topic Re: Ambrosia in Kitchen

Ambrosia

ECBG — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:44:45 GMT

There's a darling little lady on you tube, "Me Me's Kitchen" that shows how to do basic foods. Today she did Ambrosia. I wondered how many families served ambrosia. We did not.

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SharkE — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:41:43 GMT

What is it ?

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spumoni99 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:44:25 GMT

I've made it a few times, its easy and good.

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beach-mom — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:45:54 GMT

@ECBG - My mom made it once in a while, but not very often. I've had it out, but I don't think I've ever made it!

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beach-mom — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:56:52 GMT

@SharkE

It's an easy fruit salad. Here's one recipe:

1 can (15 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained
1 can (8 ounces) pineapple tidbits, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup sour cream

In a large bowl, combine the oranges, pineapple, marshmallows, and coconut. Add sour cream and toss. Cover and refrigerate several hours.

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SouthernBee — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:58:48 GMT

@SharkE : My Mom used only oranges, coconut and some sugar. She would peel the orange and remove the white stuff ( can't remember the correct name - now)and section the orange and cut in smaller pieces. She would squeeze all the juice out. Then add coconut. If the oranges were really sweet and juicy - no sugar added. Her original recipe included a small can of crushed pineapple drained and adding chopped pecans but we preferred just the orange and coconut.

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Starpolisher — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:58:53 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@SharkE

It's an easy fruit salad. Here's one recipe:

1 can (15 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained
1 can (8 ounces) pineapple tidbits, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup sour cream

In a large bowl, combine the oranges, pineapple, marshmallows, and coconut. Add sour cream and toss. Cover and refrigerate several hours.

This is how I make it, except I also add Maraschino cherries.🍒

My mom never made it. The first time I had it was at a party. I was about 30 years old. I've loved it ever since. It's one of my very favorite desserts! I rarely make it because no one in my family likes it except me and I'll eat the whole thing!😂

I watch "Me-Me" on Facebook. I love her recipes also!

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JeanLouiseFinch — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:40:45 GMT

My girlfriend's mom made this when we were younger. I just called it Hawaiian Fruit Salad until my older sister corrected me and said it was Ambrosia. Ooh, that sounded so fancy. It became one of my go-to's when I was a young wife. I had a few - Ambrosia, Taffy Apple Salad, Watergate Salad, and Cherry Fluff. Strawberry Pretzel Jello was added some years later.

Remember the Sissy Spacek character asking for some ambrosia at one of the ladies lunches in The Help?

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SoCal Bred — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:43:45 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch

Loved the movie - The Help - especially 'Minny's Chocolate Pie' and Sissy Spacek laughing when she found out the ingredients after Hilly kept eating mouthfuls!

Btw: I love ambrosia, never made it myself but have had some made by others.

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LadybugDG — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:51:50 GMT

@beach-mom Yes, this is exactly how my mom and grandmother made it. Love it

I forgot all about this, now I'm going to have to make me some

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Citrine1 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:54:07 GMT

We love ambrosia in my house and eat it a few times in the warmer months. My recipe is slightly different than those posted.

1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 12 oz. tub cool whip, thawed

1 15 oz. can fruit cocktail, drained

1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

1 11 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained

1 cup shredded, sweetened coconut

Blend cream cheese and cool whip until well mixed. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Refrigerate for several hours and serve cold.

Obviously, this makes a large amount. I usually make it for family gatherings.

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:08:53 GMT

My aunt brought this recipe for Easter brunch. She used various fresh fruits, but the dressing and coconut were always the same:

5 tbsp powdered sugar

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups toasted sweetened coconut

Toss fruit with 2 tbsp sugar and let drain in colander for 1/2 hour.

Whisk cream, sour cream, 3 tbsp sugar, and vanilla in bowl using electric mixer on low until foamy. Then whip on high to form stiff peaks.

Fold in fruit and coconut.

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Rockycoast — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:18:57 GMT

Yes, my mom made it frequently when I was growing up. Now that mom has passed, my sister is the one that makes it. Always have it on Thanksgiving and Christmas as a dessert. Yummy

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Sooner — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:22:31 GMT

@SouthernBee wrote:
@SharkE : My Mom used only oranges, coconut and some sugar. She would peel the orange and remove the white stuff ( can't remember the correct name - now)and section the orange and cut in smaller pieces. She would squeeze all the juice out. Then add coconut. If the oranges were really sweet and juicy - no sugar added. Her original recipe included a small can of crushed pineapple drained and adding chopped pecans but we preferred just the orange and coconut.

@SouthernBee That's it!

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Hoovermom — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:29:17 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@SouthernBee wrote:
@SharkE : My Mom used only oranges, coconut and some sugar. She would peel the orange and remove the white stuff ( can't remember the correct name - now)and section the orange and cut in smaller pieces. She would squeeze all the juice out. Then add coconut. If the oranges were really sweet and juicy - no sugar added. Her original recipe included a small can of crushed pineapple drained and adding chopped pecans but we preferred just the orange and coconut.
@SouthernBee That's it!

@SouthernBee : My mother also made it this way, no marshmallows in is either but lots of pecans. I loved it!!

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Still Raining — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:04:02 GMT

Try it with Amaretto. To die for!

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RedTop — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:43:55 GMT

Some version of it was always served at Stanley Home Products parties in the 60's, and I think Mom made every version for us. My brother and I preferred jello salads to ambrosia.

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SharkE — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:40:42 GMT

No sour cream for me ! Cool whip or dream whip.

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Carmie — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:43:38 GMT

I have never tasted it, but have seen it served at picnics. It never appealed to me.

Thankfully, my mother never ruined a good fruit salad with marshmallow and sour cream.

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wagirl — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:24:19 GMT

Not a fan--hate the marshmallows in it--they always get mushy .