What is jello made of !?!?!? By: Michelle & Catherine

That wiggly treat that comes in an array of colors is JELLO!!! I wonder... *pause* what have we've been putting in our mouths?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Technically, jello is a bunch of processed collagen- any class of extra celluar proteins abundant in higher animals, esp. in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling. (definition from dictionary.com) Go to this site for the scientific side of jello: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/consumer/faq/jello-composition.shtml

They heat the collagen in HOT water to get gelatin. It goes through this big process just to make a lot of this jiggly snack. It cools and makes JELLO!!!

But apparently, it's not just for eating; this person used jello to make scuptures: http://www.lizhickok.com/portfolio_jello.html She made San Francisco out of JELLO in 2007!!!! :0

So if you're interested at all about jello making, try this recipe out and make your own multi-colored city 8D:

- 2 three oz. packages of lemon jello
- 2 ¼ cups of boiling water
- 6 oz. can of frozen lemonade
- 9 oz. containers of cool whip
Mix the boiling water and lemonade together in a bowl; put it in the fridge for one and a half hour. Then beat in the cool whip and then pour it into the 13 x 9 dishes and refrigerate. Recipe courteous of: www.nikibone.com/recipe/jello/lemonadejello.html

As for horse hooves in JELL-O, check out this site to find the truth: http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/jello.asp

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