“It must be jelly cuz jam don’t shake like that”

Today's post is brought to you by John :)

I don’t like to be forced into things. I like to do things, such as cook, when I damn well please. Well, to make 24/24/24 ‘quota’, Steph said that I “damn well better be pleased” last Saturday, because I was making something utilizing the blessed strawberry (at least it wasn’t that rhubarb nastiness). Well let me drop something on you: strawberries are (arguably) used in only 2 things: salads, and baked goods/desserts. For the uninitiated, the negative connotations here are ‘mixing fruit and vegetables’ (salad), and ‘time-consuming’ (baked goods). And, let’s be honest, sometimes the spirit is willing, but the flesh, well, the flesh wants to take a good ole nap every now and again.

I don’t know if my proximity to the ‘Jello Museum’ (I kid you not http://www.jellogallery.org/) in LeRoy, NY (about a 30 min drive, door to door) had any influence whatsoever, but sweet salvation came in the form of one Jell-O pie. Why is that, you might ask. A fair question. Because nothing says ‘simple’ like Jell-O pie.



Somewhere between “Fat Albert” and “Heathcliff Huxtable”, comedian/entertainer Bill Cosby was hawking all things Jell-O, big-time:



This particular commercial is hilarious for obvious reasons, but also quite apropos: I am pretty much an amalgamation of both kids in how I ‘relate’ to what Steph cooks; I will inhale it out of control, and then tease that she hasn’t made something in forever, even if it was last week :)=)

So I grabbed some strawberries, a box of fatfreesugarfree strawberry Jell-O, a nonfat strawberry yogurt, and some fatfreesugarfree cool whip. And a (purchased, pre-made) chocolate graham cracker crust (how’s that for full disclosure?). Now for the tough part. You throw all the ingredients into a blender, sans the crust and cool whip. I think I added some milk too. Oh yeah, Steph made the Jell-O for me first. So it was somewhat firm when I tossed it into the blender. Once blended, into a big bowl it went. Slowly mixed in cool whip, blending it with a thingy.. I don’t know what it was, but it wasn’t a spoon. Save a little cool whip for garnish, if you so desire. Then pour into the graham cracker crust, and chill for like 4 hours I guess. Done & done.

Postscript: Oh! Oh, how they raved!! Actually it was pretty good; the real strawberries made for unbelievable taste. And the title of this blog? Just a hilarious quote my buddy Paul says that I remembered when thinking about how Jell-O wiggles, or weebles wobbles (but doesn’t fall down). Who knew it was a song, done up by the one and only Glenn Miller Orchestra here (this is AWESOME).



I need this at my wedding.