There's always room for Jell-O

I found the blog bellow by doing a little of what the kids call online surfing. I was looking at a website that took me to another website which led me to.....well, you get the idea. Anyway I wanted to share this with you all. I think we all need to travel out of our flavor zone sometimes, and i am usually down to try anything (except pepper on cantaloupe YUCK). It just so happened i had all of the ingredients for this recipe on hand. Yes, i keep unflavored gelatin on hand at all times, why? You ask....Jell-O is GREAT for nails and hair. It has marrow in it (yes as in bone) which makes nails and hair strong. Rather than trying to find time each day to eat some Jeel-O I found drinking the unflavored one, really fast 1st thing in the morning, was the best way to get it into me. But i have to say, the recipe bellow sounded great, so I gave it a shot. It really was good. I will warn you, this is ONLY for the biggest of coffee fans. It's basically like eating a chewy coffee bean, it's that strong. It was great though and i recommend you give it a try. Just not right before bed :-)

Cheers

~Sam

Vietnamese Coffee Jello
via http://www.thatwinsomegirl.blogspot.com/

1/2 cup cold water
2 cups strong coffee
1 (14oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
3 packages of Knox unflavored gelatin

Place 1/2 cup cold water in a medium bowl. Sprinkle 3 packages of unflavored gelatin over the water; stir to combine. Let this mixture set for about 10 minutes, until the gelatin blooms. Meanwhile, prepare 2 cups of strong coffee. (I used 8 tablespoons of ground coffee for 2 cups of water.)

Stir the hot coffee into the bloomed gelatin until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

Stir in the can of sweetened condensed milk.

Pour the combined jello mixture into an 8x8 pan (you could use a larger pan for thinner jello cubes). Place in the fridge for 2-4 hours, until gelatin is completely set.

Cut into 1-inch cubes and serve, or store in an air tight container in the refrigerator until ready to serve.