[maxine in ri]

On Sep 26, 3:32*pm, "Catmandy (Sheryl)" >
wrote:
> On Sep 26, 3:15*pm, Tara > wrote:
>
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> > 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.

Salad applies to almost anything that is a mixture of things. Think
fruit salad, or that ambrosia salad with the little marshmallows and
cool whip and jello....

But I agree with you they don't sound like anything I'd want to try.
The popcorn and cookies would get all soggy and nasty, unless the
whole thing were mixed up on the spot, I'd imagine.

Different strokes
maxine in ri