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Hotdish Hoedown

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    • In Memorium
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    • Jell-O Contest Retrospective
    • Jell-O Gallery 1991-98
    • Jell-O Gallery 2001-05
    • Jell-O Gallery 2006-09
    • Jell-O Gallery 2010-19
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    • Trophy-Making
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2025

Hoedown is Jan. 25: Think we will have snow? Contact Hostess for time and location (’tis a private party after all).

  • Guests, please bring hotdish, salad, dessert or other tasty, homemade dishes to pass, labeled with info on contents (gluten, nuts, dairy, OK for vegans, etc.).
  • In the hallway: Tended bar. Don’t forget to come back to the party!
  • In the party room: Fizzy water, nonalcoholic beer, probably juice and/or soda.
  • Optional activities for children will be in own room with supervision.
  • Jell-O singing will occur if the crowd so demands.
  • Food pantry donations accepted — including plastic, paper and reusable grocery bags.

Jell-O Contest

Jell-O creators use gelatin and perhaps other food and/or inedible objects in their entries. Hoedown guests select winners through secret balloting — and they are encouraged to vote early to speed counting.

Participation in Jell-O Contest is optional, but the pin is awfully nice. Unsolicited advice: start the weekend before and use less water. Remember, Jell-O never grows old.

2025 Jell-O Contest Categories

  • Most Fantastic Artificial In‑Jell‑i‑gence Product
  • What Elon Musk Should Invent Next
  • Likely New Cabinet Position in 2025 or 2026
  • Best Alternate Version of (Augmented?) Reality
  • Most Grateful For
  • Best Rendition of Planet Parade
  • Best Method for Depolarization
Pin showing old Jell-O box
Special incentive for each Hotdish Hoedown Jell-O Contest participant: a pin imported in 2024 all the way from the Jell-O Gallery in LeRoy, New York.

2025 Details

2024 Jell-O No. 18: Best Pun by Susie Feest: Olive U

Hotdish Hoedown 2024

Wisconsin State Journal article on 2024 Hotdish Hoedown

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