Literally, the reason food went to shit in the '50s was because that’s when all the shelf-stable and processed “convenience foods” that had been invented for WWII started getting heavily marketed to the public.
It’s existed as a dish since at least 1375. Way before Heinz. And it was eaten all over the world with many variations. Your Heinz conspiracy is meritless. Read the link in the comment you replied to.
I was immediately horrified, but it appears they date back to at least 1375 and predate fruit gelatin dishes, which makes sense considering gelatin is meat deprived. It also appears they were used for preservation, which… I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.
It being described as “essentially a gelatinous version of conventional soup.” And “like ruby on the platter, set in a pearl … steeped in saffron thus, like garnet it looks, vibrantly red, shimmering on silver” certainly piques my curiosity.
Properly prepared aspic is delicious, it was traditionally made to make use of leftover bits of slaughtered pigs (ears, hooves, snout) so that they don’t go to waste. Now those bits go into the gelatin industry but aspic can be bought in sausage form (presswurst).
I will never understand how anyone could come to thinking aspic was a good idea.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspic
Kraft Heinz (makers of JELL-O) propaganda.
Literally, the reason food went to shit in the '50s was because that’s when all the shelf-stable and processed “convenience foods” that had been invented for WWII started getting heavily marketed to the public.
It’s existed as a dish since at least 1375. Way before Heinz. And it was eaten all over the world with many variations. Your Heinz conspiracy is meritless. Read the link in the comment you replied to.
Aspic is about 500 years older than Kraft Heinz. I don’t think they’re behind its creation.
yes, but did its usage drastically increase because of mass marketing? your comment doesn’t contradict the comment you replied to.
These sort of foods are often a lot older than even either of those companies
Interesting, I had never heard of this before.
I was immediately horrified, but it appears they date back to at least 1375 and predate fruit gelatin dishes, which makes sense considering gelatin is meat deprived. It also appears they were used for preservation, which… I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.
It being described as “essentially a gelatinous version of conventional soup.” And “like ruby on the platter, set in a pearl … steeped in saffron thus, like garnet it looks, vibrantly red, shimmering on silver” certainly piques my curiosity.
Properly prepared aspic is delicious, it was traditionally made to make use of leftover bits of slaughtered pigs (ears, hooves, snout) so that they don’t go to waste. Now those bits go into the gelatin industry but aspic can be bought in sausage form (presswurst).
*derived
Tf did you just say to me?
Lmao ‘meat deprived’ has me cracking up so I’m gonna keep it.
Why does this sound like a slur?
We have this in Ukraine. My grandma unironically loves it and cooks it from time to time. It’s basically jellified soup
Culinary disaster but I must say that it looks cool!
Looks so cool that I want to keep it contained in glass and left in a museum.
I mean it tastes good so
Холодец это вкусно!
Great History channel (YouTube) video from Sohla El-Waylly about uses of OG aspic: https://youtu.be/Uqt-oyrL460
Don’t forget the lark’s tongue!
Probably because it’s delicious.