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Thanks for writing in with your fond memories of Junket Desserts.
If you would like to share your story, write in to:
Bruce and Char...
My toddler daughter loved Junket Custard Dessert. We moved from PA to MI and she missed her favorite dessert because it was not available here. For many years my mother and sister sent me (care packages) of Junket. Now it is available here so I can purchase my own. We love your product.
Trudi...
Dear Junket Folks,
I am 72 years old and have been a Junket lover all my life. Yesterday morning I got your Danish Dessert out of my cupboard and started preparing it when I thought of Flibblity Gibbit and how I loved that little book when I was very young. When I had my first child my mother came across the battered remains of that old book and gave it to me. I read it often to my two children (and fed them Junket at frequent intervals) until it finally fell apart. Over the years I had often thought about it and wondered if I could get another copy for my grandchildren. For some reason I could not get it out of my mind and mentioned it to my daughter. She gave me a funny look and told me that a few days before she had thought about it and tried to remember what the story line was about. She remembered the pictures and that it was about a duck and a key. After much futile "Googling" it finally occured to us to go to the source. I cannot tell you how I felt when I found the book in its entirety on your website and when I showed it to my daughter last she was so emotional she had tears in her eyes. She went home and let her daughter read it. That daughter will be having a child in August and I cannot tell you how much I want to get Flibbity Jibbit for my great grandchild. Do you have it for sale? If not, do you know if there is any other source? Please let me know. Many thanks ...I remain your loyal customer, Trudi Pierce
Patricia...
I remember the story of Flibbity Jibbit. My brothers and I searched high and low for it after our parents moved but never found it. One brother just sent me this sight and finding the story was a great reminder of my childhood.
Thank you so much for reprinting it.
Patricia Lannon
John…
HI. 50 PLUS YEARS AGO MY DANISH IMMIGRANT GRANDPARENTS MADE DANISH DESERT, FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND AT ALL GET TOGETHERS, WHICH WAS JUNKET RASBERRY WITH PURE CREAM POURED OVER IT. I STILL TASTE IT TO THIS DAY AND WAS SO HAPPY TO FIND YOUR SITE. I AM GOING TO MAKE IT AS A SUPRISE FOR MY SIBLINGS TO BRING BACK THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES FOR THEM. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR FACES AND HEAR THEIR COMMENTS. MY GRANDPARENTS PASSED AWAY IN THE 70'S SO ITS BEEN THAT LONG. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. SINCERELY JOHN DONOVAN FROM CARPINTERIA CA
Julie…
My Grandmother gave me Junket when I was a little girl and made it for me often. To this day it is one of my favorite things to eat. Everytime I eat it I go back in my mind to being a little girl ... and feel close in spirit to my late grandmom.
Julie Rocco
Dorothy…
Years ago I can remember my Grandma using Junket. She would make the ice cream as a treat in the summer, chocolate was always my favorite. The care she would take in making something so simple for her family, she would take the time and make the version of ice cream without the ice cream churn. I would say Grandma, is it ready yet... And we would go to the freezer, you know the kind that were on the bottom of the refrigerator and check to see if it was "Finished yet". The anticipation was overwhelming as a child. But I knew by dinner time the ice cream would be ready to eat.. So I always made sure I ate everything on my plate so I could have a scoop of my Grandma's ice cream. Oh how I remember the raspberry dessert she would make as well. WOW what memories.
Now that I am grown and have grandchildren of my own I will use the same recipes that my Grandma used when I was a child.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Wolf
I went on line today feeling very nostalgic for Junket - a dessert that I can not locate in any store, expecting to only find an historical reference to it! I will order some asap, now that I have found your site! There were 10 of us children, plus the dog, and one bathroom. The highlight of my week was to discover that my mother had made Junket
my son was saying he missed junket, he hadnt seen it in any supermarkets. i looked it up on line, and there it was. it will be his fathers day surprise
Chris…
Hello,
You product holds such a fond memory for me as it was used to unite my grandfather and I during my early years. I am now nearly 50 and the memories I have standing over the ice cream freezer, White Mountain, and watching him crank out the best ice cream in the world will be forever etched in my mind.
He always told me that his secret ingredients were "junket and a lot of love".
Thank you very much.
Chris Wolf
In fondest memory of my grandfather - Dr. Carl R. Samuels
Stephanie…
As a little girl in upstate New York I remember my mom making Junket for the family, and we were a large one. There was nothing better than that cool slippery stuff sliding down your throat. We all grew up and Junket was never seen again until I ordered some items from Hometown Favorites and while checking their inventory Junket was found again after 35 years. I bought a few boxes and Mom was just as excited as me. We spent the morning remembering when I was a kid and then hit the computer to check out your website and place another order. Thanks for bringing back some great memories of my childhood and more importantly, thanks for making mom smile. Stephanie Steyer Saugerties,NY
Carolyn…
I have enjoyed junket for !!! years and was sadden when my local store stopped carrying the favored pudding packets. I still have the story book (Flibbity Jibbit by Vernon Grant) that was printed 1943 by Hansen's Laboratory.
Thanks for still making it.
Carolyn
Barb…
Somehow my sister and I got on a nostalgic jag about our dear, departed grandmother and we were reminiscing about all the strange and wonderful foods she used to prepare. We asked each other whatever happened to the Junket that was a staple for dessert in her summer cabin so many summers ago? Just the taste of strawberry junket evokes the woodsy smell of the place and the bayberry trees.
Well, I’ve found it again, and enjoyed a taste of my childhood. There was something so very unique about the texture and flavor of the strawberry junket I favored, that the very first bite put a huge smile on my face remembering my grandma so proudly serving us in her home. So glad I found this product again, and I look forward to many more fond memories as I enjoy Junket all over again.
-Barb
Linda…
I was looking through my new issue of Yankee Magazine and saw an ad for Junket Desserts! I almost jumped out of my skin! My Mom used to make it all the time when I was growing up in Johnstown, New York. My brothers and sisters and I would eat it and get our lips in it because it stained them red! We had a ball. We also loved the Junket Rennet Custard - vanilla. It was good, cheap dessert for a family of 7! Also, when we had been sick for a couple of days, nothing tasted better than vanilla rennet custard when we were on the come back. Also, I never knew it was manufactured within 50 miles of our home! I have placed an order for all of the above and can hardly wait to introduce it to my two girls and granddaughter! Happy days! Hmmm......I must teach my little Molly how to get red lips! hahahaha.
Linda Oaksford Jurica
Johnstown, NY - still!
Peggy…
Growing up on a farm in the 50s, I remember my mom making the BEST homemade ice cream using JUNKET. We had an old crank ice cream freezer, and the top no longer fit well, so my dad would throw gunny sacks over the top of the freezer (for padding) and we 4 kids would take turns sitting on top of the crank freezer to hold down the top while the others took turns cranking it. When it got too hard for us to crank, my dad would take over and finish it up. We
ate it right out of the canister as soon as it was finished.
Today I have an electric ice cream freezer, but this is still the best ice cream I've had. When I taste it, I am right back on the farm on a hot summer day. thanks for continuing to make all your wonderful products.
Peggy Cook
former Iowa farm girl
Joan…
My son and his wife have been working in BeiJing for the past three years. We have forwarded any number of "American" things, edible and otherwise, over that time. But the request that tugged on my heartstrings the most, was an email from Eric about finally beginning to feel homesick. It was wistful and the message was unmistakable. He asked for "some" packages of Junket - both vanilla and chocolate, one of the things he can't get in China. And one that clearly means "home."
Needless to say, the Junket was in the mail in a few days. One more story - funny this time. I boxed the packages for their lo-o-o-o-ng trip. The clerk at the counter saw the address and asked me what was in this very carefully taped and very light box. Choosing to make it simple, I told her it was pudding mix. She stopped for a minute and looked up at me. "Pudding mix? Like what you add milk to? Wow. It never occurred to me that you can't get stuff like that in another country." She typed for another few seconds and looked up again. "You can send it as a parcel and it will take up to three weeks, or you can send it first class and it will take about 8 days."
"No contest," I said.
The cost of the package was about double that of the contents. Cheap at any price.
Joan Perkins
Mary…
I love reading these letters from my ‘Junket Compadres’! My favorite memory of this dessert is either strawberry or raspberry, because I was too young to know which was which, yet I knew that it would not last long in the bowl. My little brother and I would be soooo excited when Mom would say there is "Junket" for dessert. My mother would let it set in her beautiful individual dessert glasses with the beaded foot so we each got one to eat. Peter and I would scarf it down in 2 seconds flat! A little while ago, I saw chocolate junket in the store, but never the kind I always loved. I don’t know what came over me, this morning I did an internet search and found it – would have ‘over-nighted’ the stuff if it were possible, but ordered 10 boxes to start – 5 in strawberry, 5 raspberry so I could do my taste test. Can’t wait till it comes – and I can’t wait to surprise serve it to my brother and his family. My new anticipation though, is to investigate the rennet cheese, because reading that lady’s recounting of her mother’s Easter cheese pie, has me quite curious! Could she send you the recipe to share with us?
Always thanks,
Mary
Carolyn…
Our family RAISED on Danish Pudding and Junket. We are desperately looking for copies of the Flibbity Jibbet book...WOWEE-KLAFOWEE a regular word in our family's vocabulary!! Let me know what we can do to get the book! Many Thanks,
Carolyn Gabb
Bonnie…
I just found your web site and ordered. ! I am soo excited.
My mothers mom used to make Junket in chocolate when I was a small child. I still remember spooning my dish clean, and always wanting more. Every time I went to her house I asked her for Junket by name. Thanks for still being there. I will be making my own Junket from now on.
Sincerely Yours,
Bonnie Brampton
Like others I remember feeding this custard to my baby sister and stealing every other spoonful for myself. Now many years later my son gave me a yogurt dessert that tasted and had the consistency of the Junket I remembered. I decided to check the Internet to see if there was any reference and low and behold it's still being made. I'm going to order right away. Thanks
Bill...
As a child, I used to love the Junket that could be bought at the A&P food store. When the store went out of business, I no longer could find Junket. I am now almost 69 ears old. I have been looking in vein for 30 plus years with no luck.
My wife found an ad for Junket in a magazine from up north. She ordered some for my birthday. It arrived a couple days ago. I could not wait for my birthday to come. I asked my wife to make up a batch for me. To my delight, it was the same thing I loved as a child. I am glad my search is now over.
Thank you,
Bill Dufek
Mie...
Hi! My mother used to make a dessert using your raspberry danish dessert pudding mix. She added orange juice to make it more tart then mixed in frozen strawberries. I cannot remember if she put anything on top like vanilla icecream or whipped cream.......
My newer version I call Passion Pudding and it is so hedonistically delicious!!
Using your Danish dessert Raspberry Pudding mix as a base , I also add orange juice although this year I think I will tweek it with tangerine juice. I make at least two batches, when cooled down a bit I add frozen raspberries and frozen strawberries.
Meanwhile I am melting in a double boiler chocolate chips, I prefer semi-sweet. When that is warm , I drizzle the melted chocolate in thin ribbons into the pudding mixture. Because the pudding is cold with frozen fruit it hardens the chocolate into thin ribbons swirled through the fruit pudding. NOW I have already made a double batch of vanilla pudding which is cooled down. I have lovely etched glass bowl with straight sides about four inches high? I layer the vanilla pudding with the fruit pudding into a parfait of delight! If I am really ambitious I decorate the top with mint leaves fresh slices of strawberries and kiwis. You gotta try this one! Let me know what you think!
Regards,
Mie Sato
Larchmont, NY
As a kid growing up during the 1950's in Central NY (Yorkville, just outside of Utica), we often travelled east on the NYS Thruway. Whenever we approached Little Falls, we could see the large Junket globe-shaped water tower along the left side - along the Barge Canal. I seem to remember singing a Junket jingle in the car as we rode by. To this day (still living in Central NY and still travelling on the Thruway), I still look for the tower and point it out to the grandchildren now as we pass by Little Falls. I'm glad to have rediscovered your product online. I'm looking forward to receiving the brochure and placing an order in the near future.
Jim Pawlika
Oneida, NY
Phyllis...
I remember my mother always using the Junket Rennet tablets to make the homemade cheese since I was alittle girl.. Especially during this time of the year because she would make the Italian Easter Pie and she would only make it with the cheese from the Junket box... She tried many times to buy the cheese from our local store but
 she would always complain that it just wasn't the same as if you made it yourself... she was right!!! My mother has been using your products for many, many years... It always came out so delicious. My brothes and sister we could hardly wait for the Easter holiday to arrive because we knew our mother would be making the cheese to add to the pie... Since then, I have learned from my mother how to make the cheese using your product (as well as the pie). My family now looks forward to this time of the year because it is now my turn to serve the dessert... I can not tell you how many of my friends can't believe I make this home made cheese and it always tastes good...and it is so simple to make, too. Just today, my friend asked me about the pie and when I was going to make the cheese because she wanted me to make her the fresh cheese too... I told her I had to order the tablets because I didn't have any left... Just wanted to let you know that these tablets are the best. I was able to get them from my local pharmacy but for the past two years they tell me they are unable to get them... I'm glad I found your website last year and was able to order them directly from you.. Although the tablets aren't as expensive as in the stores, with the shipping and handling cost, it may come out to be about the same price. Whatever the cost, it is worth it...
Thank you
Phyllis Masseria
A long time customer of Junket Rennet Tablets.
Janice...
I was first introduced to Danish Dessert in the late 60s when my then boyfriend "made" some for me when he was visiting me in CA. He failed to properly stir and heat it to boiling, so it never thickened and was basically hot red liquid. He had brought two packages with him, so later on, I made a batch and followed the instructions. It was love at first taste. I became an avid fan of this tasty treat, and have made it virtually hundreds of times over the years.
The boyfriend and I eventually were married (37 years now and counting), had a couple of sons, and now are grandparents. Our boys grew up on Danish Dessert and I usually made two boxes at a time to satisfy everyone. About 10 years ago, I noticed I was unable to find it in any local stores. I pleaded with three of them to place a special order for me, as I would gladly buy it by the case. They all were unwilling to do this. I then appealed to my Retailing students and offered them extra credit if they would find some on their visits home (I'm a college instructor). They #1 had never heard of it, #2 were quite taken with my story, and #3 were unable to find any.
The Internet was still pretty primitive at this time, but I did a search and found an early blog where someone had posted an 800 number to obtain my favorite treat. I called it and found it was manufactured in Little Falls, NY, only a few miles from the college where I teach, and an even bigger surprise -- my husband, a salesman, called on what was then Salada Foods. Turns out his father used to call on them too -- way back in the 60s, and that's how my husband was originally introduced to it. I now buy it by the case. I have a feeling that someday, if there is ever an autopsy done on me, my entire digestive system will be stained bright red. This little account has just piqued a craving. I'm going downstairs to make a batch right now. Please keep making this yummy dessert, and please, please, please improve your marketing of this item. I know when people try it, they'll LOVE it!
Janice S. Jenny
Mark...
Howdy folks,
On this very day I have finally located the dessert of my childhood dreams. Huntington Beach CA 1972. I was 11 old. I had earned a litle money and wanted something special as a treat so I went to our local "Alpha-Beta" market and saw for the first time Danish Desert, it was rasberry. I went home and made it and ate it all by myself, it was THE BEST DESSERT I EVER ATE IN MY LIFE. Some time latter I went to the store to get more and never saw it there again. In fact, I could never find the stuff anywhere I looked and I have been looking and looking for over 35 years now. Finally I located it, but not rasberry, strawberry. I have only tried this product one time in my life until today but I have been missing it all this time. I can't wait till it cools!!!
Sincerely, Mark A. Andrews
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