Not a salad, but definitely midwestern: Maid-Rite Sandwich, which is not to be found anywhere else but - where exactly? Indiana or Illinois, I always mix them up.
However, I started a thread here requesting info on making them, and they’ve since become a staple weeknight supper in our house. They’re pretty goshdarn midwestern plain: hamburger, onion, salt & pepper, white hamburger bun. And they’re good.
Um…yeah.
Iowa. Dunno about the other I’s.
Oh ya. 'Specially if the onionmeat has been fried to an absolute crisp and the bun is fresh off the truck.
They have a lovely generic name: “loose-meat sandwiches.” Makes you wanna eat a whole bowelful. :rolleyes:
For her niece’s shower, my cousin served a “grape salad” that consisted of Heath bars, cream cheese, sour cream…and green grapes.
It would have been disgusting if it wasn’t actually tasty. Though, to be honest, I’d have rather just had the Heath bar and cream cheese mixture.
I am well-acquainted with every ‘salad’ heretofore listed, and have lived in Illinois since birth. But the winner is ‘Orange Fluffy Salad’ which has tapioca, orange jello, Cool Whip, and mandarin oranges. I WILL beat anyone with a spoon that dares to intrude upon my portion. And for Easter I made ‘Lemonade Salad’ that combines lemon jello, frozen lemonade concentrate, and Cool Whip. Tangy lemonyness! Wonderful!
We had it at Cala Foods in San Francisco, when I worked there.
Besides the deep dish pizza, this is about the only thing in this thread that sounds the least bit appetizing, but grapes?
Yeah, I’ve never been to Cala Food, yuppie scum.
I don’t eat marshmallows anymore, anyway, as I am a vegetarian.
Yeah, I forgot about Orange Fluff. A neighbor has brought us meals a few times (knee surgery, new baby …) and she always brings Orange Fluff. I put out all the food, except this. I hide it in the back of the fridge and eat it when no one is looking. :eek:
http://www.backofthebox.com/recipes/pies-pastries/ritz-mock-apple-pie.html
I always wanted to try one of these just for the novelty factor: Mock apple pie using crumbled Ritz crackers instead of apples.
Orange Fluff sounds like a variation on ambrosia. You’re telling me it can be made even MORE delicious with the addition of Cool Whip? I don’t know why I’m surprised. I do believe I would eat an oven mitt if it was covered in enough Cool Whip. It’s only my unbelievably strong self control that stops me from eating it right out of the tub with a spoon.
Anyway, sounds like this summer I’ll be making and eating copious amounts of things like lemonade salad and other salads. Mmm. This thread is making me hungry.
Why, are they made outa squirrel nuts or sumptin?
They have gelatin, which is made from animal products. I don’t eat jello, either.
I knew someone who tried it as a kid. The verdict? Avoid at all costs.
Ah. I thought it was because most marshmallows are not free-range, and are kept in tiny cages on marshmallow farms.
You mean it’s supposed to go on stuff?
The only thing here I’ve had is the ambrosia salad (I’ve always know it as Hawaiian Delight, I don’t know if that’s a New England thing or just my family). It’s funny too, I’ve been living in Missouri for almost 5 years now, and I still haven’t seem most of these things in real life.
Don’t knock glorified rice or ambrosia… they are both pretty good. One rather strange jello salad that pops up at various arcane functions that I am privy to, is multiple variations of the Lime Jello and Cabbage Salad.
LIME JELLO SALAD
1 pkg. lime Jello
1 c. sm. marshmallows
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. cool whip
1 c. boiling water
1 c. ground cabbage (use blender, pour off water)
1 sm. can crushed pineapple, juice & all
1/2 c. miracle whip
Mix Jello and marshmallows in boiling water; stir until dissolved. Set aside until syrupy and then add cabbage, nuts and pineapple. When nearly set, mix the miracle whip into the cool whip and fold into the salad.
Really, not as bad as it sounds.
In the same vein, this layered Cranberry Jello Salad is positively gourmet and delicious. I have enjoyed variations of it at many Thanksgiving dinners.
Cranberry Jello Salad
Bottom layer:
1 - 6 serving-size cherry Jello AND 1 - 4 serving-size cherry Jello (yes, both cherry)
3 c. boiling water
2 cans whole berry cranberry sauce
1 large can crushed pineapple - do not drain (need the juice, too)
Chopped celery, apples, and walnuts (her recipe doesn’t use amounts, but I’d guess about a cup or so of each)
Top layer:
1 - 4 serving-size lemon Jello
1 c. boiling water, or apple juice
1 c. sour cream
2 pkgs. cream cheese, softened (REALLY softened)
1 c. sugar
Directions
Bottom layer:
Mix both packages cherry Jello and boiling water together until dissolved. Whisk in cranberry sauce and pineapple; stir in celery, apple, and walnuts. Pour into a 13 x 9 glass dish. Chill until set.
Top layer:
Dissolve lemon Jello in hot water (or juice, if using); whisk in sugar, and stir until dissolved. Stir in cream cheese and sour cream; whisk until smooth. Pour over chilled cranberry layer and chill until set.
Jello is only as Cliche, Midwest, and Trailerpark as you want it to be. You knock it and laugh; we watch it wiggle, see it jiggle and appreciate a tasty sidedish or dessert.
that is why i made the arrangements for my dads lunch …
Wegmans Deli for the win … I got enough Beef on weck makings for 60, the makings for deli sandwiches for 45, the raw veggies and dips for 60 … chips, pretzles, beer, wines, coffees, teas, which was good, we had about 100 people follow us back to the legion hall after the funeral home bit.
I am a head cook at a camp in Alaska’s North Slope oil fields. 2x1. The bull cooks make the salad bars and salads. Try as I might and I have given up I can not stop the bull cooks from making these types of salads. It is easy for them (they are not usually real cooks) to whip them up and feel culinary. Jello + anything + whip cream topping = Roughneck food. It shocks me to my very soul. I am a trained chef and I could hardly look at it on a regular basis. I now have a new cooking callus. Well, many from cooking up there.
Check this one out. And keep clicking till you bust your gut.
Additional culinary fun can be had looking through these cookbooks.
Better you should cover the keyboard in Saran Wrap and put it into the refrigerator toot sweet.
Looks like you’ve got the makings of a salad there.