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I'm I having a horrid hallucination or was there also Milk Jelly .

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I loved milk jelly and blancmange and semolina and Junket yum!

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I used to make my children milk jelly and blancmange, they loved both.

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Just looked up rennet on Wikipedia - no wonder junket is thought of as disgusting! - it's an enzyme extracted from a dead calf's stomach. I used to eat it as a child, but I guess it was due to the deprivation of sweets in WW2, and we war babies would grab at anything that might have any sweetness in it - condensed milk being a particular favourite.

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Hi Pete rennet is also used it the production of cheese to separate the curds from the whey . I know there is a vegetarian version but I think calves rennet is still widely used for cheese production so most cheese eaters will be eating it .

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I'm sure I've read about something called Shape, also a dessert I believe, or perhaps something given to invalids to encourage them to eat. Does it ring any bells?

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I've heard of Shape yoghurt which is made by Danone ..... could that be what you are thinking of Maver-rik?

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Mav I think 'shape ' referred to blancmange and jelly both very old deserts which used to be served in elaborately 'shaped' moulds

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Ahh, thanks, I was trying to remember where I read about it, and I think it mighy have been in "The Diary of a Provincial Lady" by E. M. Delafield. Can recommend it by the way, the book I mean not the pud.

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My great aunt was in service to Sir Joseph Whitworth she always called blancmange and jelly 'shape' .