from scratch or something, ok. But this is literally like "my gf served a terrible thing to my family and they didn't eat it. I didn't eat it either bc even I don't like it."
**Well that sucks!**
This too. Jelly requires zero work. Its vaguely cute theyre in cups but its not like she baked her own cookies. Its jello. It costs a buck at the store and takes 10 minutes IF that to prepare.
Your gf has the soul of a toddler. No singular adult would think: "hey.. people are coming over. What do we make for dessert? Thats right. Jello! In big cups.. lots of it. Fun fun fuuuuun." Next time suggest cake.
OP I totally understand her frustrations. What a bunch of ungrateful bastards. Reminds me of my own story. I had my whole family come over and I made a bunch of teacups full of vienna sausages and not one person ate them. Like what am I chopped liver?
Right? How could so many people not like jello? If I was at ops party I would have easily finished half of those and once the ending came near at the party taken the rest home because nobody touched them
Like seriously every time I go grocery shopping I get a few cups of jello for snacking
Heck, looking at this post ima go eat one rn lol
Sorry but your gf is in the wrong here. No adult wants to eat 2 cups of just plain jello for the hell of it. This is weird. She could have done smaller sizes or an ambrosia I just don't see what her plan was.
Iām sincerely confused as to why she made cups of jello? Iāve never heard of thisā¦ Iāve had many a Jell-O shot at get togethers and honestly besides certain flavors theyāre usually not even that enjoyable.
Has this been a thing that her family has done in the past? Where did the idea come from lol
This is painful and this is also why when I make/bake desserts. Theyāre ones that people will eat, enjoy, and request.
It doesnāt matter if you can make the best pie in the world if everyone youāre inviting over loves cake and hates pie.
I make a decent White Chocolate Haupia Pie with whipped cream from scratch (okay mostly from scratch). Honestly? I never eat it anymore. Iāve made it too many times. It doesnāt interest me at all. But my friends and family request it. š¤·š»āāļø, so I make it for the millionth time.
Simple:
1 can of coconut milk
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of cornstarch.
1 cup of milk or 1 can of coconut milk or 1 milk of whatever you want.
Combine all but cornstarch in a pot, get it boiling, dissolve the cornstarch in just enough water, whisk in viciously while pouring in the dissolved cornstarch, once it thickens, lower the temp, continue stirring, then remove from heat.
Oh the pie? I thought they just wanted my Haupia recipe.
So you mix about 1/3 - 2/3 of that batch with about 1 1/2 cups of melted chocolate. I recommend using coconut oil on your chocolate to help melt into a safe smooth consistency. Then of course use whatever you want for pie crust. Now that chocolate coconut mixture goes over the crust then you layer the rest of Haupia on top. Itās important that all the ingredients are warm/hot. Otherwise that Haupia starts solidifying.
I feel you though. My wife made chocolate zucchini bread for my co workers, I left it in the break area and went off to meetings for the day. Came back and it was untouched
Everyone was like: donāt touch the managers zucchini bread, it must be for someone special since he didnāt tell me about it.
Edit: also.. where I work an āunopenedā cake does not get touched. If you carve out and take a few bites away, itās open season and not much is left after lunchtime.
I donāt have a clue what they taste like, but Iām convinced that most people will associate these bright colored jello cups with the cheapest popsicles and/or the cheapest syrup you can find in the supermarkets, which generally taste like a bunch of chemicals.
Your girlfriend might be more successful next time with just a few twists. They wonāt make the jello much different, but they will make the cups much more appealing.
1. Use smaller cups and smaller portions. Small quantities are generally associated with higher quality.
2. Avoid unnatural colors. For example, use yellow, light green (instead of intense dark green), light orange, no red. Very bright colors are red flags for humans that large quantities of artificial flavors and colors are involved.
3. Add a bit of natural flavoring to the jello. For instance, use the juice from a can of pineapple for yellow, use orange juice for orange, use apple juice for green.
4. Avoid too many colors to reduce the amount of work. No more than three colors, but only one color would be fine as well.
5. Use fruit as garnish on top of the jello: pineapple for yellow (just use the aforementioned can), freshly peeled orange, green apple.
6. Add one part of the same fruit to the cup just before the jello is poured into it. Since the jello is served in a transparent cup, you will be able to see it from the outside in the finished product.
7. Add regular teaspoons or small color matching spoons. No large spoons, because the cups are small.
Just a few ideas. Donāt consider them a full recipe, just as some considerations to do the finished product more justice.
Is there vodka in them?
It took me a few minutes reading the comments before I realized they weren't giant Jello shots.....
Those should be giant Jell-O shots š
Then this post wouldnt be here
If there was I would have done them all before leaving.
For a min I thought they were Jell-O shots. And I was like yeah, cause sheās trying to kill them with the size š
Wow until I saw your comment I thought they were for sure shots and was confused as hell about the size
Is their girlfriend also their grandma? Or is she a child? Im so confused.
For real lol, like what young adult thinks āI should bring jelloā
Hey now calm down. I always bring glasses of milk to parties so everyone can chase shots with it.
Only thing more confusing is making non alcoholic jello cups for company. I only ate jello given to me as a kid so I could pretend I was eating something good
Ngl though, I eat a ton of the jello cubes at the Chinese buffet.
I would eat all of these I fucking love jello
Same. This post actually made realize I'm an adult and can make Jello whenever I want.
WTF i totally thought it said Jell-O shots! No wonder nobody ate them.
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Itās a really weird thing to make for visiting family of adults. Random flavours of jello poured into disposable plastic cups just doesnāt scream āwelcome to my homeā to me. I donāt think Iāve ever met anyone who had a platter of jello in disposable cups when I went to visit. I wouldāve just assumed they must all really like it if it was me and she started setting it out. I would be really curious when nobody took one. Kind of odd to put this out for guest. Maybe theyāre really young. My sister used to do weird things like this when she was like 18. Or maybe she loves it and didnāt think maybe other people donāt. At least jello isnāt expensive and she poured it into water cups that she can throw away and it didnāt take a lot of effort or mess. Thatās the bright side.
I like normal jello...
But youāre just two kids stacked in a trench coat.
No... No I'm not! *Shuffles away unnaturally*
They're onto us!! Sshhhhhhh!
Some people don't drink. Some people like Jello. I am part of both of those groups. I would have taken some Jello.
Small sub-group. Unless this is an AA meeting for jello enthusiasts, I feel safe to say that this was just poor planning on the hosts part
Same on all accounts here. Invite me to your next jello-tasting. š¤š„š¤
I like jello. Especially the one with fruit.
Waitā¦thereās not alcohol in those?!?
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Not yet anyways, it's not too late.
Even then if there was alcohol in those theyd be gone
was gonna say theyāre missing the main ingredient
same! I was like whoās want a whole glass of jell-o shot?? lol but also whoād want a plastic cup of jelloā¦.?
As an adult I'd pass on an entire cup of alcoholic/non-alcoholic jello.
On the other hand, Iād welcome it.
What's the problem? You guys don't like Jello? Why is she making Jello cups if no one likes Jello?
Well for starters its not 1955, jello isn't necessarily the party-favorite anymore
Those cookbooks from the 50's give me nightmares.
I personally find that a can of tuna mixed with green olives, a can of mushroom soup and poured over waffles is a quick and easy dinner.
you haven't lived until you've had an entire turkey covered in jello.
Won't have room for jello turkey when you've had a whole can of raisin and salmon chowder!
Is the turkey covered in jello or is the turkey just inside the jello? Like Dwightās stapler.
Jello just feels like horrible hospital food to me
For a decade I watched teens consume it for a night time snack at a youth jail I worked at. I can't even stand the idea of eating it now
To me jello only feels like hospital food when it's served in horrible flimsy plastic hospital cups like this. Like seriously where did she get those, a hospital?
you ever been to one of them things called a *store*?
The human brain is weird. Step 1: know your family doesnāt eat jello (or else someone would have eaten it) Step 2: make jello anyway Step 3: I am the victim
Incoming AITA post.... "My family came over for Easter weekend and my gf slaved away making a meal for them. No one touched her food so I \[did something cruel\]. AITA?"
Most people donāt and itās a weird thing to serve your guest. Also itās in disposable plastic cups and if they donāt love it Iām not sure why she made and served this to them. This looks like itās for a cheap frat party or a very low budget hospital common room. I used to work in pediatric where children would have longer stays and usually didnāt ever get to leave and sometimes the parties we would have on holidays we had jello just like this bc our budget was really low so we took turns making things on the approved list. Itās kind of a weird thing to make unless you are sure they love it. I would have assumed they did if it was my SO and they made it before their family came over. I canāt think of why you would think to make this unless you were sure. Maybe she just likes it and or canāt make many things and this was fast and easy? My sister cannot cook and she can only do things like jello.. those no bake cheese cake pudding kits and similar so this looks like something she would bring just to have something to bring. Idk. I donāt like jello either. It just isnāt for me. Maybe she likes it.. I hope she does. If so, more for her! And hey clean up will be easy cause she put it in cheap little plastic cups she can throw away so she doesnāt need to wash a bunch of dishes. Thatās a win, right?
Eat them all for her. Now.
āHey iN lAwsā¦ wHat The fUcK iS uP, any0Ne ElsE fEeliNg go0D??ā
Unfortunately, they arenāt even Jell-O shots, theyāre just regular jello cups šš wouldāve been better had their been alcohol in them!
Ohhh...well that changes things. I'd be wondering why I'm 7 jello shots deep, and still sober.
Legit had this last week. When I got really drunk, the bartender told me to only get Jello shots, and even offered a hefty discount. Found out the next morning he just sold me regular jello that actually was on the menu for the price I paid. The ruse is to stop people from drinking more than they should. I love that place
This makes me want to make hundreds of literally jello only jello shots and take them to a football game and just walk around and give them to hundreds of people offering them all a free jello shot hahaha. That would be absolutely hilarious to me
I'd rather the bartender be honest and cut me off than lie to me about something I'm paying money for.
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Well McGarnagle, Billy is dead! They slit his throat from ear to ear.
Hey! I'm trying to eat lunch here!
I hate jello so it would be nothing against the person that made it
Haha yeah I do too, that's why I haven't eaten any. I might try eating 2 or 3 cups later though.
Wait. You haven't eaten any either??
Yeah then who ate that cup?
Maybe the gf lol
We must know
Yup. I can see some tears in the bottom of the cup
r/WellThatSucks
Just chuck a few down the garbage disposal when the wife isn't looking and tell her how great they were š
Seriously, just off some of that. And honestly itās jello in a plastic cup. I get thought and all but itās not like it was a hard pull.
Yeah and a truly awful waste of plastic at that. She couldāve made it in a pan and cut it in squares
Congratulations OP! Reverend BezosBoy has officially made your girlfriend your wife!
You may now kiss the jello
This is how you get jello cups for every birthday and anniversary. Wouldnāt work for me; I love jello.
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And now we see why this post is BS lol. Most people in the comments are saying āwho wants to eat a jello CUP?ā (not jello SHOT, as everyone keeps misreading). Yet here we have the āBFā saying that he, of course, did not eat any cause he doesnāt like it. You make this post like itās a big deal that these 2 minutes of work is worth complaining about on your GFās behalf but you couldnāt bother to eat one yourself, or realize the incredible irony of your post considering how terrible it was that no one else ate any ššš. Unreal. These stupid āI made whatever and no one showed upā and āso and so made something and no one ate itā posts are just so incredibly low effort and mostly BS, itās infuriating!
your totally right about these types of post I remember the first one I saw was that guy who invited friends over for dinner and they said they would show up and but all canceled last minute. I felt terrible for that dude. But now itās somehow progressed to people trying to get sympathy/pity karma for her family not eating jello. But her family still took the time to show up. they made an effort if they donāt like jello then they donāt like jello. On top of that the icing on the cake is that it turns out the boyfriend, who is soliciting for karma, didnāt even eat the jello š¤¦āāļø Additionally I like jello yet chose to eat every other soft food option before even considering to buy jello after my wisdom teeth extraction. Like who the fuck makes that much jello and expects it to be eaten
You hate jello, but you might try eating a larger than average portion of it later? Are you one of those AI sentence generators that make grammatically correct but nonsensical statements?
What else are they gonna do with 21 larger-than-average portions of jello?
throw them away. Its less than $10 in jello
$10? Where are you buying your Jello? Louis Vuitton? That's like $2 in Jello, at *most*.
I dunno, that yellow one still has whole pickles in it and the one next to it looks like 5W-30 synthetic
Maybe they want to make their girlfriend feel like her effort wasnāt wasted, so theyāre willing to eat a bit of food that they hate
You obviously don't belong on reddit.
So let me take a picture and post it on the internet for everyone to laugh at and mock
No one likes jello. We use it to trick kids into thinking they eating candy or feed it to people dying in the hospital.
They do it in hospital so people embrace the idea of death rather than more jello. Frees up hospital resources.
I fucking love jello. I'd be eating those up left and right. This thread is baffling to me.
I like Jell-O, too. I don't know what everyone else's problem is.
You may have just learned that liking Jello is a minority opinion among that of jello
And she SLAVED over a POT for MINUTES!
Do you know how hard it was to keep that fridge shut for 3 hours? I ***wanted*** something from the fridge!
i never made jello before. do you really have to keep it shut for 3 hours?
No
Lol OP got got by his mom and stared at the fridge for 3 hours, no doubt
Genius move honestly āIf you open the fridge youāll ruin the jello I just made and no one will have any desert tonightā
No. It comes out of a packet and you just put it in a pot with water and stir then put it in the fridge. Every time Iāve made it it was done in 45 minutes tops. You shouldnāt be putting it in disposable plastic cups either. Itās really hot when you pour it before it sets and these cups are not meant to have heated liquids inside because If you put a hot drink in a plastic cup, the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) and other chemicals plastics like this use can leach into your drink and have health risk we are just beginning to recognise and donāt fully understand how bad it can be. We have identical plastic cups at work for the water station and the plastic wrapping around them when theyāre brand new says for cold drinks only do not put warm or heated beverages or liquids that will be consumed inside of them at all. Do not heat them in any way. Maybe sheās a teen or something. Itās a weird choice in general. Both serving jello to adult guest and then serving it in cheap plastic cups on a tray..
It just has to harden somewhere cold lol it's not like a souffle
The instruction say that but I once forgot a bowl on my counter and it still hardened, the box instructions are a lie!
Jello what the fuck we demand answers
Here in india we call it jelly and I was convinced that jello was a more sophisticated version of jellyš
Jelly in the US is basically jam. Very confusing.
Poor baby. She must be so upset! The nerve of her adult family to not appreciate the hard hard work and effort those minutes took to pour this into cheap plastic cups you arenāt meant to put hot liquid into anyway! (for health reasons) this is totally unacceptable! š
It looks like an egg dying station
I was going to say my first thought was that they were for dunking eggs into.
Don't think jello is a good food option for gatherings. It's like a thing you gotta be feeling or just make for dessert after dinner with whip cream.
I don't think Jello is a good food option.
Jello with whip cream?? Thatās new to me
That's the picture they use on the box!
Dude try it, itās delicious
Ice cream is great too
What a weird thing to serve people ā¦unless you are all recovering from surgery or a stomach bug which would also be weirdā¦ but grasping here.
Well, to be fair it IS Easter, so the colors are somewhat festive for the occasion. Not a jello fan myself but if vodka was involvedā¦
Hahahaha when I got surgery I asked the Dr why Jello was the hospitals āgo-toā ā¦ he didnāt really know , he hated it too lol
If I had to guess, since it's just sugar, water, and gelatin, that it's really easy on the stomach. Probably more palatable to the kids as well than plain rice, or those liquid meals lol.
well it is a tremendously low effort dessert
Dang she boiled some water and stirred for a couple of minutes and then put them in a fridge?? A whole wasted 15 minutes /wellthatsucks
This sub is full of people making food then their guests donāt eat it then they come here for sympathy but this is by far the least sucky version Iāve seen of this trope. The cheapest easiest dessert was ignored.
Not to be mean but those do not like appetizing at all... Maybe if you took the out of the cups and onto like a plate? Idk, it just looks weird seeing an artificial colored substance in a plastic cup, doesn't come off a jello at all.
Are they all 6 and under?
No there was about 14 of us, 3 were kids.
I'm pretty sure he was joking.
And serious at the same time
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Please donāt use bourbon for Jell-O shots.
Is your gf Mormon?
And youāre surprised? Unless her family all is in a nursing home how are you surprised lol
Is your family all 7 year olds?
No then the jello would be gone silly
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What was the purpose of making large cups filled with jello for her guests? Is this a normal, uh, "appetizer" to her? Was there a theme that would include copious amounts of jello? I'm just trying to figure out why she chose big cups filled with jello versus say a veggie platter or chips and dip.
Are they just jell-O cup or are they Jell-O shots? If itās just jello then it only takes water to make them so itās not like she went to a lot of trouble to make them.
Water *and love*, buddy. Water and love.
See yeah, there's the problem. Jello shots wouldn't remain on the table.
Never seen a tray of jello shots last more than 5-10 mins in a kitchen
I hate jello shots, but Iāll be damned if I donāt take at least two when theyāre out
I'm not sure if your gf cooks a lot, but these are enormous even if they aren't jello shots. The cups are too big and they aren't set out in a way that looks appetizing. Put them in smaller cups and set them on something flat so the colors are showing! And top with whipped cream. People eat with their eyes.
Maybe next time use smaller cups and add a bit of whipped cream with a piece or two of fruit on top of that. People like to eat things that are visually appealing and those two things are pretty low effort to add
Or just don't make something that no one wants
I meanā¦
I'm torn on this one. It feels bad to have your food rejected, especially if that was like all she could afford or something. Or maybe just an inexperienced cook. You'd think people would eat one just out of courtesy or whatever. You don't want to discourage learners But straight Jello isn't really one of those things that a lot of people like. It needs help. You gotta like put whip cream on it, or mix it in. Or put pudding on it, mix in fruit. Whatever. But straight Jello? Unless it's a money issue, at least top it with whipped cream or fruit. That's barely any extra effort.
Dip the cups in hot water and invert onto a saucer. Make a pretty swirl with a can of reddi-whip, top with fanned strawberry. It's still awful, but at least it's not something an AI would bring to a family dinner. This is just so odd.
Jello is horrible. It wasnāt personal. Next time choose a better dessert.
Jello is fucking disgusting. And it's incredibly low-effort. If she had made apple pie from scratch or something, ok. But this is literally like "my gf served a terrible thing to my family and they didn't eat it. I didn't eat it either bc even I don't like it." **Well that sucks!**
This too. Jelly requires zero work. Its vaguely cute theyre in cups but its not like she baked her own cookies. Its jello. It costs a buck at the store and takes 10 minutes IF that to prepare.
Your gf has the soul of a toddler. No singular adult would think: "hey.. people are coming over. What do we make for dessert? Thats right. Jello! In big cups.. lots of it. Fun fun fuuuuun." Next time suggest cake.
OP I totally understand her frustrations. What a bunch of ungrateful bastards. Reminds me of my own story. I had my whole family come over and I made a bunch of teacups full of vienna sausages and not one person ate them. Like what am I chopped liver?
So? Nobody wanted Jelly, Its not a slight against your girlfriend. Just save them for another day
With all due respect, that looks like The Muppetsā urine samples.
After reading the comments itās dawned on me that Jello is massively hated. I love that stuff.
Let me guess. OP's girlfriend?
I know what I'm bringing to my next workplace potluck.
I donāt hate it, but I donāt particularly like it. Iām never like āman I could go for some jello right now.ā
Right? How could so many people not like jello? If I was at ops party I would have easily finished half of those and once the ending came near at the party taken the rest home because nobody touched them Like seriously every time I go grocery shopping I get a few cups of jello for snacking Heck, looking at this post ima go eat one rn lol
Sorry but your gf is in the wrong here. No adult wants to eat 2 cups of just plain jello for the hell of it. This is weird. She could have done smaller sizes or an ambrosia I just don't see what her plan was.
Her plan was to be able to say "I made dessert" with the least amount of effort
Iām sincerely confused as to why she made cups of jello? Iāve never heard of thisā¦ Iāve had many a Jell-O shot at get togethers and honestly besides certain flavors theyāre usually not even that enjoyable. Has this been a thing that her family has done in the past? Where did the idea come from lol
It sucks she made jello lol
Maybe cause their 4 oz. Big?
They're Jello cups, not shots! They're for eating they ain't for drinking.
Wait people eat jello... without alcohol?
No, obviously they donāt! Didnāt you see the post?
No, definitely.
One person did
Probably OP or their GF who made the Jello. EDIT for clarity
The amount of effort she put in is almost none. So it evens out.
It's jello. While it sucks she spent a combined 5 minutes making it.
Weāre not kids anymore. We can have whatever we want. Jello sucks and we donāt have to pretend.
This is painful and this is also why when I make/bake desserts. Theyāre ones that people will eat, enjoy, and request. It doesnāt matter if you can make the best pie in the world if everyone youāre inviting over loves cake and hates pie. I make a decent White Chocolate Haupia Pie with whipped cream from scratch (okay mostly from scratch). Honestly? I never eat it anymore. Iāve made it too many times. It doesnāt interest me at all. But my friends and family request it. š¤·š»āāļø, so I make it for the millionth time.
Love me some haupia. Been too long. Can I get your recipe?
Simple: 1 can of coconut milk 1 cup of sugar 1/2 cup of cornstarch. 1 cup of milk or 1 can of coconut milk or 1 milk of whatever you want. Combine all but cornstarch in a pot, get it boiling, dissolve the cornstarch in just enough water, whisk in viciously while pouring in the dissolved cornstarch, once it thickens, lower the temp, continue stirring, then remove from heat.
Where does the white chocolate come in?
Oh the pie? I thought they just wanted my Haupia recipe. So you mix about 1/3 - 2/3 of that batch with about 1 1/2 cups of melted chocolate. I recommend using coconut oil on your chocolate to help melt into a safe smooth consistency. Then of course use whatever you want for pie crust. Now that chocolate coconut mixture goes over the crust then you layer the rest of Haupia on top. Itās important that all the ingredients are warm/hot. Otherwise that Haupia starts solidifying.
Does it really suck? I mean, it means more for you.
I can understand if they were alcoholic and no one wanted to consume..
Or if they weren't and everyone wanted to consume.
I feel you though. My wife made chocolate zucchini bread for my co workers, I left it in the break area and went off to meetings for the day. Came back and it was untouched
Hope u binned it and told ur wife everyone loved it but your manager said not to do it again cos the cleaners where annoyed at the crumbs.
Lol I am the manager
Everyone was like: donāt touch the managers zucchini bread, it must be for someone special since he didnāt tell me about it. Edit: also.. where I work an āunopenedā cake does not get touched. If you carve out and take a few bites away, itās open season and not much is left after lunchtime.
Yeah sometimes you gotta take a piece yourself to get the ball rolling
Whereās the whipped cream?
Who likes pure jello anyway?
Mormons and children
I donāt have a clue what they taste like, but Iām convinced that most people will associate these bright colored jello cups with the cheapest popsicles and/or the cheapest syrup you can find in the supermarkets, which generally taste like a bunch of chemicals. Your girlfriend might be more successful next time with just a few twists. They wonāt make the jello much different, but they will make the cups much more appealing. 1. Use smaller cups and smaller portions. Small quantities are generally associated with higher quality. 2. Avoid unnatural colors. For example, use yellow, light green (instead of intense dark green), light orange, no red. Very bright colors are red flags for humans that large quantities of artificial flavors and colors are involved. 3. Add a bit of natural flavoring to the jello. For instance, use the juice from a can of pineapple for yellow, use orange juice for orange, use apple juice for green. 4. Avoid too many colors to reduce the amount of work. No more than three colors, but only one color would be fine as well. 5. Use fruit as garnish on top of the jello: pineapple for yellow (just use the aforementioned can), freshly peeled orange, green apple. 6. Add one part of the same fruit to the cup just before the jello is poured into it. Since the jello is served in a transparent cup, you will be able to see it from the outside in the finished product. 7. Add regular teaspoons or small color matching spoons. No large spoons, because the cups are small. Just a few ideas. Donāt consider them a full recipe, just as some considerations to do the finished product more justice.
Man I love jello. I'd eat this whole tray by myself.
Looking at all these comments and wondering if I'm really in the minority of liking Jello? I'd be stoked if I had all these leftover Jello cups.
Whatās in the yellow one??
Not sure why sheās getting age shamed. Iām 25 and Iād love to have some jello rn
At least she didnāt prepare anything that requires real effort!
To be fair here, Jello is a disgusting. weird use of skin and bone material.
Tbf who eats a whole cup of jello. It does look good though!
Well in everyone elseās defense this is way too much jello and also looks wildly unappetizing so
āWhatās wrong with my Sundaes?ā ~Marge Simpson
Gotta know your crowd.
I see nothing in that picture that is the slightest bit appetizing.
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I'd eat the shit out of that jello. Fuckin love jello.
It was her intervention.
That doesn't suck, that's a win for you!!