{"podcast":{"title":"Family Tree Food Stories","slug":"family-tree-food-stories-7049295","podcast_index_feed_id":7049295,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/family-tree-food-stories/","website_url":"https://podcast.familytreefoodstories.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9372cab4-056f-402d-a829-faa310a8d9c1/FTFS-LOGO-Podcast-8-25-26-compressed.png","author":"Nancy May & Sylvia France","episode_count":103,"summary":"Family Tree, Food & Stories podcast will take you on a mouthwatering journey through generations of flavor! We're digging up and sharing the juiciest family secrets, hilarious dinner table disasters, and the heartwarming moments that make your favorite foods, meals, and relationships unforgettable. From Great-Grandma's legendary cheese crust apple pie to that questionable casserole your Uncle Bob swears by. With Family Tree, Food, and Stories, we're serving a feast of laughter, tears, and everything in between. So, are you ready to uncover and share those unforgettable stories behind every bite and create some new memories along the way? Join our growing family of food enthusiasts and storytellers as we Eat, laugh, relive the past, and learn how to create new memories together because. . . every recipe has a story, and every story is a feast.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T16:18:38.349730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295"},"episode":{"title":"The Strange History of Jell-O: Gelatin, Bone Broth, Jell-O Shots & Aspic.","slug":"the-strange-history-of-jell-o-gelatin-bone-broth-jell-o-shots-aspic","published_at":"2026-08-13T08:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/the-strange-history-of-jell-o-gelatin-bone-broth-jell-o-shots-aspic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295","url":"https://family-tree-food-stories.captivate.fm/episode/history-jell-o-gelatin-shots","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bf389e4c-d71f-4060-b52a-c4dc3662f464.mp3","summary":"Why Jell-O Is Back, and Suddenly Hotter Than Ever. Jell-O is back! But not just in the form that you might remember. Gelatin and Jell-O are suddenly everywhere again: in bone broth, collagen powders, cocktail jellies, and high-end food art, and they've got a very devoted online following that is recreating old recipes and inventing new ways to use and eat them. In this episode of Family Tree Food Stories , Sylvia France and I ( Nancy May ) dig into the unusual history of Jell-O, gelatin, aspic, bone broth, and even ancient Jell-O shots. We're sharing how gelatin made it from the medieval banquet tables and 50-ton showpieces to those lime-green molded “salads,” we remember so well. Why Utah’s official love affair with it is so strong that they gave it a full week on the state calendar to celebrate it! We're also settling a few kitchen-table arguments: No, gelatin is not made from horse hooves. No, fresh pineapple is not your friend when you want Jell-O to set. And no, buying a $40 tub of collagen does not automatically make you healthier, younger, or mysteriously more interesting at brunch. Well.... maybe we might test that one. The real story is this: gelatin never disappeared. We simply changed the name, the packaging, and the price tag. Yesterday it was Grandma’s tomato aspic. Today it is “functional wellness” and $115 designer Jell-O shots. Same old wobble, similar tastes, and a much higher price! Key Things You'll Learn: FAQs What is Jell-O really made from? You might be surprised here. Is gelatin the same as collagen? They are closely related, but no. Why is gelatin making a comeback? Retro cooking, homemade bone broth, collagen culture, cocktail jellies, and food-as-art have made this old ingredient fashionable again. Everything old is new again, even in the kitc…","meta_description":"Why Jell-O Is Back, and Suddenly Hotter Than Ever. Jell-O is back! But not just in the form that you might remember. Gelatin and Jell-O are suddenly every…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2247,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/episodes/the-strange-history-of-jell-o-gelatin-bone-broth-jell-o-shots-aspic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/the-strange-history-of-jell-o-gelatin-bone-broth-jell-o-shots-aspic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}