Watch It Wiggle: The Jell-O Story (encore)

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It's been described as the ultimate status symbol for the wealthy, as the perfect solution for dieters and the sick, and, confusingly, as a liquid trapped in a solid that somehow remains fluid. What could this magical substance be? In case you haven't guessed, this episode, we're talking about Jell-O! Or, to be more precise, jelly—not the seedless kind you spread on toast, but the kind that shimmers on your plate, wiggles and jiggles on your spoon, and melts in your mouth. Jelly's story is as old as cooking itself—it is one that involves spectacular riches and dazzling displays, as well as California's poet laureate and some very curious chemistry. (encore presentation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was a kid, one of the easy summer treats my mom would make was a wiggly cup of cold
0:06.3	sweet jello.
0:07.3	I only got it as a special treat when I was sick, but we could all use a special treat
0:11.2	right now, so we have a fun encore for you all about jello, or as some would call it
0:16.2	jelly.
0:17.2	It's one of our all time favorite episodes.
0:19.8	Enjoy!
0:20.8	Okay, hi, I'm Sam Bompus.
0:23.1	We are in BompSimpa, it's our studio.
0:25.8	We're still in the main floor here beneath a golden ceiling, a model of iguanodon, with
0:31.0	some giant six-foot-high pink and turquoise crystals.
0:36.0	Nikki, I wasn't with you when you visited Bompus and Parr, what is an iguanodon and six-foot-high
0:41.3	pink and turquoise crystals?
0:43.0	Explain.
0:44.0	An iguanodon is, in fact, a dinosaur, one of those long lizard-y ones, and this particular
0:49.6	iguanodon was in South London, at the workshop of food magicians, Bompus and Parr.
0:55.7	They're famous for cooking steaks and volcanoes and flooding buildings with punch, so you can
1:00.8	go boating and get pissed at the same time, and for glow-in-the-dark ice cream fireworks,
1:06.2	and all sorts of other fabulous food-related spectacles.
1:10.2	And their workshop is jam-packed with bits and pieces from Projects Past.
1:15.1	This is a champagne bubble fountain, because you're a cascade of edible bubbles that
1:20.9	tastes like champagne.
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