I Love Aeroplane Jelly....
I love Aeroplane Jelly......
Aeroplane Jelly For Me.....
Another trip down the Australiana memory lane. Aeroplane Jelly was, essentially, a staple food in Australian households from 1927 onwards. Even today, we will seek out good old Aeroplane Jelly as a dessert or sweet treat of choice.
Maybe it's because of the really catchy jingle, maybe it's because of Bertie The Jet or maybe it's that we Aussies love to support our own....
Enjoy my trip through memory lane and the profiling of Aeroplane Jelly!
Aeroplane Jelly Jingle
This is a very early Aeroplane Jelly animated advertisement circa 1942 -- yes that old! A perfect example of why Aeroplane Jelly was popular in Aussie Households.
If the claim in this animated commercial is to believed - over 8 Million packets of Aeroplane Jelly were sold annually. According to Populist (http://www.populstat.info/Oceania/australc.htm), the population of Australia in 1942 was 7.1 million people. If you consider that, on average, there were 4 people per family, that means there were only 1.75 million households.
That's a lot of jelly!
If the claim in this animated commercial is to believed - over 8 Million packets of Aeroplane Jelly were sold annually. According to Populist (http://www.populstat.info/Oceania/australc.htm), the population of Australia in 1942 was 7.1 million people. If you consider that, on average, there were 4 people per family, that means there were only 1.75 million households.
That's a lot of jelly!
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Aeroplane Jelly: History
Aeroplane Jelly was created by a gentlemen named Bert Appleroth.Bert Appleroth, born Adolphus Herbert Frederick Norman Appleroth, was a tram conductor in Sydney. He created jelly crystals using gelatine and sugar in his bathtub.
Amazingly, he sold these jelly crystals door-to-door - using his tram route to transport him around Sydney. This story is testimony to persistence and perserverance.
Appleroth formed a company with Albert Francis Lenertz named Traders Ltd in 1926.
He decided on the name Aeroplane Jelly because planes were considered new and exciting at the time,
In keeping with the theme, Appleroth used a Tiger Moth plane to make deliveries to rural areas in 1934, and his publicity stunts and Aeroplane Jelly's advertising campaigns made the jelly a national icon,like Holden and Vegemite.
The first Aeroplane Jelly factory was located in Paddington, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, then manufactured in West Ryde for 33 years.
In 1995, Traders Pty Ltd was sold to McCormick Foods Australia, a subsidiary of United States corporation McCormick & Company and production of Aeroplane Jelly moved to Clayton, Victoria to centralise its manufacturing operations in Victoria.
Aeroplane Plane Jelly Jingle
The Aeroplane Jelly jingle was composed by Appleroths business partner, Albert Francis Lenertz.Believe it or not, the jingle was a re-working of Lenertz's earlier political jingle in tribute to Australian Prime Minister William Morris Hughes and there was a minor controversy over the authorship of the jingle, publicized in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1988. Claims were made on behalf of vaudeville actress Peggy Thorne, pianist of the Musician's Lodge, Les Woods, and New Zealander Bill White.
The jingle was first sung in the early 1930s on the Goodie Reeve radio show by three-year-old Jennifer Paykel. As the commercials were broadcast live, Paykel was taken to the studio two or three times per week to sing the jingle. Paykel's mother did not renew her contract because, according to Paykel, "Shirley Temple was all the rage and my mother was terrified I might become a public figure like her". (thank you Wikipedia!)
After Jennifer Paykel didn't review her contract, Aeroplane Jelly held a talent quest in Sydney to find a new singer. The competition was won by five-year-old Joy King. King recorded the jingle in 1937.... this jingle is now an icon in the Australian history books....
Lyrics:
I like Aeroplane Jelly, Aeroplane Jelly for me.
I like it for dinner, I like it for tea,
A little each day is a good recipe!
The quality's high, as the name will imply,
It's made from pure fruit - one more good reason why
I like Aeroplane Jelly, Aeroplane Jelly for me!
Image courtesy of Big Mick
1954 - Aeroplane Jelly Animated Advert
In 1954, consumption of Aeroplane Jelly had increased from 8 million packets per year to a whopping 10 million packets per year!
Population of Australian in 1954? According to http://www.populstat.info/Oceania/australc.htm.... 8.9 million...Wow!
Population of Australian in 1954? According to http://www.populstat.info/Oceania/australc.htm.... 8.9 million...Wow!
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Kids Fun: Color In Bertie The Jet
Want some fun time for the kids? Grab these great color ins from the Aeroplane Jelly Website and enjoy!
When Only The Best Will Do....
Australian Made Aeroplane Jelly is just the best -- it's worthwhile getting an Aussie to send you packets of the stuff!!
Do you only buy and eat Aeroplane Jelly?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byAre you kidding? I have to import form Australia!
Treasures-By-Brenda says:
Sorry, Charlyjl -- I'm with tandemonimom on this one. Vegemite and Aeroplane Jelly???
Brenda
Posted March 11, 2009
tandemonimom says:
Sorry, at least I've heard of vegemite - never heard of this stuff!
Posted March 11, 2009
Aeroplane Jelly In 1959
O.K... so not ALL the vids / animations were 'kewl'.... but you gotta laugh....
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Easy Kids Trifle - a geat kids recipe
There is so much you could do with Jelly.My Mum makes a mean trifle.... but probably not one appropriate for the kids....
I personally like Jelly just on it's own. I think my fave flavour is Orange.
However, after visiting The Aeroplane Jelly Website I found this excellent trifle recipe for kids...
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Setting Time: 4 hours or Overnight
Ingredients
85g Reduced Sugar Raspberry Jelly, or
Original Raspberry Jelly
300g Fresh or Frozen Raspberries
60g Chocolate Sponge, crumbled
Vanilla Custard, to serve
Method
Prepare jelly according to pack instructions, and then divide into 2 bowls.
To 1 bowl add raspberries, stir to combine and spoon into serving glasses. Place glasses and remaining bowl in fridge until jelly is set.
When set, divide the cake crumbs among the glasses.
Using a fork, crush the remaining jelly and spoon into the glasses. Top with custard to serve.
Yum!!!
Aeroplane Jelly Desktops For Your Computer
Jazz up your computer screen with these great desktops....
Aeroplane Jelly Parodies
As with all good songs and jingles, there are bound to be parodies.... This one really appealed to me because it is poking fun at the Canberra Elections!!!
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Aeroplane Jelly Flavors: All The Colors Of The Rainbow....
As you can expect, the flavors of Aeroplane Jelly have changed and evolved over time.As of October 2008, the flavors available in "original jelly" are
Berry Blast, Berry Blue, Cool Lime, Lemon Delicious, Mango Mania, Orange Orbit, Juicy Pineapple, Pink Lemonade, Port Wine Delight, Razzle Raspberry, Raspberry & Apple, Ripe Cherry, Strawberry Surprise, Toffee Apple, Tropical Twist and Wild Blackberry.
In the 25% reduced-sugar range flavors include:
Apple & Blackcurrant, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry.
And... believe it or not, there is a Jelly Lite range of low calorie jellies! These flavors are:
Cranberry Apple, Dark Cherry, Lemon Lime, Lime, Mixed Melon, Orange Mango, Peach Apricot, Pineapple, Port Wine, Raspberry and Strawberry.
Can you guess the most favorite flavor throughout all the years?
The Most Favorite Aeroplane Jelly Of All Time Is......
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So Tell Me... Have You Had Aeroplane Jelly?
or perhaps even heard of it?
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- Kristin Kristin Sep 30, 2009 @ 6:56 pm
- We have been singing the song... now it all makes sense to me. LOL Everything is better with JELLO!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Apr 12, 2009 @ 6:30 am
- Oh! I see! It's gelatin! Got it. Great lens.
You're officially blessed!
I voted strawberry. Am I right?
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- draik draik Mar 15, 2009 @ 11:13 pm
- I have heard of a nursery rhymes called aeroplane jelly, but I have got no idea what was that. Now I know.
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Mar 11, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
- We're going to have to start doing lenses on unusual Canadian foods, just for you! Fiddleheads, anyone?
Brenda
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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Mar 11, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
- Okay, I'm with the rest here ... guessing it is similar to Jell-o. Which, honestly, doesn't do too much for me! Enjoyed the lens, though!
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- mukunda22 mukunda22 Mar 11, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
- But bet it's better than jello!
Loved the lens and the videos are hilarious!!
Faved and high fived!!
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- Charlyjl Charlyjl Mar 10, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
- Yes, I guess it could be Jell-o. It's made from gelatine... Don't you love how the different countries call similar foods by different names?
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- Joan4 Joan4 Mar 10, 2009 @ 8:49 am
- I wondered the same as Laura - is it similar to Jell-o? Sure sounds like it! Fun lens! and yes, we are learning all about Australia through your super lenses! Thank you!
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- lwhitelaw lwhitelaw Mar 10, 2009 @ 8:10 am
- Interesting - maybe that was the inspiration for Jell-o as it's known here in North America!
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