I was always brought up and taught by my mother that the bananas in jello must be sliced transversely so as to make a series of wheels. Once however, at a church supper or the house of an acquaintance, I was served dessert jello (the kind with whipped cream on top) in which the bananas had been halfed transversely, but then quartered lengthwise so as to form spears or banana sticks akin to carrot sticks. Has anyone else ever encountered this bizzare practice or was my experience just the coincidental conjunction of a second generation immigrant accustomed to slicing turnips with a latter 20th century fruit-laden gelatin dessert? And speaking of gelatin desserts, does Royal still try vainly to market its jello under that really clever title?

rich r