I am curious to know - i have heard you guys say the term "peanut and jelly sandwiches". This makes me think that what we Australians call Jam that you call Jelly. I was curious to know if you call the spread of fruit (whether it has chunks of fruit or not) on bread jelly. We call it jam or preserve. Then this is my question.......... what do you call the wobbly, sweet dessert that is flavoured crystals mixed with hot water and then set in the fridge? Because in Australia we call this jelly.
I know this sounds like a weird question - its just that me, and my children are just curious!
2006-12-30 15:40:27 · 21 answers · asked by Nic 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Sorry - i meant to say "peanut butter and jelly sandwiches" !!!!!!! Getting myself confused!!
2006-12-30 15:42:47 · update #1
Jelly, jam and preserves are all fruit spreads that go on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with any one of those. Preserves has thick fruit that you can see. Jam is thick, but the fruit is pureed. Jelly is fruity and sweet, but the texture is smooth a little thicker than gelatin.
On the other hand, Jello (a brand name) is something completely different. It is not used on P&B sandwiches. We usually eat it by itself as a dessert. Jello is what you described as the crystals that we mix with hot water and set in the refrigerator. The Jello brand now sells other desserts like pudding pops, etc. but Americans still think of Jello as the gelatin dessert.
2006-12-31 07:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by litewrka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK .. the wobbly sweet dessert you are speaking of is JELLO...
Jelly vs. Jam
If you go into the aisle of the grocery store where one may find Jelly ... you will also find Jam (or preserves) if you look carefully , this is not a language issue...You are correct Jam and Preserves are the same even in America.. Yes traditionally we use jelly to mix with our peanut butter and you will see on many Am's breakfast table jelly to be spread on toast or biscuits, But if you want a more sweet and easier spread you will choose Jam... In Jam you can see the small chunks...Yes, Jam is the same here as there, but not Jelly... Jelly is much like jam here in America. Just not as much fruit....What you call Jelly we call Jello...Hope I did not confuse you even more.
2006-12-30 16:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by CARLA R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wobbly stuff set in the fridge is Jell-O. We call it Jell-O because that's the name of the most popular brand that makes the dessert. Why do you call it jelly? Is there a brand called Jelly? lol.
The stuff you spread on bread can be called jelly OR jam, depending on which part of the country you live in. Where I live, it's always called "jelly" unless you're in a restaurant, when it's "preserves", because it's a fancier name, lol. In more rural areas, you'll hear "jam" more often. Some places even make a distinction between the three words, but they're pretty much all three used for the same thing: what you guys call "jam".
Really good question! :)
2006-12-30 15:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by Stina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay here we go... haha. Jelly to us is a fruit preserve Jelly to Europe and all is like jello to us jello being gelatin fruit flavored. Now i call Jelly Jello so people get confused So i need to start calling it jello because where i live in the usa we still call it jelly but if we go somewhere else we need to refer to it as jello. Jelly is different from jam slightly by that its had gelatin and more sugar in it. Hope i helped you understand Edit- wow confusing answers... seems like people don't get around much... thought this was a simple problem for people to answer... haha... do you get it now but any chance? Edit2- and yes jam hads small bits of fruit in it while jelly "not the jello jelly" does not jelly is more thiner while jam is thick. Help any better?
2016-05-22 22:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We would agree on jam. It's normally the same as preserves (although preserves might tend towards whole fruit). The refrigerated dessert would properly be called gelatin but is commonly referred to as Jello after the leading manufacturer. Jelly is basically jam with no fruit pieces - just juice.
2006-12-30 15:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The wobbly dessert if Jello
Jelly is like jam but doesn't spread as well - kind of bumpy
Jam - spreads well
Preserves is fruit slightly pureed - jelly with chunks of fruit
2006-12-30 15:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by totalstressor 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ahh, Jam usually is better for you, and has actual fruit in it like, Strawberry jam will have fragments of fruit in it. Jelly, is smoother, has the same tast, but, doesn't usually have all the actual fruit in it. But I don't know how you make your jam and jellies there...so it's hard to say.
2006-12-30 15:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by Sparki 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The dessert you call "jelly" we call "Jell-O" or just "fruit gelatin". Jell-O is the brand name, gelatin is the product.
Jelly, jam, and fruit spreads are pretty much synonymous here, but there are technical differences.
Jelly is made from fruit juice, sugar, and pectin. Jam is made from crushed cooked fruit (unstrained), sugar, and pectin. I'm not sure about the "preserves", they may be a second-rate product.
2006-12-30 16:17:05 · answer #8 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wobbly dessert is Jell-o, even when another brand. Jelly has no or little visible fruit, jam has chunks of fruit in it.
2006-12-30 15:43:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah the spread or what you call jam we call jelly. The dessert you described we call jello. Isn't it funny how we speak the same language (english) but can't understand each other sometimes.
2006-12-30 15:45:14 · answer #10 · answered by BluLizard 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋