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Fond Junket memories from the Midwest
On a hot Midwest day this week, the following popped up in our family’s group social media page: “Does anyone have Granny and Granddad’s Homemade Ice Cream recipe?” Of course, the matriarch of the family (my mother) posted a photo of it, which I am attaching. The next day, another cousin asked, “What is junket?” That piqued my curiosity. I knew what junket was, but what I did not know was that Junket was celebrating their 150th Birthday. Nor did I know that Junket was in St. Louis, MO! As a fellow Missourian, when I discovered this, I shared YOUR STORY with all of the aunts/uncles/cousins/nieces/nephews in our group. Then I decided that I needed to share OUR story with YOU! My mother writes: “My family was poor, but we didn’t starve because we lived on a farm. Mother raised a lot of chickens and sold eggs to the grocer
I am so glad that I have rediscovered Junket!
It had been a long while since I had Junket and I had forgotten what a lovely, easy and quick dessert it is. I made it with maple syrup and it was a big hit. I work as a personal chef and I look forward to making various flavors of Junket for my clients as well as using it to make a variety of cheeses. Also, I just started making ice cream fairly recently and will be trying Junket ice cream soon. Your company makes an excellent, easy to use product and I am so glad that I have rediscovered it! Warm regards, – Jennifer
The most marvelous magical refrigerator
My brother and I thought our maternal grandmother, our Nana Chisholm, had the most marvelous magical refrigerator. I don’t ever remember going to visit when raspberry Junket was not in it. Today, 50 years after her death, raspberry Junket remains a favorite with me. Of course, now I have to make it, because the magic refrigerator is long gone. I cannot buy it in any of the local markets, so I am very happy to have found it available online. — EJF
My all-time favorite dessert as a child
My all-time favorite dessert as a child was a banana pudding (or ice cream) that my great-grandmother made and put in metal ice trays to freeze. It had bananas mixed in it. I have looked for something similar for years but haven’t been able to find it. I think the Junket was banana flavored, but I’m not sure. This would have been about 1950, and my grandmother died a few years later. I would love to be able to make it now! — Jeanne
The kids loved them
I used to put vanilla junket into wine glasses and use food coloring to make them different colors. The kids loved them (broke a lot of glasses – from 5 & 10). — Barbara
I remember the distinctive flavor and color of Danish dessert
I remember the distinctive flavor and color of Danish dessert, yet it has taken me most of a week to remember what we called it. Now I’d like to make my favorite childhood meal for my grandkids [chicken & rice, and Danish dessert]. Do you know if this product [mix] available in the Kansas City area? — Nancy