Comments on: Congealed Salad 101

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:36:04 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up. I was scared. Love your blog. Found it on a friend’s site.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:34:52 +0000

Thanks for setting us straight. Its Jello salad here in CA. I swear I thought we were the only ones who ate it. Love the blog. Found you on a friend’s site.

By: ThoughtfulMom

ThoughtfulMom — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:12:39 +0000

I was pretty sure that congealed salad was Jell-o salad. And that yellow squash was what was needed for the recipe – it just sounded tasty with what we Okies call summer squash – but not with winter squash (acorn, butternut, yucky stringy stuff).

I’m learning that Okie is a weird hybrid – not quite Southern, but not Yankee either – just Okie.

And my four-year-old throws me out of Mimi’s house when he goes over there for a visit. Every time – “Aren’t you going, mama?”

Hmm.. guess I should quite writing this forever-long comment on your blog and go post something on mine.

By: Paige

Paige — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:05:35 +0000

“Congealed” is just such a weird word, don’t you think? And not appetizing at all. Like a blood clot is congealed blood, in a way. I much prefer “Jello salad” myself. But yes, I’m from the west, and that’s how we say it out here.

By: Jennifer, Snapshot

Jennifer, Snapshot — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:52:57 +0000

Just wanted you to know that it was just like being at Mammaw’s house reading about congealed salad.

And the correlation between NOT calling it Jello, but calling everything Coke–genius, I tell you. What a keen eye for observation.