Julia's Collections

When my mother passed away 20 years ago, my sisters and I had the not-so-fun job of going through her treasures. No one spoke for her recipe collections, so I grabbed them. You see, my mom was a fantastic cook. It seemed a shame to me to have those recipes go unclaimed! Well, here we are, 20 years later; and those recipes have rested in their special place on my closet shelf waiting to be tried . . . .

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Pineapple Fluff Salad

PINEAPPLE FLUFF SALAD
Cook for 3 minutes: 2 cans crushed pineapple & 1 cup sugar. Cool.
Add: 2 pkgs. cream cheese (small)
Dissolve: 2 boxes lemon jello in 1 pint water, cool.
Mix: the two and add 1/2 pint whipped cream gradually.
Top with red cherry.




In the middle of making this salad, I realized I had only one box of Lemon Jello. First trip to the store for the day. So the pineapple mixture might have cooled too long. At any rate, when I added the cream cheese, it was quite lumpy - big lumps. So, I used my hand mixer and whipped it in a bit to break up the big lumps. Then, the recipe didn't call for it, but I should have thought it through a little better - the lemon jello should have cooled till partially set before adding the whipped cream. The cream didn't fold in well - more big lumps. So I used my mixer again to blend it better. That defeated the purpose of whipping it in the first place. I was a little worried about the outcome of this salad, but it set up just fine. I'm hope the FACC appreciated it.
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