fun vs. serious foods

yo'ma

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 3:24 pm

A spinoff of this thread. I thought it was so funny how some foods are considered serious and some fun, so I thought it should have its own thread. So, you have to give the counterpart of the fun one and the serious one, like if it's a drink, main, dessert, etc... There are good ones in that thread, but let's have more Very Happy

greenfire

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 7:32 pm

I used to like jello - so I could swish it around my mouth & make it back into liquid

now I think I'd prefer some FUN jello shots Tongue Out

Rutabaga

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 7:40 pm

I think messy or colorful dishes are fun, as are finger foods. Think shmorg vs plated dinner.

Fondue is fun to eat and a little different.

sky

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 8:40 pm

Dessert:
- Serious: Scoop of ice cream in a martini glass with a chocolate drizzel and crushed nuts
- Fun: Scoop of ice cream on a flower sugar cookie dressed like a clown with a mini cone as the hat, red hot for the nose and choco chips for the eyes.

Appetizer:
Serious - Pastrami and Sweet Potato Wonton dumplings with a dipping sauce
Fun - Pastrami Hamentashen with a dipping sauce

Pineapple

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 9:42 pm

greenfire wrote:

I used to like jello - so I could swish it around my mouth & make it back into liquid

now I think I'd prefer some FUN jello shots Tongue Out

These are so pretty!

The Happy Wife

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 10:12 pm

greenfire wrote:

I used to like jello - so I could swish it around my mouth & make it back into liquid

me too!

Fiveboyz

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 10:18 pm

I love love love those jello cups with the cherry. Can you post the recipe as well as the brand of jello you use. Every brand I have tried thus far has not jelled
Thanks?

masalapeanuts

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 10:25 pm

Fiveboyz wrote:

I love love love those jello cups with the cherry. Can you post the recipe as well as the brand of jello you use. Every brand I have tried thus far has not jelled
Thanks?

I second this.

greenfire

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 10:59 pm

I never made them - just found the picture on-line

here's the recipe ... I would probably use less water to kosher jello since it might not be as binding as the real gelatin stuff

http://doitandhow.com/2012/02/.....hots/

maybe I'll make some for purim

zaq

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 11:08 pm

I dunno--I take all ice-cream VERY seriously, be it in a Waterford dish drizzled with melted dark chocolate and Sabra liqueur, or precariously perched on the summit of a sugar cone--or even impaled on a wooden stick in a paper wrapper.

ra_mom

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 11:27 pm

Fiveboyz wrote:

I love love love those jello cups with the cherry. Can you post the recipe as well as the brand of jello you use. Every brand I have tried thus far has not jelled
Thanks?

I recently made jello for my kids with Bakol all natural gel dessert.
It gelled beautifully in the fridge, probably didn't take longer than half an hour.

masalapeanuts

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 12:49 pm

I always think that food in packages are "fun." Empanadas, samosas, piroshki, sufganiyot, etc. Bonus fun points if a food is fried and has a dipping sauce.