Mould-on-the-Wold

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:

 Geoff:
> > Personally, I think that Mould-on-the-Wold is a wizarding village in the Cotswolds famous for its jelly-making.
> > :-)
 
Potioncat:
> I suppose you mean the gellatin like treats that are set in a mold and have a decorative appearance?
> 
> My aunt has made a a dish for decades that she calls "congealed salad"---that name has always sounded disgusting, but it's really good. She always treated it as a salad, but it should be a dessert.

Geoff:
In the UK, gelatine is only used to describe the basic substance used 
for preservation etc.

Jelly was traditionally made in a moulded glass container. The phrase is 
sometimes used to describe things such as cars which have exaggerated 
curves. The early Ford Sierras were sometimes described this way in the 
early 1980s.

Jelly was a constituent of puddings for years - jelly and custard, jelly and 
cream, fruit and jelly. The moulds have fallen out of fashion. Families will 
often buy pre-preapred jellies for convenience. We still buy jelly to make 
up if we're having something like a trifle for afters for Sunday lunch.