2006-06-28 07:27:33 · 11 answers · asked by loudiesel30 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Mushed up fruit with a thickner like pectin added to it.
2006-06-28 07:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A jelly is a sweet or savoury food gel, usually made through the addition of gelatin or pectin to edible liquids.
Sweet jellies include pectin-based fruit jam or gelatin desserts such as Jell-O and blancmange. Savoury jellies include aspic or plain gelatine. Vegetarians and Vegans make jellies using agar, which is made from seaweed as opposed to animal collagen-based gelatin.
In the United States, the usual distinction between "jelly" and jam is that the latter contains visible seeds or pieces of fruit, whereas the former does not. Jam is also often thicker and more spreadable. The traditional process of making jelly called for the cooked ingredients to be put into a cloth bag. The liquid that drained through the bag without squeezing could be made into a transparent jelly; the remaining thick contents in the bag could be made into jam. Gelatine desserts are not ordinarily referred to as "jelly" in the US, and it is rare (though not unheard of) to use the term for savoury foods of any description. Mayhaw jelly is a delicacy in parts of the American South.
In cooking, a variety of terms are used to classify pectin-based jellies:
2006-06-28 14:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you live.
In the UK, jelly is flavoured water (normall fruit flavoured) that is set by using gelatin. Often eaten as the sweet course in a meal. Sometimes with cream added, sometimes used in a trifle.
In the USA, jelly is the same product that is called jam in the UK. It is a compote of fruit, stewed and set with pectin. It is normally spread on bread.
2006-06-28 14:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gelitized fruit
2006-06-28 14:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Jeep Driver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mashed potatoes of fruit.
2006-06-28 14:29:44 · answer #5 · answered by Snuffy Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
runny fruit with added sweetners, pectin and other chemicals for a spread on bread..or wherever
2006-06-28 14:31:51 · answer #6 · answered by hipergirl22 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a fruit concoction that usually consists of alot sugar, fruit, and pectin (to make it gel) that is boiled together than canned. my favorite is peach.
2006-06-28 14:30:46 · answer #7 · answered by youngj042004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the stuff that usally with peanutbutter on bread
2006-06-28 14:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by nastaany1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll find the answer at "recipelink.com"
2006-07-03 19:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by nova30180 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jam.
i think it's jello in australia, but i forgot.
2006-06-28 14:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by xREDrawr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋