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ISO: ISO: old fashioned fruit ambrosia recipe with coconut and whipped cream?
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melissa-dallas
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My aunt's is the greatest and I know how she makes it but not the proportions
I know she beats a little sour cream with the sugar and whipping cream and folds it into sectioned oranges, pineapple chunks, maraschino cherries, pecan halves and flaked coconut.
I know she beats a little sour cream with the sugar and whipping cream and folds it into sectioned oranges, pineapple chunks, maraschino cherries, pecan halves and flaked coconut.
Ambrosia from 1951 "The Joy of Cooking"
4 Servings:
2 large Valencia oranges, peeled (all pith removed) and segmented or cut into thin slices
3 ripe bananas, cut into thin slices
Pineapple is sometimes added. So are other fruits. (Sorry, that's all Irma and Marion are giving away here.)
Combine:
1/4 C confectionary sugar
1 1/2 C shredded coconut
Alternate layers of orange and banana (and other fruit if used) and dust each layer with coconut mix, reserving a bit for the top.
Chill well before serving. Sprinkle with coconut before serving.
4 Servings:
2 large Valencia oranges, peeled (all pith removed) and segmented or cut into thin slices
3 ripe bananas, cut into thin slices
Pineapple is sometimes added. So are other fruits. (Sorry, that's all Irma and Marion are giving away here.)
Combine:
1/4 C confectionary sugar
1 1/2 C shredded coconut
Alternate layers of orange and banana (and other fruit if used) and dust each layer with coconut mix, reserving a bit for the top.
Chill well before serving. Sprinkle with coconut before serving.
patbastrop
Well-known member
sort of a recipe...known in our house as "the salad" as in, Who is bringing the salad?
I make it with sour cream. Equal amounts of mandarin oranges and well drained pineapple.Mix it up and add tiny marshmallows and handfulls of sweetened coconut. Toss lightly and add the sour cream. Some maraschino cherries for color. Fold the mixture together, cover and refrigerate overnight. Sorry I don't have the proportions. I think someone took the ambrosia recipe and just added sour cream! Y'think?
I make it with sour cream. Equal amounts of mandarin oranges and well drained pineapple.Mix it up and add tiny marshmallows and handfulls of sweetened coconut. Toss lightly and add the sour cream. Some maraschino cherries for color. Fold the mixture together, cover and refrigerate overnight. Sorry I don't have the proportions. I think someone took the ambrosia recipe and just added sour cream! Y'think?
melissa-dallas
Well-known member
(((PAT!!)) I've missed you!
Marshmallow Salad - An oldie but a goodie.
Marshmallow Salad
2 cups sour cream (large 500 ml)
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cans orange quarters, drained
1 can pineapple chunks or tidbits, drained
2 cups marshmallows
1 cup coconut, optional
Mix above well. Let sit in refrigerator overnight before serving.
Marshmallow Salad
2 cups sour cream (large 500 ml)
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cans orange quarters, drained
1 can pineapple chunks or tidbits, drained
2 cups marshmallows
1 cup coconut, optional
Mix above well. Let sit in refrigerator overnight before serving.
mariadnoca
Moderator
Pat -- so very nice to "see" you !
Rec.: Aunt Doby's Ambrosia
AUNT DOBY'S AMBROSIA
marshmallows (2/3 of 10.5 oz pkg.)
coconut (3/4 of 7 oz. pkg.)
3 cans mandarin oranges, refrigerated
1½ Granny Smith apples, refrigerated, diced
4 bananas
16 oz sour cream
1 lemon to coat apples & bananas
zest from ½ lemon
Dice apples and bananas, coat with lemon juice and lemon zest.
Mix coconut and marshmallow with sour cream. Fold in fruit.
Chill 3-4 hours.
AUNT DOBY'S AMBROSIA
marshmallows (2/3 of 10.5 oz pkg.)
coconut (3/4 of 7 oz. pkg.)
3 cans mandarin oranges, refrigerated
1½ Granny Smith apples, refrigerated, diced
4 bananas
16 oz sour cream
1 lemon to coat apples & bananas
zest from ½ lemon
Dice apples and bananas, coat with lemon juice and lemon zest.
Mix coconut and marshmallow with sour cream. Fold in fruit.
Chill 3-4 hours.
patbastrop
Well-known member
Thanks, y'all! Brief current 6 report:
1. Inventory continues (horrible horrible horrible) deadline coming, so soon to be over!
2. Contract signed in Summerville SC at a lovely subdivision that we will enjoy. Ground broken. YAY!
3. Erosion problems in Bastrop causing havoc and the county just dug away 6 feet of our front roadway. Why didn't this rain come last year??
4. To sell or not to sell? Wait 2 years for the trees and underbrush to re-establish?
5. Apartment in Austin is fun (or it will be once I finish the inventory). I plan to survey trailer food! Report hopefully follows if anyone is interested...
6 I'm stretching for the sixth -- that's IT -- apartment gym has a stretching class that is a real stress buster!! Love it.
1. Inventory continues (horrible horrible horrible) deadline coming, so soon to be over!
2. Contract signed in Summerville SC at a lovely subdivision that we will enjoy. Ground broken. YAY!
3. Erosion problems in Bastrop causing havoc and the county just dug away 6 feet of our front roadway. Why didn't this rain come last year??
4. To sell or not to sell? Wait 2 years for the trees and underbrush to re-establish?
5. Apartment in Austin is fun (or it will be once I finish the inventory). I plan to survey trailer food! Report hopefully follows if anyone is interested...
6 I'm stretching for the sixth -- that's IT -- apartment gym has a stretching class that is a real stress buster!! Love it.
This is what my mother made for Christmas and Thanksgiving for years. . .
but she did not use cream cheese, just the sour cream, marsmallows (gotta be mini ones) and drained fruit, whatever drained fruit she could get. Pears, fruit coctail, canned berries, apricots, peaches, you name it.
but she did not use cream cheese, just the sour cream, marsmallows (gotta be mini ones) and drained fruit, whatever drained fruit she could get. Pears, fruit coctail, canned berries, apricots, peaches, you name it.
So nice to see you again Pat....I cannot tell you and other how many times we have started
to take inventory and do a video of our possessions in the home. We never seem to finish and years go by.....Also, cannot tell you how many folks who have lost homes and possessions tell us what a horrible job the inventory process is. So, by now, I am sure you will take inventory as you accumulate your new possessions. So much easier that way. Have a book to list, what, how much, date of purchase. If the inventory is done from your head, after the fire or other catastrophic event, they are hundreds of things one forgets about. If we all took just 30 minutes each week to start on an inventory, it would be so helpful in a disaster.
How many of us remember what was in our freezer, refrigerators, stored in the garage, etc.?
to take inventory and do a video of our possessions in the home. We never seem to finish and years go by.....Also, cannot tell you how many folks who have lost homes and possessions tell us what a horrible job the inventory process is. So, by now, I am sure you will take inventory as you accumulate your new possessions. So much easier that way. Have a book to list, what, how much, date of purchase. If the inventory is done from your head, after the fire or other catastrophic event, they are hundreds of things one forgets about. If we all took just 30 minutes each week to start on an inventory, it would be so helpful in a disaster.
How many of us remember what was in our freezer, refrigerators, stored in the garage, etc.?
patbastrop
Well-known member
We bought a fujitsu scanner, and every receipt goes into it.
Haven't started the file yet, as we will just tear it up using the data for replacement costs. The replacement file will be the beginning of the new inventory.
Biggest mistake a friend of mine made was to leave the hard drive with the inventory on her desk, and not in the bank. She has kicked herself around the block a few times...
Haven't started the file yet, as we will just tear it up using the data for replacement costs. The replacement file will be the beginning of the new inventory.
Biggest mistake a friend of mine made was to leave the hard drive with the inventory on her desk, and not in the bank. She has kicked herself around the block a few times...