Jell-O Salad

People get excited for Memorial Day weekend. In just a few days, the schools will be out for the summer, traditionally kickstarting the summer vacation, camping, and picnic seasons. I love a picnic. I remember picnics with my family when I was a small child.

Mom was a great cook who could make something out of nothing when there was "nothing to eat in this house." She also packed a delicious picnic.

Sometimes, our picnics featured hotdogs and hamburgers on a park grill-an old-fashioned grill mounted on a steel post in the park. Dad would start the charcoal, and when it was ready, he placed the...