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A Social History of Jell-O Salad

Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women’s labor, few foods can tell us more about US life in the 20th century than the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement: the Jell-O salad.
Source: A Social History of Jell-O Salad: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon | Serious Eats

I actually kind of want to make a Jello-O salad now. It’s just a less fancy terrine!

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