Jell-O让我想起了小时候拜访祖母的房子。这不足为奇吗？

当我年轻的时候，有几件事会让我对周末拜访我祖母南希的格林威治的房子充满信心。First, my uncle would come in from the city to stay with my sister and I. An artist and old movie afficionado, he’d draw us pictures for coloring (we never wanted for a coloring book) and he’d watch Shirley Temple, White Christmas, and any movie involving Marilyn Monroe with us for hours on end. Then there was Nancy’s (Nana’s) backyard. She had the most elaborate, beautiful garden, complete with a rocky hill that led into a patch of woods, separating her street of houses from the one a block away. In my mind back then, it reminded me of what the world looked like during prehistoric times. Everything was so green; in fact, earthy green is the color that I still associate with my grandmother and her dreamland of a backyard.

最后，最重要的是，每次我们访问时，都会有一碗巨大的果冻等待我们。饰有多汁，不可能的甜葡萄，苹果立方体和草莓，它会坐在她的冰箱里，在我们热切地打开双门时，散发出柔软的胭脂欢迎，问道：“那里吃什么？”。有些孩子想要冰淇淋或饼干作为甜点，但是当我去Nana's时，那果冻的果冻又是一团毛茸茸的奶油，是所有与糖有关的难民的答案。

这就是为什么当我找到最近的食谱时，我忍不住微笑薄荷果冻与罗勒奶油上从头吃饭。这是我最喜欢的食谱形式的记忆之一，没有过去的粉状化学物质：草药，薄荷绿色的自制果冻，上面放着一堆柔软的罗勒式鲜活的鲜奶油。夏季的后院赏金会遇到嬉戏，年轻的甜点。我通过电子邮件向我的娜娜（Nana）发送了电子邮件，后者不再住在格林威治（Greenwich），而是在亚利桑那州的全国各地。当她看到它时，我知道她也会微笑。