Savory Jello Molds Called Aspics Were Super Popular In The ’60S

By NowThis

Published on 6/5/2018 at 12:46 PM

These savory gelatinous dishes used to be hugely popular in the U.S. Aspic was made with ingredients like pork, veggies and shrimp, which were solidified in a weird gelatin base. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was considered mess-free, economic and easy to make, but it eventually fell out of fashion, and is now mostly remembered as a peculiar, dated dish.

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