This is the falsehood: that it’s made of horses’ hooves.
The truth is not a whole lot better: it’s made from the boiled bones, skins, and hides of cows and pigs. In this way the collagen is deftly extracted, dried, and turned into a powder that is so very refined that it’s not considered to be an animal product any more, except by the sharp minds of those whose task it is to officially declare foodstuffs to be kosher or un.
Although on the kosher question, it’s a lot more complicated than that, as well you might imagine.
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July 28th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
“boiled bones, skins, and hides of cows and pigs..”
Think of it as YUM! concentrated.
After all, if you had to eat a mess of “boiled bones, skins, and hides of cows and pigs” there wouldn’t be “always room for Jello!”
July 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
You were right. Too much information.
From now on, I’ll stick to viewing jello, and not consuming it~
July 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Aspic… love it.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Jello is just a commercialized version of the old Victorian dessert, calves foot jelly. To make it, the cook had to boil split calves feet to extract the gelatine, then added flavoring and sugar and allowed it to set.
I’ll stick to Jello thank you.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Ugh, I’ll never eat it again….
July 29th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I think I prefer the horses’ hooves explanation better.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Makes me hungry for rabbit skin glue….
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