My mom, her sister and her brothers all grew up with the fruited jello salad as a staple at family functions. Their own mother (my grandmother) didn’t make it, but apparently every other woman in the family would make their own variation, to the disgust of my mom and her siblings. This is why I myself have never actually had a fruited jello salad. Now that my mom’s generation is in charge of bringing the desserts to family functions, fruited jello salad is outlawed. I heard a rumor that my great grandmother actually made her jello salad orange-flavored, with grated carrots and chopped celery.

^{You and your not-so-subliminal banana messages! :)}