On 9/26/2010 3:32 PM, Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
> On Sep 26, 3:15 pm, > wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:36:40 -0400, Kate Connally
>>
>> > wrote:
>>> I'd be curious to see the recipes. You got em?
>>
>> Crisco salad (from Calling All Cooks 2, p. 553)
>> Cream 1 cup Crisco and 1 cup sugar, beat until fluffy. Add 2 eggs,
>> blend well. Add one small can crushed drained pineapple and 1 cup
>> chopped pecans. Place a layer of graham crackers in a long Pyrex
>> dish, cover with half of the Crisco mixture. Add another layer of
>> graham crackers and the rest of the Crisco mixture. Top with a layer
>> of graham crackers. Cover this with a box of prepared, almost jelled
>> raspberry Jello. Refrigerate.
>>
>> Popcorn salad (from Open the Door to Great Cooking, p. 42)
>> Mix together: 1 cup Miracle Whip, 1 half cup chopped green tops of
>> onion, 3/4 cup chopped celery, 1 can sliced water chestnuts (drained),
>> 3/4 cup crisp bacon, 1 cup grated cheese, 6 cups popped popcorn.
>>
>> I'm not sure which of my books has the recipes for cooky salad and
>> Snickers salad. These are from Cooks.com.
>>
>> FUDGE STRIPED COOKIE SALAD
>>
>> 1 c. buttermilk
>> 3 oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding
>> 8 oz. carton Cool Whip
>> 15 oz. can mandarin oranges (drained)
>> 2 sections fudge striped cookies (crushed) (about 10-14 cookies)
>> Mix together pudding and buttermilk. Fold in Cool Whip, oranges and
>> one section of crushed fudge stripe cookies. Sprinkle remaining
>> crushed cookies on top of salad.
>>
>> SNICKERS® SALAD
>> 6 SNICKERS® candy bars, chopped in sm. squares
>> 6 Granny Smith green apples, chopped in sm. pieces
>> 1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip
>> Mix and chill. Enjoy as salad or dessert.
>>
>> Tara
>
> how are these salads? Cool whip, cookies, candy bars, jello,
> puddings....They seem more like desserts to me. (Except for the crisco
> one, that just sounds like a disgusting mess)
> So glad I was never exposed to crap like this growing up.

I never understood the whole jello salad concept. Except for one
that has carrots in it I can't figure out how any of them are salads!
But the Snickers Salad, et al., is even less salad-like that the
typical jello salad. I just don't know what people are thinking.
Sigh.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?