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Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2007)

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Re: Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2007)

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I participated in a competition in middle school to see who could formulate jello that would stay up the longest when nailed to a wall. The one rule was that your jello could only contain ingredients that normally show up in jello. The deciding factor turned out to be not what the jello contained but how it was hammered. If the jello ended up flush to the wall then it would stick, eventually harden, and stay there in…

Would a whole, uncut pineapple have qualified ?

Sprinkle it with some jelatin and yes, it has water, gelatin and fruit.

Re: Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2007)

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post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like the latest update is actually from today

Where did you see that? I just took a quick look and didn't.

You can search for "2023" on the page, although in retrospect it looks like the author just fixed some links so no substantive changes.

Re: Nailing jelly to a wall: is it possible? (2007)

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post #18

I always heard it as "Jell-o", not "jelly".

There was a band called Green Jello that used the name for a decade until one of their songs became popular, then Kraft Foods sent them a C&D for trademark infringement and they had to change their name to Green Jelly.

They're still around. I'm seeing them Thursday.
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