National Eat Your Jello Day

Mark Fickett https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en

July 12th is National Eat Your Jello Day in the United States.

Jello is a generic of the brand name of the dessert Jell-O. It is a gelatine dessert and comes under the general definition of jelly, which is used both by itself and as an ingredient in other dishes, such as trifles.

Jell-O itself can be bought either ready to eat or in powdered form, and in a variety of colours and flavours. Powdered Jell-O is dissolved in hot water, chilled and allowed to set. Gelatine desserts of this nature are normally poured into decorative moulds whilst still liquid; once they have set, Jell-O cannot be moulded.

An alternative use for Jell-O is an alcoholic version, the Jell-O shot, where alcohol is used in the making.