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- From: kf8nh@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
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- Subject: Re: Culinary Peculiarities
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 19:35:52 EST
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- lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan26.195345.20499@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, traum@silver.lcs.mit
- > >Commonwealth, jelly is what we call jello (which is actually a brand
- > >name for a gelatin dessert).
- >
- > Er, no. Jam and jelly are *NOT* identical here in the U.S. There are three
- > related items:
- > Jelly: Made from the juice of the fruit, boiled down into a
- > thick consistency;
-
- And jelly has the same consistency as Jell-O(tm), the main difference being
- that jelly uses pectin while Jell-O uses gelatin. (Both of which are
- gelatinous proteins, BTW.)
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