Quoting Dale Shipp to Dave Drum <=-

My mother used to make a dish she called ambrosia using fresh grated coconut and orange sections (cut to remove all membrane and seeds).
It was very good.

My mom made a similar version: oranges and pineapple macerated
in their own juices, with sliced bananas stirred in just before
serving. Some times she sprinkled coconut on it too.

I make it like hers but add just a little liqueur to the mix for
added taste, usually Cointreau or something similar in the Triple Sec
family. A splash of dark rum is nice too.

if you try to look up ambrosia recipes, you will find other
very different things

There are some horrible atrocities out there with ingredients like
miniature marshmallow and fake whipped cream. One of my sisters-in-
law makes a batch every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It would make a
barely tolerable dessert but she serves it as a side salad to the
turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. My nephew used to love it when he
was a little kid and she is under the erroneous impression that he
still does. But these days he is a strapping six foot four, beer
swilling construction worker with two kids, a step son, an ex-wife
and a current girlfriend and his tastes are very different. Still,
when urged sufficiently, he will eat a tiny portion with his turkey.

It goes something like this except her version also has cottage
cheese in it:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Ambrosia
Categories: Salads, Dairy, Fruit, Desserts
Yield: 25 servings

2 x 9 oz containers of Cool Whip
-"whipped product"
16 oz Sour cream
14 oz Bag miniature marshmallows
(plain or multicoloured)
2 x 10 oz cans Mandarin oranges
-drained
19 oz Can Pineapple tidbits
-drained
14 oz Bag of coconut

Mix cool Whip and sour cream. Add oranges and pineapple. Mix in
the coconut well. Last add marshmallows.

From: Lou Parris Date: 25 Mar 97

MMMMM



Cheers

Jim


... A single gram of uranium contains 20 billion calories.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 www.doccyber.org bbs.docsplace.org (1:135/392)