So true!
I used to make aspic as a kid (one of my jobs was housework, including cooking) and it wasn’t bad. My grandfather would shoot a deer, use every single bit of it – he even made head cheese that was actually wonderful – and then sell the hide.
But the “salads” which were actually canned fruits and vegetables in sweet Jell-o? Holy moley, that stuff was awful.
But then, as I keep telling my kids, once upon a time you couldn’t get “fresh” berries in the Midwest in January. Or corn.
