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I have a jello salad that's very similar to Vergie's. Actually it was hers
that reminded me of it being close in similarity. My Mother had run across
this recipe in the Jello recipe book printed by Jello company about 20 or
more years ago. It's always a Christmas favorite that's served at Mom's
house each year with very little left over. She calls it pistachio pudding
but strangest thing..it doesn't have anything pistachio in
it..strange...but nonetheless still tasty.
She drains the pineapple, reserving the liquid, then puts dry jello into a
blender. Using the reserved pineapple juice, she adds hot water to it to
make 1 cup. Then she cuts up the softened cream cheese into little squares
and blends all this together. Adds the spices, and the nuts. Mixes this a
few whirls in the blender. Then she adds the pineapple which fills the
blender to the top and whirls it once or twice to mix all together and
pours in a dish and puts in the refrigerator and lets it almost set
(probably about 45 minutes) and then she puts the maraschino cherries
around on the top for decoration and gently pushes them into the jello to
get them to seat pretty.
I've fixed this myself a few times, but seems Mama's always better than
mine even though I did the same thing she did. I guess it's Mama's added
touch of love that makes it better. I have added coconut in some of mine,
not much, about 1/2 cup or less.
This comes out to be a light green salad but I don't see why you couldn't
add a drop or two of green coloring to make it darker.
Serves: 8+
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Cynthia" <babycakes@webshoppe.net> on Mar
6, 1998

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