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In New Zealand, ambrosia refers to a similar dish made with whipped cream, yogurt, fresh, canned or frozen berries, and chocolate chips or marshmallows loosely combined into a pudding. The earliest known mention of the salad is in the 1867 cookbook Dixie Cookery by Maria Massey Barringer. [1] [5] The name references the food of the Greek gods. [6]
1. Ambrosia Salad. The O.G. of fruit-forward dessert salads, ambrosia salad is a creamy concoction that most commonly includes pineapple, mandarin oranges, cherries, coconut, and mini marshmallows.
During last-minute menu planning, I often include this classic ambrosia salad recipe because I keep the ingredients on hand. —Judi Bringegar, Liberty, North Carolina Get Recipe
Other recipes use sour cream (such as in ambrosia), yogurt, or even custard as the primary sauce ingredient. A variation on fruit salad uses whipped cream mixed in with many varieties of fruits (usually a mixture of berries), and also often includes miniature marshmallows.
The salad has a strong regional presence in Idaho and Utah and surrounding states (the Mormon Corridor), [2] especially among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Due to the prevalence of potlucks in Mormon culture , recipes for frogeye salad, as well as other dishes in Mormon cuisine , are often found in ward cookbooks ...
Spinach Dip in a Bread Bowl. Cold spinach dip served in a bread bowl was all the rage in the 1980s, and the centerpiece of every crudite platter of the era.
Jello salad is an American salad made with flavored gelatin, fruit, and sometimes grated carrots or (more rarely) other vegetables. Other ingredients may include cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts, or pretzels. Jello salads were popular in the early 20th century and are now considered retro. [1]
E.g., while miniature marshmallows may be standard today, I doubt very much they were used in the 19th c, when extruded (shaped) marshmallows had not been invented! I suspect (but have been unable to confirm) that old recipes used marshmallow creme , perhaps even incorporating real marsh-mallow sap--which would trace it back to the French ...