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29. Pear half (canned) over cottage cheese on a leaf of lettuce..mix some pear juice with

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 01:12 PM

Apr 2020

Mayo or Miracle Whip..pour over salad...one of my favorite...Mom would serve at Thanksgiving before the big meal..looked so pretty when set at each sitting..

I still have Moms Betty Crocker Cookbook..binding loose, and full of newspaper recipe clippings from 50s..I have added newspaper clippings to book..now recipes on line...

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In the Midwest we'll call anything a salad. [View all] xmas74 Apr 2020 OP

To me, if it's got lettuce it's a salad. underpants Apr 2020 #1

I can put lettuce xmas74 Apr 2020 #2

There ya go underpants Apr 2020 #23

Hey, it's a spread! xmas74 Apr 2020 #26

My Mom, rascal that she was leftieNanner Apr 2020 #3

I hope I can be so clever xmas74 Apr 2020 #7

Candle salad. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #4

I attended a retro dinner party 2 years ago. xmas74 Apr 2020 #8

I remember the previous time you posted this, and I laughed until I cried then. 3catwoman3 Apr 2020 #10

My mother made that one time. MineralMan Apr 2020 #17

You would probably appreciate "The Gallery of Regrettable Food," The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #18

I have a book like that. It displays, and discusses, the food MineralMan Apr 2020 #19

Clown Pickles underpants Apr 2020 #24

OMG I won't be able to sleep tonite jmbar2 Apr 2020 #30

This where we got our retro dinner party ideas. xmas74 Apr 2020 #27

Yeah, Pretty Much ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #5

I love pasta salad. xmas74 Apr 2020 #9

It's Not The Spread ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #12

I love that stuff. xmas74 Apr 2020 #14

Ribbon Salad for Christmas! cyclonefence Apr 2020 #6

It looks good. xmas74 Apr 2020 #11

So jello shots might be considered a salad. Tech Apr 2020 #13

Why not? xmas74 Apr 2020 #15

Lol, I am all for it. Tech Apr 2020 #16

I bet I could make a fruity jello and mayo salad xmas74 Apr 2020 #21

Oh that all me this Christmas. Bookmarking underpants Apr 2020 #25

lots of jello salad - not necessarily layered Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #41

The grandmother of them all cyclonefence Apr 2020 #49

Looks familiar - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #51

No oranges cyclonefence Apr 2020 #55

I am talking about the canned variety . . . Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #61

I made that once for a church potluck when I was a kid. Coventina Apr 2020 #56

Salads in Costa Rica with every meal LakeArenal Apr 2020 #20

Sounds wonderful. xmas74 Apr 2020 #22

Strawberry Pretzel Salad jayschool2013 Apr 2020 #28

I made some a few months ago. xmas74 Apr 2020 #32

It is WAY too sweet jayschool2013 Apr 2020 #35

Ikr! xmas74 Apr 2020 #36

Pear half (canned) over cottage cheese on a leaf of lettuce..mix some pear juice with asiliveandbreathe Apr 2020 #29

I haven't had it in years. xmas74 Apr 2020 #33

Definitely! n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #47

Carrot salad is a staple at my house. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #31

With or without raisins? Nt xmas74 Apr 2020 #34

Without gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #37

Sounds interesting. xmas74 Apr 2020 #38

Nah, carrot salad is shredded carrots, miracle whip, and raisins. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #39

Not in my house. Thems fightin words. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #40

Only if we can fight from 6' apart! Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #43

That's my carrot salad! xmas74 Apr 2020 #57

Yup. Not by that name, but my grandmother made something with the same ingredients. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #59

I was never a big fan xmas74 Apr 2020 #66

Agreed. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #70

When I was growing up, salad was mostly iceberg lettuce, tomato and Wishbone Italian dressing. Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #42

I've had all of it xmas74 Apr 2020 #68

Is it a Midwest thing? Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #44

Lol. xmas74 Apr 2020 #46

Anything with Dorothy Lynch - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #45

I had a craving for Dorothy Lynch xmas74 Apr 2020 #48

My SIL (from the DC area) is now addicted. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #50

Yummy. xmas74 Apr 2020 #52

Not where I live now . . . Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #53

I worked for a catering company where xmas74 Apr 2020 #54

I have not found anything even close. n/t Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #60

In Ashkenazi Jewish homes everytihng is kugel. EllieBC Apr 2020 #58

My mom made a great lokshen kugel Mosby Apr 2020 #62

Free the kitniyot! EllieBC Apr 2020 #63

Peanut butter on matzah is pretty awesome. Mosby Apr 2020 #64

Sounds fantastic. xmas74 Apr 2020 #67

in southern California, our salads are proper salads. Mixed greens, tomatoes, carrots, avocado, Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #65

It is ok xmas74 Apr 2020 #69