Just got a mold from Kraft/JEllo for making "Jello" beans - little jelly bean shaped pieces of Jello. I tried using Knox gelatine and fruit juice, which usually works well with fruit salad molds. The "beans" taste terrible! Very metallic tasting (the mold is plastic). I use one packet of gelatine to 1 1/4 cups of juice. Any suggestions?

-- Christina (introibo2000@yahoo.com), March 22, 2002

Answers

Did you use canned juice? This would definetly cause the metalic taste. Knox gelatin brings out the flavor of the juice, be it good or bad.

-- Kristean Thompson (pigalena_babe@yahoo.com), March 22, 2002.

No, I used the store brand bottled fruit juice. Next time I have the brand name stuff open, I try that.

-- Christina (introibo2000@yahoo.com), March 22, 2002.

I've often used applesauce as part of the liquid when making jello. It's particularly good with strawberry jello. Maybe that would help the flavor.

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhillfarm@yahoo.com), March 23, 2002.

dont know , a friend brought some to a gathering this past weekend, they were ok, except for the needed oil to remove them from the mold made them kind of yucky to look at, i dont eat jello , so didnt try them ... silly question, did you make sure you washed the mold really well before you used it ?

-- Beth Van Stiphout (willosnake@hotmail.com), March 25, 2002.