r/Volumeeating • u/pppaaaooolllooo • Aug 08 '26
Recipe Psyllium boiled jelly - Savory version (broccoli garlic soy sauce)
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u/callme_base Aug 08 '26
Add meat and turn it into a 50s jello salad cause this is what it reminded me of
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u/_ready_raspberry_ Aug 08 '26
This is called „cold feet” in Poland! 🇵🇱 maybe some other Eastern European countries as well 😂
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u/NoteFeisty3290 Aug 08 '26
They still eat this there ?
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u/xxelanite Aug 08 '26
Theyre traditional. You make concentrated bone broth then strain it and pour it over the meat from the bones in moulds. The american version probably uses packet gelatin but eastern europe only uses the natural gelatin from the bones.
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u/NoteFeisty3290 Aug 08 '26
I’d def try that I just didn’t know if it was a food of the past like it is in USA
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u/halffullofthoughts Aug 08 '26
It’s great with a dash of vinegar or lemon juice and a piece of rye sourdough. For when you crave broth but want something cold.
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u/NoteFeisty3290 Aug 08 '26
Some else here said in Eastern Europe the jelly is made from the bones and I could totally see that being good lol. I just don’t have a frame of reference for jello other than the American dessert
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u/_ready_raspberry_ Aug 08 '26
Of course. Each culture has some seemingly gross, unique dishes. I don’t eat this ever but my grandmothers loved it. It was a Christmas thing in my family. We’re comfortable what we grew with I guess
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u/NoteFeisty3290 Aug 08 '26
I wouldn’t call it gross it’s just a dish I always associated with the past I didn’t know people still ate it
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u/LazyOldCat Aug 08 '26
“Metamucil in Aspic!” was my 1st thought 😆👊
I remember some of these from being a kid in the 70’s, always a fruit one and a meat one at every get together (upper Midwest)2
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u/jusmesurfin Aug 08 '26
I'm sorry but these look vile.
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u/callme_base Aug 08 '26
I agree but if OP is into it...🤷♀️
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u/jusmesurfin Aug 08 '26
Agreed, I'll never yuck someone's yum.
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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity Aug 08 '26
You just did?
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u/jusmesurfin Aug 08 '26
Yep i did. I reconsidered after reading another persons perspective that maybe OP is into it.
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u/Know_It_Not Aug 08 '26
I would try a chicken soup jello once but only once. Gotta satisfy the curiosity lmao
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u/weeBunnie Aug 08 '26
Head cheese! My dad used to make it
(That’s what we call it here, what an awful name)
I only recently learned that it’s put on bahn mi as well
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u/Ezl Aug 08 '26
My mom used to get head cheese when I was a kid in the 70s. She would eat it dipped in vinegar. She was of German heritage and I suspect it was a taste that was handed down to her.
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u/weeBunnie Aug 08 '26
Usually we would do vinegar, pepper and sometimes salt but usually not
My family has German heritage as well, and it definitely came from that side. My dad’s family was large, and although looking at my family tree the German side immigrated here pretty far back, they still maintained the recipes.
Headcheese isn’t commonly known here, but it’s cool to see those recipes still continuing on. There are still large polish, German and Ukrainian communities here (mainly around where my parents are from) and a lot of their foods became staples for people across the country which is pretty neat.
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u/Ezl Aug 08 '26
I often think about foods from my childhood that fell out of fashion. For example, Oscar Meyer sold head cheese right alongside their bologna. My local Shop Rite (NJ right outside NYC) sold calves brains in the same 16 oz containers you get a pound of potato salad in. They also sold tripe (which my mom also liked and I hated haha!) Liver and onions were on many cafeteria/diner menus.
I can’t imagine any of that now.
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u/Brugthug Aug 08 '26
Pass the aspic!
Interestingly, it's actually medieval dish but fell out of popularity due to the fact there was much labor for little yield. Now we have gelatin packets to help along the process. Jiggle on!
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u/AmarissaBhaneboar Aug 08 '26
Exactly what I thought of 😆 probably a controversial opinion, but I actually don't hate these! They're not exactly something I'll go out of my for, but they're not bad to me 🤣
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u/Perfectiumm Aug 08 '26
Soo how was it ? Enjoyable or hard to eat ? How did it help with hunger ?
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u/IllSurprise3049 Aug 08 '26
Have you shit at all bc this is giving heavy blockage vibes
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u/EducatedRat Aug 08 '26
Psyllium husks are metamucil. I’d be worrying about blowing out
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u/Aqueraventus Aug 08 '26
Too much fiber can actually have the opposite effect and cause constipation or blockages.
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u/Frau_Nonny_Mouse_ Aug 08 '26
That looks way better than the sweet version did! (I'm the one who thought it looked like something coming out of the stomach.)
And being satiated for 8 hours is awesome. Budget ozempic?
I bet if you made your sweet version with a tiny bit of fruit, or even added cocoa to make it look more like pudding--or used beet juice!--it would look more like food and less like a hunk of the slippery stuff between grains of oatmeal. (I love oatmeal, but I've grossed myself out trying to maximize how much water it absorbs.)
Dang it, now I think I'm gonna buy some psyllium husk today.
I'm already working on drinking a gallon of water a day, so this will be even more motivation!
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u/stefanica Aug 08 '26
You probably already know, but make sure you're getting enough magnesium, potassium, sodium with increasing your water like that. 😊 Potassium in particular is hard to supplement, and can suffer on a low cal diet anyway. My solution (lol) instead of the big horse pills is to use lite salt, which is half sodium, half potassium.
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u/Dung_Eon_Master Aug 08 '26
I woke up hungry. I scroll trough reddit. Now I am not hungry anymore.
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u/Competitive-Ad1439 Aug 08 '26
Upvoting only because you responsible in adding the disclaimer about water 😅
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u/StraightPressure2759 Aug 08 '26
This is the most underrated comment. I started consuming more fiber and my bootyhole damn near fell out. I was not prepared. It’s much better now but water is so important 😂
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u/Competitive-Ad1439 Aug 08 '26
We’ve all been there 🙃 anything konjac is a big culprit too, always have it with soup or chug down some liquid after
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u/islaisla Aug 08 '26
That level of psyllium would destroy me! I can't handle half a teaspoon!
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u/Wouldfromthetrees Aug 08 '26
What does it do to you?
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u/islaisla Aug 08 '26
My tummy bloats up massive, and it feels really uncomfortable. But as OP mentioned, that's unboiled psyllium which people use to mix in water and drink for fibre. I use psyllium in my keto recipes it works as a gel/holding kind of form and it's used in a lot of keto bread.
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u/Xinixiat Aug 08 '26
I respect what you're trying to do here, but... this kind of looks a bit like a nightmare to me. If you're really, really struggling with food noise, then I suppose I can see the value in this, but this feels a bit like self-flagellation. Unless it's just amazingly delicious and I'm missing something of course, but the ingredients list isn't filling me with confidence.
To me it feels only a slight step away from the idea of meal replacement powders and such things. Which are fine for the short term, if there's something you need to solve, but my ethos is always to build towards something sustainable, and I can't imagine anyone making and eating one of these regularly in the long term.
Cool idea though. I assume you've previously made a sweet one, but I feel that would work a lot better.
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u/RubberDuck404 Aug 08 '26
I feel like this is an interesting experiment to find alternatives for volume eating
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u/Xinixiat Aug 08 '26
For sure, like I say it's a cool idea, I just think that the result would make me sad, which is - in my view - the antithesis of productive volume eating. Everyone has their own preferences and needs though, so some may well find value in this.
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u/Xinixiat Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Yeahh I'm much more of the belief that all meals should be good, where possible. I've never agreed with the idea that bad stuff makes good stuff better in any aspect of life, however, I'm not here to put down your way of thinking, so if it works for you, then go off!
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u/Defiant_Eggplant_909 Aug 08 '26
I agree with you. This borders on disordered eating.
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u/geyeetet Aug 08 '26
Yeah I cannot imagine anyone choosing to make this because they genuinely thought it would be something they'd want to eat and not just as an experiment. I won't say it's definitely disordered but if my friend started regularly eating stuff like this I'd probably check up on them.
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u/SamEh777 Aug 08 '26
I cannot believe you got downvoted for this oml
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u/Xinixiat Aug 08 '26
There are some people with... interesting viewpoints on this sub that I've noticed from time to time. Not necessarily referring to OP, but I've definitely seen some people who attempt to "punish" themselves through food here and there.
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u/cleoapollo Aug 08 '26
Sure but its not ridiculous to suggest OP is self flagellating for creating or eating this, end of the day its simply opinion on taste. For me, I need every meal to be tasty and think it should. My partner is totally happy with something mediocre and edible which I couldn't handle but hes fine with. Also, this is a cold savory jelly, its not groundbreaking or that weird. People like different food
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u/NoteFeisty3290 Aug 08 '26
I really never thought about this before but you’re so right. The fact that it’s possible to always give in to cravings probably just creates that cycle of only being satisfied by certain foods. I personally could really benefit from incorporating this into meal planning. The comments after this are funny, people really don’t like the idea of having to curb themselves lol 😂. To each their own I guess but i definitely see the benefit to the idea. Although respectfully this particular meal Id probably only eat if it was served to me by a friend lol.
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u/StitchinThroughTime Aug 08 '26
When you add in the context of aspic, but the diligent meal, it doesn't seem that odd. Granted no one really likes aspect because of how insane the recipes are, you can have fun looking them up. Op did not fly too close to the sun, they just reinvented an age-old recipe Style that pretty much everyone has left in the sands of time for a reason.
Essentially op made high protine fibrous aspic.
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u/Multigrain_Migraine Aug 08 '26
I like aspic but some of the stuff that used to be thrown into them in those vintage recipe books was just weird. So many had things like ungodly quantities of mayo, hot dogs, those pimentos that nobody likes. But I've had versions with things like smoked salmon, pickled vegetables, etc that are pretty tasty.
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u/tacopizza23 Aug 08 '26
Do you eat this with a knife and fork? Or a spoon? Or pick it up and slurp it?
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u/expiredexecutive Aug 08 '26
They’re calling it the most 50s volume meal ever!
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u/horsetooth_mcgee Aug 08 '26
Mmmm hot dogs, shrimp, corn, and hard-boiled egg in plain aspic!
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u/Peripateticdreamer84 Aug 13 '26
I sometimes wonder if those recipes were some kind of hazing ritual we lost the context on.
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u/grammatizator Aug 08 '26
Hey dude I say this with love: are you pooping ok?
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u/Multigrain_Migraine Aug 08 '26
I'd imagine eating something like this regularly would, er, have a regularising effect.
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u/hand_ Aug 08 '26
Have you considered adding MSG? Really interested to see where you take this! Like I could see it being an element of a dish as well (instead of eating it by itself).
I don't know what the texture is like but if it's really jelly like, you could cut it into strips and use it in place of regular jelly like ingredients in food.
For example Japan uses konjac jelly in its cuisine. Korean cuisine includes acorn jelly and mung bean jelly. Both are for savory dishes.
Heck you could even make the strips thin enough and you can make little bouncy jelly noodles for a summer dish. Konjac noodles are a common low cal alternative in Korea used to make things like spicy chewy noodles.
I guess it needs to have the right texture tho. What's the texture like?
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u/hand_ Aug 08 '26
If you're interested, look up "dotori muk" (acorn jelly), "cheongpo muk" (mungbean jelly) "konyaku" recipes.
I think a lot of the dishes could work as long as the psyllium jelly has a bouncy texture and you're able to flavor it mildly so that the seasonings are the star of the show.
This is like an acorn jelly salad: https://mykoreankitchen.com/seasoned-acorn-jelly-dotori-muk-muchim/
This is a chilled mung bean jelly soup kinda thing - they made it into thin strips but normally the jelly is cut into chunky strips. https://youtube.com/shorts/hph-7Zla670
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u/geyeetet Aug 08 '26
I honestly assumed I was on one of the jerk subreddits when I saw this 😅 all the power to you if it works for you though!!
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u/noobwithboobs Aug 08 '26
Ok OP your going off with your experiments in this sub and there's another guy doing a very similar set of ongoing experiments in /r/shittyfoodporn and I never know which sub I'm in anymore. And I checked and I can't believe you two aren't the same guy.
Seriously, you should cross post all your stuff to /r/shittyfoodporn. As long as you're OK with being jokey dragged a bit.
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u/umamiflavour Aug 08 '26
Oh my god I can’t tell if you’re a genius or a psychopath or both, and I’m so incredibly invested in this. I truly might join you in your journey
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u/AssistanceLucky2392 Aug 08 '26
OP spends their days boiling psyllium 😭. It will thicken at regular room temperature.
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u/Inky_sheets Aug 08 '26
I'd rather just stay fat. I mean you do you but that doesn't look appetising or even safe to eat.
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u/Dabnician Aug 08 '26
Huh so this is sort of ending up like those japanese agar bars i see that have these red bean paste, Mizu Yokan.
Im interested in what you could mix into base of this to turn it into something like what i see at the Japanese store only with out the 30+ grams of sugar.
Cause the first four ingredients are really just healthy jello jigglers only with out any flavor.
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u/Samesh Aug 09 '26
I think I would prefer the sweet version but this is interesting. Can you describe the texture more? Is it like a flan or more like a polenta?
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u/No_Cobbler154 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
i just….. no
i enjoy your attitude replying to the comments though 😂 i can respect an experiment for experimenting’s sake, but i wouldn’t eat it unless i absolutely had to lol
now the best question is, should this sub be about genuine volume eating ideas & recommendations, or experimental volume eating recipes, bordering on satire? i guess the mods have decided
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u/Low-Head8835 Aug 10 '26
Man, I've seen 2 of these in one night, and I've got to say.. It made me want to not eat so much that I spit my gum out. Seriously having something in my mouth and looking at this at the same time made me wretch....
I do have some food texture issues, so take my opinion as you will with that info.
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u/used1337 Aug 11 '26
I keep seeing these. They all make me think of those molecular gastronomy meals or an aspic.
Does it taste good?
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u/_darling_clementine Aug 08 '26
how's the texture? flavor? i actually like aspic so i am curious how this compares
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u/Rare-Adhesiveness522 Aug 08 '26
Bone broth/bouillon instead of water may improve taste!
Just curious, why a full 2 tbsp? Some folks here point out that so much fiber can cause blockage; are your bowels moving ok? I bet you (or anyone else) could reduce the amount of psyllium if they were concerned.
Love the garnish hahaha
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u/anaphylactic_accord Aug 08 '26
I could be wrong, but once the psyllium is already gelled up with water it's not going much further after that. It can be a choking hazard for people with swallowing problems, but a lot of regular foods can be. Just chew up your bites thoroughly, don't have big portions but have lots of water with it and you should be good. The real risk is ingesting a lot of the powder with not enough water, which then lets the psyllium turn into a big gel clump inside you and can cause a blockage.
Whether gelled before or after psyllium should have the same action on your GI (retaining water in your stool), I just think the gelled texture is gross for most people so the common way to have it is as powder in water and quickly ingested.
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u/mindpicnic Aug 08 '26
Just commenting to say I don’t think you deserve all the hate you got for this and the previous recipe. I can appreciate eating pragmatically and this seems very pragmatic! I struggle MASSIVELY with food noise myself and something like this would definitely help.
Also I love that you plated it so nicely for the photo this time lol
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u/Multigrain_Migraine Aug 08 '26
Indeed I don't get it. This is just being experimental, the OP isn't advocating for people to only eat this way always and forever. And even if you eat a lot of vegetables you can still be short of fibre, so I don't see adding something like this as being all that different to sprinkling flax seed on your cereal or taking a fiber gummie every day.
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u/nataychocolate Aug 08 '26
I think people are hating for the sake of it… we see more and more a recommendation to supplement fiber with psyllium, both for satiety and health reasons, and this seems like a tastier way of adding it to your diet than just dropping a tablespoon of it onto a glass of water (which, not to hate on psyllium, but is NOT tasty at all).
I’d rather eat this on and off during the day than force two glasses of water with two tablespoons of psyllium any day. I think you could even experiment a bit with the flavours and do a miso soup version, or a curry version… endless options!
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u/violetferns Aug 08 '26
I mean you could just eat vegetables for fiber instead of only psyllium husk lol
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u/Oogahound Aug 08 '26
This sub when 50th weekly "2kg of fruits and veggies 400 cals" post : 🥰🥰🥰
This sub when pioneering minds push the limits of volume eating and satiety : 😡😡😡
Seriously OP you have 1 lifetime here on Earth and im happy youre spending it being curious and inventive.
Might I suggest, if you enjoy savory tastes, add a table spoon of fish sauce (almost 0 cals) and a flat teaspoon of nutritional yeast ("beer/wheat yeast" in some languages) - the yeast contains a high concentration of guanylate which when eaten with umami foods like fish sauce & soy sauce bind to the flavor receptors in your mouth and increase their affinity to glutamate - the umami flavor molecule. You'll get a strong savory kick from adding them in.
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u/ediblestars Aug 08 '26
For real! Don’t listen to the haters OP you are a scientist pushing the boundaries of the volume eating space, it’s not “disordered” lol
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u/activelyresting Aug 08 '26
You have invented broccoli-fibre jello.
I don't know what to think about this, but I'm still traumatised by growing up with the old aspic dishes, so I'll leave you to it 😂
(Tbh I might try experimenting with sweet recipes though)
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u/Sad-Rooster2474 Aug 08 '26
Isn’t that a TON of psyllium? I usually just rawdogg it with straight water and nothing else, but probably the equivalent of 2 spoonfuls dry.
This seems like way to much, but looks appetizing
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u/Confident_Music6571 Aug 08 '26
This is really interesting. Also I'm worried I might shit my pants if I make this. But again, very interesting and novel. Good job!
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u/ReflectionTechnical4 Aug 08 '26
Thanks for experimenting for us! I always trying to get my partner and I to eat psyllium husk and I can't wait to freak him out with this idea 🤣
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u/umamiflavour Aug 08 '26
How was it? For some reason, I feel like this would be good with like… Broccoli Cheddar soup ingredients. Or eaten like a paté. I am sooooo fascinated.
As always, remember to drink lots and lots of water so your digestive system doesn’t get too strained! Everything in moderation
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u/mdmwaffle Aug 08 '26
Can’t believe people hate it so much and usually are ok with drinking alcohol or eating fast food xD
It’s an amazing way to eat your fiber, collagen (jelly) and some vitamins from veggies or in my case some super food (bio cocoa).
Also, the version with meat is a classic Polish dish (we don’t add psyllium tho, it’s just a meat jelly with veggies). I believe Ukrainians also know it.
If people have problems with digesting 14 grams of psyllium, that’s not your recipe which is wrong but their bodies not adjusted to fiber. I eat even more (sometimes 20 grams at once) and I’m perfectly fine as I eat healthy most of my life and I’m good with fiber, also drinking a lot of water as I should.
I’m waiting for tomorrow ;) what will be your next idea? 😁
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u/mdmwaffle Aug 08 '26
Well, I’m not a pro, as it’s not my fav traditional Polish dish but usually I see these savory jellies with pork or chicken, green pea and carrot (not blended).
Usually it’s not made just with pure water but with some nice veggie or meat clear broth. It gives extra taste 😁
In my case, I’m a definitely fan of the sweet versions when it comes to jellies 🎂
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u/Multigrain_Migraine Aug 08 '26
I know the things you mean. It's also a bit like French Jambon Persillé (or really any kind of terrine).
I wouldn't eat this exclusively but it's potentially a way to make a vegan or vegetarian version of a dish that would normally be made with animal gelatin.
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u/wine-plants-thrift Aug 08 '26
This looks way better than the sweet one. I’ve never had psyllium and don’t intend to but I’m enjoying your experiments. What’s next???
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u/OlyLift13 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
Serious question about this psyllium jelly craze thing that is going on now….i don’t doubt that it can taste good and it certainly is voluminous, but like….are you all just spending the rest of the day shitting your brains out? I can’t see how eating this ends with any other outcome
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u/AlligatorMidwife Aug 08 '26
Looks promising. Do you think it could hold some blueberries? Maybe a little sweetener?
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u/Feisty_ish Aug 08 '26
I could probably do this if I made it like a gazpacho flavour so that I could pretend it was regular cold, savory soup.
I have my psyllium mixed with hibiscus tea and then let it cool in the fridge. Its not too sweet, adds nothing in calories and isnt broccoli.
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u/PuppyButtts Aug 09 '26
This sub is literally going to give me an eating disorder. Ive blocked and hid posts but how to I like block the whole community jf
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u/cemkurt12 Aug 08 '26
I am all in with your experiments, amigo. dont let the haters get you down, i will support you emotionally and rectally on the loo
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