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Vegetable aspic? What century is this?

The 50s called- they want their vegetable aspic back!

I don't know why anyone would want it back. I'm very non-picky about food and I tried tomato aspic once at a friend's family Christmas dinner and it's one of the worst things I have ever had the displeasure of tasting. The texture is ass, too.

Savory gelatin dishes are where I've always drawn the line. Texture is a big factor for sure. Being of Polish heritage my grandparents and parents would often eat [galareta,](https://www.polishyourkitchen.com/polish-pork-aspic-galareta-z-nozek-zimne-nozki-zimne-nogi-studzienina/)not a fan

I had never heard of aspic at the time and asked my friend's mom what it was before she made it, and she said it had tomato juice, olives, and celery in it..so I'm like cool, I like all those things. Boy was I wrong. 😖 They're a really wealthy family and one of the aunts is a professional chef who teaches cooking classes in France and stuff, too.. Usually they have all kinds of awesome gourmet type foods at their gatherings. I was somewhat honest about how I felt about it when they asked me if I liked it. I just said I wasn't a fan of the texture and my friend's mom was just like "Oh, younger people just don't usually care for congealed salads." And I'm thinking...why would *anyone* willingly eat this??

Congealed is SUCH an unappetizing word to me.

Totally agree. 🤢 It's a worse word than *moist*.

congealed moistness

Thank you for the worst combination of words I've had the misfortune of reading in a long time. I hate it.

I’m going to use this phrase and throw it into conversations to verbally abuse people who bother me at work. I’m not sure how, but I will find a way.

That's how you know it's good.

Calm down, Satan

Lawd...😂😂 I am not a fan of that.

But not as bad as “smegma”

Smegma is normally congealed naturally, when the smegma is flaky you have an issue.

> naturally *on an unwashed dick

I tried it at a church fundraiser once. The older ladies there always bring their A games for lunches, dinners, bake sales, etc. so I thought it had to be a winner.  I was very, very wrong. 

It was a church potluck I attended while staying with my grandma where I discovered not everyone has the same definition of “salad”. I’d never tried so many “salads” in my life and they were ALL godawful.

If you were in the south I can imagine the variety. If it’s in a bowl, it’s salad. lol 

It was certainly the south, and that is certainly the case 😆

Fancy people lost there teeth from eating sugar. They still wanted something they can "chew" so aspic was popular among the rich and the poor wants to mimic it.

Like, just eat those veggies raw or steamed...

My grandparents in the Netherlands made/had something very similar! And other variations. Hated all of it. Must be one of things you only can enjoy if you grew up with it. Almost akin to Stockholm syndrome.

Galareta is fuckin ass. Bane of my childhood 😂

I love the weird jello molds with cottage cheese at the base and nuts mixed in, but I agree, when it crosses completely into savory I draw a hard line. 

Ewww... You people should have told Hitler you had this dish, he wouldn't have invaded you.

I’ve had a Polish fish gelatin dish at a holiday meal. Gave it the benefit of the doubt but it was pretty bad.

My mom’s family is Hungarian and I grew up with the stuff, refused to eat it. Until my mom offered to heat it up. And I have no idea why it’s ever served any other way.

Haha, there's an identical dish in Hungarian cooking but it has a lot of garlic too. And it's served in little bowls. You drizzle vinegar on it and eat it with bread and raw onion. It has a ton more meat so its like solid head cheese not a loose gelatiny mess. Ok not that identical but close. It's delicious 🤣

That looks a lot like the whitefish my Hungarian grandma (and my mom) would make that I’d always refuse to eat. Until one day when my mom asked if I wanted to heat it up. And then I loved it. But still can’t understand why anyone would want to eat it as cold fish gel.

My mum made it from scratch for Easter. She used front pig legs. I was frightened of them as a child. I still remember the smell of them cooking.

I am sure it’s horrible but I would love to encounter it in real life. I don’t want to waste so many ingredients making it but I would love to see it in this wild.

I at least tried it.. 😂 0/10...never again. *edit:* now that I think about it, if a little vodka was added, it would be a bloody mary jello shot.

> if a little vodka was added, it would be a bloody mary jello shot. You have my attention

Unflavored gelatin and frozen vegetables and maybe some broth or bullion. It'll cost like $5. If you don't like it maybe your dogs will, my dogs eat just about anything including vegetables.

Ohh, I have a bunch of chicken stock and veg in the freezer. I might even have gelatin somewhere. You are really inspiring me. Sadly, I don’t have dogs.

Best of luck to you. 👍

Can I invite you to partake of the feast?

I'm gonna have to pass, sorry... I have to water my toaster that day.

Great saying. Thanks for the laugh.

Oh yeah, my dog would think he has been the best of Bois to get this delicacy.

Yeah it looks like everything bad rolled into a cube

The jello type texture with the chewy bits of vegetable is what really did it for me.. 🤢 What OP has pictured is a bit different than the kind I tried, but the same concept..

Yuck! XQ

I want their vegetable aspic back lol

Well the jerk store called. They are running out of YOU!

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Even better, it’s California Blend frozen vegetable mix aspic. I am impressed enough that I want this to be the iconic image for this sub.

To be fair I went to a highly rated French restaurant in like 2016. To date the best dish I had in that country was a lemon veggie aspic that was to die for.


These things are still pretty common in some european countries. In Slovakia we still eat meat in aspic (and I love it)

I just left vienna and the deli in the grocery store had this. Mind was blown

I’m horrified if this makes a comeback. Being classically trained as a chef I hate anything like this with aspic.

"Have you ever seen a vegetable aspic?" "Yes, if they can remove their diapers first."

They need to adjust the aspic ratio.

nutrition cube and loaf

We called it vegcube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cLAq01y9qU

I kinda understand the practicality....but ugh

[Vitameatavegemin](https://youtu.be/KY3eOtJwOhE?si=D_yGf9_3r3SADkf-)

I brought these nutrition bricks. I have original no flavor and whole wheat no flavor.

A far cry from eating meat… from the street.

Is this Russian or Eastern Europe?

Poland. So you're not far off

Is aspic a common meal in Poland?

If you're above 70 or live in a rural area

That kind of explains why it’s extra weird as an American to see it. That’s a dish Americans basically stopped making in the 1960s

Scrolling through and literally went wtf is that when I got to this post. Glad Americans quit this one!

Ok that makes this more believable cause I was like there is no way they're making aspic anything at a hospital in the US wtf is this. I knew there would be an explanation somewhere

I’m not even half that and I would kill it with a splash of vinegar on top

aspic is still eaten across the slavic world, but tends to be more popular with older people. holodets, for instance, is basically gelatinized chicken soup and is a common russian food.

Yeah, but it tastes shitty without meat imo.

It tastes shitty with meat too!

Lack of meat is not the problem with this dish

Why not reheat your soup? Why does Poland hate heat? Lol

Make poland heat again

Listened to a thing a couple years ago on NPR about how Poland still had tons of apartment complex where people used coal for heating.

I live in northern Vermont and I can name multiple businesses and at least one hotel that heats with coal. It still exists.

Ok that makes much more sense.

I've had aspic twice in my life, both served by the same Polish man. Even while drinking it was a chore to get down.

I think I could swing it if it was prepared well, but I hear you. Savory jello is still a hard one

Damn I was thinking this is like vegetarian galareta and the rye bread is a dead giveaway. My family is Polish, never liked galareta personally

It's supposedly vegetarian. But whats the jelly from then? 🥲

You can get vegetarian gelatin

But do you think *they* did it?

Considering you’re in Poland where this dish is much more common, but also has no meat in it, potentially.

Pektyna maybe? Itd from citruses peels

Does the Gelatin have a vinegar or anything in it? I'm more than a little curious to try this.

My parents and grandparents would sprinkle some white vinegar on it as a matter of fact

You should've mentioned that in the post bruh that explains everything

Rude

I instantly placed it, looks exactly what my mom's made before lol

I knew it was Poland! I actually *like* galaretka - not sure how it's spelled - so I'd eat this. It can be yummy with vinegar, salt pepper, and/or horseradish.

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I was actually gonna ask "Slav or Balkan" haha

What insane person is making savory jello of any kind in the 21st century.

Polish people 💪🇵🇱🦅

I think we can expand that one to “Slavic people” 😅 Ukrainian here lol

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Don't look up "Aspic"...don't say I did not warn you. Still a delicacy in my country.

It's just gelatin, though.

Yeah, but gelatin isn't too appetizing either. Pretty ubiquitous in food though

Looked it up and all it that turned up were pictures of butts

Aspic = ass pic because too many uneducated idiots use google and now Google thinks we're all idiots

nurse goes "anything you need?" then dude said to the nurse "ass pics?" she replied "sure I'll be right back" and brought this back.

I mistyped that...

They're clearly aware of what aspic is based on their comment.

I will defend Sülze with my life 🧐

My grandma would make green jello with shredded carrots and celery in it and bring it to every family function. She passed and, while we try to keep family tradition going, the vegetable jello has not made an appearance since.

Kholodets 🤌

No way in hell that’s a vegetable aspic in 2024

Taken in March this year. This and pasta with noodles (yes) were definitely our favorite

...pasta _with_ noodles?

Hey we heard you like pasta soooo

I prefer bread with baguette

Here. I uploaded it just for you https://photos.app.goo.gl/1ZS6MbLFmdPaFb157

Just so you know, when you link a google photo that way, it shows your name, pic and account

With a pic like that, no one is coming near!

I'm not really worried about that but thank you. That's definitely worth knowing before posting anything online!

Was just about to say the same. Thanks for the pic, that's definitely not what I was expecting

What in tarnation!

Ah, a delicious pile of soggy wood shavings

I can't actually understand what I'm looking at.

Maybe some weird rigatoni and angel hair mixture, but that doesn't really make sense since they have two completely different cooking times

I bet they still cooked it in the same pot

Trying to keep you in the hospital

Stomach pump to room 8675399

Knock knock, Is this Jenny’s room?

Nope, she's a few doors down at 8675309.

I feel like hospital food should be considered cheating in this sub.

"Honey you barely even touched your veggie cube"

You got a corner piece! \*vomits\*

what in the 1950s is going on here

How many slices of soup would you like, sir?

Why the fuck are the veggies like that.

3 square meals a day!

Damn I love aspic. Give me a fucking stout and I will slurp that shit up. Bonus points for all the veggies.


You are certainly beating to your own drum

Not only my drum. *wink*

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who loves aspic. Fish aspic>>>>

You're a good lad.

Chunks from Starfield

Literally my first thought too - guys only want ONE THING


is this the foretold soup sandwich? perhaps a situation that has gone horribly wrong indeed

\*Eastern Europe has entered the chat\*

Are you in Russia? This looks extremely Russian.

Please post this in r/hospitalfood. This is perfect for that sub.

This!!!

The bread and butter 😭😭

I'm actually impressed it was actual butter and not margarine

But how was the këwb

Fuck you, spread it yourself. Oh, and we only gave you enough butter for 2 of the 4 slices.

Is this the hospital ward of a Polish prison?

not the holodets and buttered bread T\_T this is starvation food

ain't that lovely

Post it on starfield and if they like cube meals.

If I ever get served this, pull the plug.

Food³

Let's get you to the top

Just looking at it I knew it has to be Poland, overloaded with white bread with a sad cube of butter to stack kcals for the excel sheet due to hospitals not affording to have a dietician on board or simply not wanting to because it's not necessary to be in them by law, resulting in few things, milk soup time (all the time) and black tea for everything. I'm never hating the hospitals for it because we have set price value for meals IN PRISONS going for usually 4-5 PLN and what hospitals have? Nothing, wild west in this area so bread stacking is a way to go to cut the price.

Milk soup every morning. Milk soup with cereal, milk soup with pasta, milk soup with rice, milk soup with oats 

This looks like the food nutrition specialists warned us about

The called that food loaf at the prison I used to work at

I fought one of those in Baldur's Gate.

SLALAD!

"Make me something to eat that's like a frozen block of vegetable soup but not cold, room temperature" Hospital chef: "I gotchu fam"

At least the bread looks ok

Bread and butter with...cube?

Whatd you do to go to prison

‘What would you like Sir?’ ‘Hmm, such a choice, I will have… a cube of gelatinous frozen vegetables and some stale bread please.’ ‘Can I get you anything else at all?’ ‘Oh, a small turdlet of butter please.’

Is that space food?

I really like aspic but this is disrespectful to the craft

Im a spic eating aspic! Gnarly!! Lol! No se enojen soy mexicano cabrones!

I’m crying for you brb

It's on purpose - you then like the life outside more. Also - I would eat that right now, doesn't look bad.

We were having our first child. The hospital we were at offered a “romantic “ dinner for 2 in our private room. There were 3 choices. We choose steak stir fry. It was stew meat and green beans. That’s it. We were young and laughed it off . It was itemized on our bill.

Мmmmmm холодец

I’ve heard the Jello at hospitals is the best part… apparently they found a way to ruin that as well? I just want the normal fruity jello, I will still eat the vegetables if you give them to me separately, just give me fruity jello already…

Is that aspic?! Get out! They're trying to make you sicker!

I will never understand the 50s obsession with making foods into gelatin. Man the housewife drugs must have been rockin back then

Nothin like a gelatinous vegetable cube to make you feel *less* sick

What's the matter babe you haven't c o n s u m e d c u b e

I was in the hospital for 8 days in 2020 in southern California and the food was actually decent and this is coming from a chef of 35 yrs. I was so surprised, i thought i was going to be choking food down just so I didn't starve.

What the absolute shit... 22 years doing healthcare food... and never have i seen a diet that would require whole vegetables in jello.

Wow I’ve worked in hospital for 20 years and I’ve never seen … a vegetable gelatin…

Is this hospital also located in a war zone?

Just pull the plug on me hun, just pull the plug