What happens when frozen Jello melts?
Capt_Bloth and I want to make Jello in a hurry. He thinks that we should use not only the quick-set method of adding ice cubes, but also put the pan in the freezer. Now, I think this has the potential to freeze the whole pan. What’s the problem, you – and he – say? Won’t the frozen Jello just turn into a jiggly gelatinous mass once it hits fridge temp?
I’m thinking not. I think that once it unfreezes it’ll just liquidate into Kool-Aid. Maybe this is how they make Kool-Aid?
Can’t find anything on the internet. What say you, jello-expert jellies?
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If you freeze it…the jello will become hardened and inedible.
It gets a “skin layer on it and it turns to a rubbery material YUCK!
Trying to speed up the jello process leads to nothing good. Trust me.
If worse comes to worse, you could pick up some pre-made jello cups at the grocery store.
Okay go to the store. Purchase some pre-made jello cups. Also purchase a fruit cocktail mix. Put the mix in the bottom of an awesome jello mold. Then put the jello on top. Put in the fridge for a minute so it’ll set up together. Problem solved! Of course you could do without the mold or the fruit cocktail and just pour the pre-made jello cups into a big bowl but that is not as fun.
@buckyboy28 I can’t wait to eat my jello, my jello, not some cup, but I don’t like the idea of hot kool-aid. I’m out of options here.
@Capt_Bloth You could of course hop in a DeLorean with a flux capacitor and travel into the future when your jello is done.
@buckyboy28 and how do you propose I generate the necessary 1.21 gigawatts, hmm?
@Capt_Bloth Wrangle up some Libyan nationalists for their plutonium…. or just wait for a lightning storm.
@buckyboy28 Yeah, but I’d still need to put pants on. I think a little time in the freezer will chill it down and speed up the whole process.
@SpatzieLover I’m not going to let it freeze, but I don’t see how bad it could be. Isn’t jello already a rubbery mess?
You could have started it yesterday.
Can we address the issue of why you need it in such a hurry?
Well, you can read about the Arctic sea ice melting and maybe extrapolate an analogy.
You won’t get kool-aid when it melts, but it won’t be good… the outside will be tough and leathery due to freezer (frizzer?) burn, the inside will be forever a little too squidgy and drippy. Not good. Using ice water is fine, but I wouldn’t try to accelerate solidification via freezing unless you want non-uniform jello in the end.
Two things happen (from personal experience)... a hard ice layer forms on the top due to sedimentation and phase separation (some water on the top and concentrated goo on the bottom) leaving an inedible rubbery blob which can melt to form a sticky mess that is near impossible to clean.
Update: My jello is done!!! I did not freeze it. well I did put one brick in the freezer as an experiment.
@Val123 Yes I could have started it yesterday, but then I would have been whining about waiting for my jello then, wildpotato would still post the question and we would still all be here, it would just be yesterday.
@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities I have never been able to wait for jello, plus wildpotato had to go to class.
@Dr_C I’m glad I’m not the only one to try this.
@Capt_Bloth Looks like freezing isn’t such a good idea after all, at least you only experimented with one brick.
@Capt_Bloth Lemme know how that freezer one compares to a rubber bouncy ball! ;D
@SpatzieLover not like a ball in the least, it was delicious. :)
While I was eating it, I was thinking “jello pops! Bill Cosby was on to something, but didn’t take the idea far enough.” as it melts it turns into a gelatin-slushy hybrid, mmmmmm.
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