When it comes to Jell-O, [Mary] Bauer breaks the mold.
Bauer, of Rochester, NY is one of the winners of the first-ever
Connections Claim to Fame contest.
Says Connections columnist Jim Memmott of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle,
Like most Connections contests, this one wasn't bogged down with rules. But, in general, [co-judge] Karen and I looked for people who put the extra into ordinary.
"My Claim to Fame is making Jell-O," Bauer, 73, a retired elementary school teacher, wrote. "Plain Ordinary Jell-O. When I asked my Aunt Mary (Hannick) what she would like for her 98th birthday, she said. "'Your red Jell-O.'"If it's good enough for Aunt Mary, it's good enough for us.
Told of her victory, Bauer modestly stressed that her six children would attest to the fact that she is not a gourmet cook.
She also revealed the secret to good Jell-O making: "Follow the directions."
Other winners were Carol Snook, for vacuuming, and Teresa J. Ciejek.
Ciejek had at least two claims to fame. "My sister tells me that I make the best deviled eggs," she wrote.A nicely deviled egg is to be treasured, but Ciejek's other skill sets her apart: She can load a dishwasher "the scientific way."
Remarkably, Ciejek is self-taught.
Long Live all Domestic Divas, who put the extra into ordinary every day!
