Fortunately, my mom never made any of those concoctions. Strictly meat, potatoes, and veg. No salad at all... which is better than being served jello salad I'm sorry, but JELLO IS NOT A SALAD!!! It is a DESSERT! Sorry to yell, but although I never had to face one of those things in my own home, Paul's aunt Marie and her compatriots used to make them and call them "salad". I would just pass it along the table without taking any and without comment, unless someone was rude enough to point out that I hadn't taken any. Then I would simply say that I don't eat "sweets". Which isn't entirely true. I eat sweets on occasion. But NEVER as a salad course!

Jello salads! What a thing to be confronted with over morning tea! I'm certainly awake now!