Things You May Not Know - December 10, 2008

Ahhhh....jell-o!  It's incredible.  But do you know where jell-o came from?

Gelatin has been well known and used for many years. It was popularized in the Victorian era with spectacular and complex "jelly moulds".

Jell-O was first started in Venice, Italy. Jell-O was also first started in Gelatin and was sold in sheets and had to be purified, which was very time-consuming. It also made gelatin desserts the province of the relatively well-to-do. In 1845, industrialist Peter Cooper (who built the first American steam-powered locomotive), obtained a patent for powdered gelatin.

The first jell-o usd ground up geese bones.  Yuck!

Here are some great shots of jell-o's fantastic uses: