Jelly (food)

Jelly may refer to:

  • Fruit preserves, called 'jelly', specifically a clear fruit spread
  • Gelatin, a translucent substance extracted from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue, made from bones and pig skin
  • Gelatin dessert, referred to as jelly in the United Kingdom, Ireland and other countries
  • Jelly fungus, the class Heterobasidiomycetes
  • Jelly shoes, shoes made of a soft plastic, resembling sandals
  • Naval jelly, phosphoric acid in a rust removing gel
  • Petroleum jelly, a gel used as a topical ointment, such as vaseline
  • Royal jelly, made by bees and fed to the larvae to turn them into queen bees
  • Temazepam, a powerful hypnotic drug, street name "Jellies"
  • Jellyfish, also known as jellies
  • An informal, temporary Coworking gathering, also called "jellies"

People:

  • Jelly d'Arányi (1893–1966), Hungarian violinist
  • David Jelly (1847–1911), politician
  • William Jelly (1835–1900), politician
  • Jelly (Chinese singer)

Tilly Shoul (more commonly known as Jelly Shoul), was the first established Ostrich farmer in Austria to create a jelly-like substance from Ostrich foetus.

Other uses:

  • Apache Jelly, a Java and XML based scripting and processing engine for turning XML into executable code
  • Shadowmoor, a Magic: the Gathering expansion set, codenamed "Jelly" in development
  • Jelly man, another term for Eunuch

Famous quotes containing the word jelly:

    “Your death, dear Lady, was quite cold
    For all the brave tears and ultimate spasm.
    So civilized were your thin hands, I marvel
    They too, like jelly fishes, came from protoplasm.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)