Jello salad
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Jello salad or congealed salad is the common name for a salad made with gelatin, cottage cheese, fruits, and, more rarely, vegetables. Because of its many elements, the result has speckled bits of color against a colored jello background. For example, one might have lime green jello with brown nuts, bits of white from cottage cheese, and red and orange from the fruit cocktail. It looks and tastes hearty, and it's not overly sweet. Therefore, it has the "salad" appearance. The "salad" theme is further increased taste-wise in the variants which use mayonnaise. Generally one does not add many fruits to such a salad because the sweet jello would clash. However, certain vegetables, such as a dash of hot pepper, might appeal. When one uses plain gelatin instead of sweetened Jello, then the use of vegetables becomes more common, such as in tomato aspic.
The name comes from the brand name Jello which is a common gelatin product.
