Dec 03 2008
Jell-o in a Crock-Pot
Man #1 - “Can you cook chicken in a crock-pot?”
Zach (Me) - “You can cook anything in a crock-pot.”
Man #1 - “That’s the answer I wanted to hear.”
Man #2 - “You can’t cook Jell-o in a crock-pot.”
Zach (Me) – “I can make anything in a crock-pot."
So I went home and did some research, searched “jell-o in a crock-pot” and stumbled into the world of crocking. My quest was after evidence of jell-o being wholly prepared in a crock-pot. I first landed on a recipe for Crock Pot Grape Jelly Meatballs, which was irrelevant. I was after Jell-o, and jelly just wouldn’t do.
Browsing the comment-thread of the crock-pottin’est cranberryiest recipe forum I found all the evidence I needed. An unanswered challenge to prepare jell-o in a crock-pot. I quickly scanned the rest of the thread and noticed no reply. Surely the internet would have dug up a link to answer this audacious challenge with most haste. Unless.. maybe it has never been done before?
That was enough. Not one, but two challenges, one from the meat-space and one from the internet. I quickly set to task.
Jell-o in a Crock-Pot Recipe:
- Add 1 cup room-temperature water to crock-pot
- Turn crock-pot on high and boil water
- Add Jell-o powder
- Turn off crock-pot
- Add 2 cups ice-cubes
- Stir vigorously for 3 minutes
- Store crock-pot in fridge until jell-o is gelatinous
- Enjoy jell-o from a crock-pot
