I do not like it when jello gets that chewy bottom too it at all, you know like the jello jigglers? I have had so many times int he past where the bottom of my jello sets like that and if I scoop the jello out of the container and forget, and scrape the bottom, I about gag when I get that nasty chewy part.
It took me a lot of years but I finally came up with an easy solution and it minimizes and actually most of the time, makes that nasty chewy layer non-existent.
First I add the jello into a container, like normal and add the hot water (bubbling and boiling!)
I let it sit there, after I stir it, for 3-4 minutes and then stir it again and add the cold water, like you are suppose too. The only difference I do is then poor it into another bowl!
When I poor it into the new bowl I notice in the first bowl and grainy layer on the bottom of the container that part of the sugary part just does not seem to dissolve, hence it turns into the nasty chewy part.
After it set I still may experience the nasty layer there but if I eat this jello within a few days time it does not seem to be there at all. Any jello gets harder the longer you let it sit, I just do not like mine that way from square one.
OK so there you go! That is my cooking tip for the day!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
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That is a great tip!! I am the same way. I haven't make jello because of that in a long time. I will try it now!! Thanks so much!
So easy, yet I never thought of it. Thanks for the tip!
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I love jello. I am like you I don't like that hard part at the bottom or fruit in it. Jello is not meant to have fruit lol.
AMEN to no fruit in it! I was raised for many years in Utah and those Mormons (OK no offnse to anyone as my family is Mormon) but they like to put cottage cheese with fruit in green jello and sometimes marshmallows, YUCK! I love Jello but not like that, PLAIN JANE jello all the way!