A Refreshing Summertime Dessert, Right Out Of The Pages Of Your Childhood.

Talk about getting hit upside the head with a flood of childhood memories! When I saw the title of Jessica’s refreshing recipe, I was back at my grandmother’s house, waking up to the sound of the mourning doves cooing in the trees outside the bedroom window. I would watch the shadows of the swaying tree leaves on the ceiling of my room, looking for omens about the nature of my day to come.

Bounding out of bed, I dressed in a trice and grabbed the family dog to go play in the public wooded park five blocks from my grandmother’s house. Nobody worried about a 6-year-old girl and a tiny dog wandering loose in the woods in those days. It was simply a much more innocent time….

But I was always back to the house promptly before noon! What would make a young child run like the wind, careen around the corner of the alley and skid to a stop at her grandmother’s side gate? Listen, don’t you hear it? There, over on the next street! It’s the ice cream man! In those days, he pedaled a bicycle with a refrigerated cart on the front, and he would ring the bell on his handlebars to announce his imminent arrival in your neighborhood.

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Quick Tip:  If you want to make this pie into an elegant-looking dessert for a special occasion, decorate it with pieces of fruit that correspond to the flavor of your gelatin (see other Quick Tip for ideas).

Recipe and image courtesy of Jessica Segarra for Dixie Crystals