Barbecue Cubes

Joys of Jell-O, p. 58

1 package (3 oz.) Jell-O Lemon-Lime or Lemon Gelatin

¾ cup boiling water

1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce

1 ½ tablespoons vinegar

½ teaspoon salt

Dash of pepper

Dissolve Jell-O Gelatin in boiling water. 

This recipe obviously takes a lot of culinary skill.

Add remaining ingredients. Pour into 8-inch square pan; chill until firm. Cut into cubes and serve on salad greens. 

Why yes, that IS what lemon Jell-o looks like when it's full of tomato sauce and seasonings!

Here's what the (delightfully retro) cookbook said it was supposed to look like.

And here's what mine looked like!

My Rating: 2/5 "This is... weird. It does taste vaguely like lemony barbecue, but it has the consistency of a somewhat organic Jell-o jiggler. I'm not very experienced with aspics, which is what the cookbook says this is, but boy howdy is this a heck of a crash course."