This is funny. To each his own, definitely. My experience with Jello in childhood was a food we got when we were sick -- along with tea apple juice, pretzels and toast, it was my mother's version of a clear liquid diet with easily tolerated solids. When I was an acute care clinical dietitian in hospitals, I saw my share of Jello. Did Mom ever make Jello for another occasion? Sure. It was the 60's, so there was a red Jello ring mold with alternating canned pears and canned peaches and the "celery-lime" Jello (this was a thing -- long since discontinued) that had diced up apples and celery and possibly other fruits or veggies. At any rate, that dish was not a "kid-targeted" thing. The ring mold was OK, but for holidays, I wanted the sides that I liked far more, which was pretty much anything.
This is funny. To each his own, definitely. My experience with Jello in childhood was a food we got when we were sick -- along with tea apple juice, pretzels and toast, it was my mother's version of a clear liquid diet with easily tolerated solids. When I was an acute care clinical dietitian in hospitals, I saw my share of Jello. Did Mom ever make Jello for another occasion? Sure. It was the 60's, so there was a red Jello ring mold with alternating canned pears and canned peaches and the "celery-lime" Jello (this was a thing -- long since discontinued) that had diced up apples and celery and possibly other fruits or veggies. At any rate, that dish was not a "kid-targeted" thing. The ring mold was OK, but for holidays, I wanted the sides that I liked far more, which was pretty much anything.