Dear reader, if you are from the Midwest, you will understand where I’m coming from. This part of the year is always difficult. The holidays are over, summer is too far away to see, and it’s cold outside. There’s not a lot to be optimistic about.
But you know what? Turn that frown upside down! Jello salad season is almost upon us! Fourth of July, Jello salad! Memorial Day, Jello salad! First Communions, Jello salad! Your cousin’s high school graduation, Jello salad!
Let me say this, I am not a connoisseur of the Jello salad. I like ‘em just fine, but I’m not about to go out of my way to get some. What I’m talking about here is the symbol of the Jello salad. It stands for family gathering, summertime, and of course eating while sitting in a lawn chair, trying to balance a paper plate on your lap while not spilling your beer.
Dear reader, things may be bleak now. It seems the icy hand of winter will never release it’s grasp upon us, but fear not! Ready your stores with fruit cocktail and mandarin orange slices! The gelatin-based salads of summer will be our salvation!
(note: photo updated. this one’s way cooler anyway)
