Food Traditions

Most of our family traditions involve food from the expected--Thanksgiving and turkey to the stumbled upon--Christmas Eve and Chinese Hot Pot.  Some just happen and we don't really know why.

For several years our Scout troop would have a Court of Honor at the end of the summer that always included a pot luck meal.  One of our boys suggested we bring these layered jello jigglers one year and they immediately became a tradition each year.

The silly things took a whole afternoon to make with the timer going off every 20 minutes to remind me to add another layer.  But, the effect of that rainbow of jello goodness was worth the work.  The oohs and awes as we walked in with the big bowl of jello were fun every year.

Then, 5 minutes later, the entire bowl was empty and the tradition was done for another year.  We learned quickly to grab some before the batch left home if we wanted any!