The Jell-O Gods Hate Me!

[LorChan]

I tried to make Jell-O last night to eat while I watched Scott Pilgrim with my mom. That was my Friday night.
But the Jell-O didn't set quite right! After over an hour in the fridge (using the quick-set method) it was still slushy. So I put it in the freezer over night and in the morning it was rock solid! So I took it out, and an hour later it was liquid!

So my question to you is; Jell-O - how the fuck does it work?

 

[blouk]

I've never tried making jello but here's a fairly involved study of the upper limits of jello's ability to absorb vodak:

http://www.myscienceproject.org/j-shot.html

 

[Littlee300]

Find a in between state between both your methods?

PS: derp

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Do not let your honor go uninsulted! Quick, challenge it to a duel, everyone knows the Jell-O gods are horrible shots at flintlocks.

 

[b1u3too]

I join the derping.

I also say Jell-O requires sacrifice.
Take about a dozen dixie cups and throw your jello mix in them, then subject them to many terrifying environments. Then yee shall discover the fabled 'proper' way of making jello.

 

[Corpse XxX]

You could go ask at mormon.org..

They seem to be some kind of religious wikipedia of sorts..

 

[Assassinscreed548]

The ancient tribes of the world new the age old secret of making perfect Jell-o. Every 50 years, when a child was born, he was called upon by the gods to be the Jell-O master, whereas he would travel the astral planes in search of a spirit guide to guide him through the Jell-O making ritual. Though little succeeded, the ones that did became saints throughout the years. Though the secret of Jell-O making is dyign out, there might still be hope. Check Google, and good luck, Fair adventurer! let's hope your journey to the perfect Jell-O will be a good one.

P.S
Jesus knew how to make Jell-O. Now he's a big shot.

 

[Dags90]

So my question to you is; Jell-O - how the fuck does it work?

Jell-O and similar gelatin/jelly products work through a combination of sugars or proteins and water. The specific proteins involved are taken from animal or plant sources (animal collagen from boiled connective tissue for Jell-O or in plant sources a complex sugar called pectin) and mixed with water. The proteins or pectin form a long chains and bind to each other, until you get a gelatin/pectin "net" with water "trapped" inside. Sort of like how cotton balls absorb water. It gets stuck in between the strands.

2 DesiLiters hot water, 2 DL cold.

Must be expensive importing that desi water to Iceland. :O

 

[RanD00M]

2 DesiLiters hot water, 2 DL cold. Put in fridge for 3-5 hours, voila, you have Jell-O. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go eat that Jell-O I made earlier today.

 

[RanD00M]

Must be expensive importing that desi water to Iceland. :O

What? What the hell are you talking about? What is Desi Water? Why am I not wearing pants? Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?

 

[Dags90]

What? What the hell are you talking about? What is Desi Water? Why am I not wearing pants? Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?

You spelled deciliter with an "s", and "desi" is an English colloquialism meaning "Indian".

 

[RanD00M]

You spelled deciliter with an "s", and "desi" is an English colloquialism meaning "Indian".

Well being Icelandic means that I was raised with the Icelandic term, which is the same, only with the ess instead of the cee.
However I can see how you got confused. And totally understand it.

 

[RollingThunder]

I tried to make Jell-O last night to eat while I watched Scott Pilgrim with my mom. That was my Friday night.
But the Jell-O didn't set quite right! After over an hour in the fridge (using the quick-set method) it was still slushy. So I put it in the freezer over night and in the morning it was rock solid! So I took it out, and an hour later it was liquid!

So my question to you is; Jell-O - how the fuck does it work?

I prefer Agar (or Agar-Agar), it was made from seaweed, it set quickly, you don't even need refrigation! refrigation is only used to make it cold and tastier. You can get them in Asian grocery stores in Chinatown, or the internet.

Samples of Agar-Agar package:

 

[BENZOOKA]

I tried to make Jell-O last night to eat while I watched Scott Pilgrim with my mom. That was my Friday night.
But the Jell-O didn't set quite right! After over an hour in the fridge (using the quick-set method) it was still slushy. So I put it in the freezer over night and in the morning it was rock solid! So I took it out, and an hour later it was liquid!

So my question to you is; Jell-O - how the fuck does it work?

You need to confront it. Offer the Jell-O a seat, look straight into it's eyes and let all your emotions pour through through words and ask it if it needs anything to make it's system work in the most proficient way. Go rafting together, shoot deers with a paintball gun. Take a nice vacation with just you and the Jell-O. Offer it support if it begins to wobble.

Tell it that you're there for it, no matter what and there's nothing that could come between you. Go rafting with it again. Shoot octopi with a laser. Offer the Jell-O a coffee, ask if it wants any sugar with it, and if it does; tell that you don't have any and if you did have, you wouldn't give it any. Now it's beginning to break. Go rafting with it once again. Shoot an assault rifle with a moose cannon. Offer the Jell-O a seat and if it still stares at you with an empty look, it will be the best Jell-O it ever could.