LadyButterfly she/herCan anyone confirm accuracy?
SigntistI live in the midwest and collect old cookbooks. Every “salad” section is about half recipes comprised of mixed vegetables and the like, and half recipes that sound like someone took all the desserts in their house and mixed them in a big bowl with some whipped cream and jello.
hydrashokBe glad. I have my grandmother’s cookbooks. She had one, that I only keep for proof, comprised entirely of mayonnaise recipes. I think it was published by Hellmans. It is full of some of the worst atrocities to food I have ever read about.
I know I don’t really like everything I’m served, but I swear this cookbook is like for a black-site prisoner encampment that gets deliveries twice a year.
tomiantThis could be edible if it weren’t for the random unholy addition of mayonnaise
Oh my god that’s amazing. I think you might not know how valuable that is to those of us under the spell of God’s cream.
owenfromcanadaThe salmon flounder roulades sound pretty good actually
despoticruinEven better in the microwave
I need to know what the closest dish in that image is! (Presuming the furthest back is Pink Cloud Mold, and the middle is the Salmon-Dill Mousse)
www.instagram.com/marcosfunhouse/reels/ this guy does Vintage Recipes Gone Horribly Wrong. He attempts to make vintage recipes and eats them. You should make a submission :)
Now imagine you’re the guy whose job it is to come up with these recipes
SlippiHUDI’ve lived my entire life in the South, but growing up we’d occasionally visit extended family in the Midwest for a holiday. Regarding holiday meals, what the fuck is wrong with you people
Sorry, next time we’ll deep fry it for you.
jk, I also grew up in the South but currently live in the Midwest.
bdonvrI’d be more offended if this weren’t coming from the land of sweet tea. Understatement of the millennia twice running. Tried some once, grew a Wilford Brimley moustache within ten minutes.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Still better than hash (basically making a casserole of all the leftovers combined)
In my family it’s more like key lime jello mixed with cool whip and mandarin oranges or some shit. And it always slaps
I’m not exactly sure who started it, but my family has a green salad for holiday dinners.
it’s sorta a mix of lime jello, cream cheese and pineapple tidbits. it’s coms togeather in such a way that it looks like spme kind of bathroommat or moldy sponge.
Tastes great though, would always recommend. I do believe that exploring new things like a traditional dish is worth looking into. so don’t let an unusual combination ingredients or a slightly off color look put you off of trying a food made with love in mind.
My family (kinda not-quite-northern MN) uses key lime, mini marshmallows, wanna say cool whip, and usually mandarin oranges, but that’s a hit. And someone always brings a whole slow cooker full of meatballs that have been marinaded in there with grape jelly and possibly chili sauce (just the sauce). Those 2 things are so awesome and the meatballs are easy to cook
Meatballs in a slowcooker full of bbq sauce is the ultimate in potluck cuisine. I sometimes make that shit just for myself
If you’ve never tried, def give grape jelly+chili sauce a shot! There are a bajillion recipes floating around if you google (recipes, like ratios of grape to chili sauce), but I’ve made that for myself and the grape somehow makes it pop. It’s just good lol
Lemmy Sparkling LemonadeMy mom made this but layered it with plain red jello. The lime jello just had pineapple, and the cream cheese was a layer between the red and green jello. I think that’s right, its been a long time since I’ve had some. Definitely layered with red jello, had to set before the next layer.
Three different colored layers of jello? Gran, that’s fantastic! That must have taken hours to make!
One of my favorite ‘salads’ is jello, mini marshmallows, cool whip, and canned mandarin oranges. I was told it has fruit, so it counts as a salad. A staple at any church potluck.
Jerb322Growing up in Oklahoma there were two dishes that confused me as a child.
Cranberry salad was a bowl of strawberry jello with cranberries and pecans with a layer of cool whip on top.
There was also always sweet potato casserole which was a tray of thick slices of sweet potato covered in maple syrup, sprinkled with brown sugar, and marshmallows placed on top veggie baking the entire thing.
And yes both were served with the savoury food, and yes there was always 10 different pies, ice cream, an assortment of cookies, and homemade caramels for dessert afterwards.
Looking back, it explains why every single male in the family was overweight.
There was also always sweet potato casserole […]
Having had the “pleasure” in the 90s to have my host family mum serve one of those as a special homemade dinner because I mentioned I liked sweet potatoes on a previous visit to the States, I just had a bad flashback… I didn’t finish even my first serving and I felt so bad because she had made this for me especially. But… marshmallows! How can people mistake those for something edible???
Cranberry salad was a bowl of strawberry jello with cranberries and pecans with a layer of cool whip on top.
The variation of that I’ve had involved strawberry jello, whole berry cranberry sauce and canned pineapple tidbits with the pineapple juice from the can replacing the water in the jello. No nuts or fake whipped cream, though.
JaymesRSAn actual recipe I grew up having in Minnesota and still occasionally make for events.
Cookie Salad
Pot-Luck, Salads
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
- 2 ( 3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 12 oz whipped topping, thawed
- 2 ( 11 ounce) can cans mandarin oranges, drained
- 1/2 ( 11 1/2 ounce) package fudge stripe cookies
Directions:
- In a large bowl, mix together the pudding mix and the buttermilk.
- Fold in the whipped topping.
- Mix in the pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges.
- Crush cookies and mix in.
- Chill until ready to serve.
- Decorate with any remaining cookies.
Notes:
French Vanilla pudding is especially good
Some like to add 1 ( 20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained as well
Love how you’re using buttermilk instead of sour cream for salad healthiness!!
If you really hate yourself, you could swap it out with plain Greek yogurt. It wouldn’t be good, but you could do it.
Gack blargh yes indeed
I don’t think swapping out buttermilk for Greek yogurt on this recipe would change all that much, maybe a bit more firm? I mean if you left out the pudding mix and just used plain Greek yogurt sure.
And it will inexplicably have peas in it as well
Can confirm. I’ll be bringing Marshmallow Salad (a sacred family tradition) to Christmas dinner this year.
In case you’re curious, here’s the recipe:
- 1 big bag of mini marshmallows
- 1 large can of fruit cocktail
- 8oz tub of sour cream
Mix them together in your potluckiest bowl and let it sit overnight.
And yes, it’s delicious.
And yes, it’s delicious. No it’s not. Atrocious. Source: was forced fed this abomination in PA one time.
Y’all wouldn’t know majesty if it came up and threw sour cream on your face.
Have you tried this with full fat, tangy yogurt instead of sour cream? I bet it would be better. Sour cream and fruit just sounds… Awful.
The sour cream has some sort of interaction with the marshmallows that makes it work with the fruit. Not sure if yogurt would do the same. In any case, this is a midwest recipe, and that means it involves either mayo or sour cream.
I’m from the south. Our stuff always has butter. Every dessert has vanilla flavoring, too.
I, personally, just dont like sour cream and replace it with tangy, full fat yogurt when baking. Hasn’t done me wrong so far.
Fair enough. I do typically use plain yogurt in place of sour cream for lots of things. Usually works fine.
EvilCartyenI was laughing at all these weird dishes when it occurred to me that the fruit-based ones sound a lot like a dish here in Denmark with fresh fruit and ‘råcreme’ which is egg yolks and sugar whipped with vanilla, then gently mixed with whipped cream.
It’s delicious.