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9. Calf’s Foot Jelly: Wobbly Victorian Dessert

9. Calf's Foot Jelly: Wobbly Victorian Dessert
Victorian-era calf’s foot jelly, a delicate, translucent dessert made from simmered calves’ feet.

A wobbly, clear dessert popular in British Victorian times, calf’s foot jelly was made by boiling calves’ feet to extract gelatin. It was sometimes mixed with wine or lemon. The labor-intensive creation fell out of favor with the rise of powdered gelatin products (kristinholt.com).

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