what is your family's name for this dish?

[NMDemDist2]

Miz B (my stepmom) called it "Orange Jello" which it is NOT :rofl:

it uses orange jello mix, heavy whipping cream, cream cheese, pineapple and grated carrots

it's got the texture of mousse

when I unpack i'll post the whole recipe, it was wonderful!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. I love it

You're not unpacked yet, and you're here.

Oh, you doll.

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[NMDemDist2]

4. i may not pack til tomorrow

it ain't going anywhere, and neither am I!

:hug:

glad to be home I am, but tired out

and i'll fedex you some meatloaf :evilgrin:

hope you and ol yeller had a great weekend!

[Lorax]

2. I don't know but

the first time I ate at DH's family's house when we were dating, his mother tried to serve me something like that. Only I SWEAR to you, I saw cocktail onions and little olives in there along with the fruits and stuff. It was so horrifying that I was rendered speechless the minute she offered it to me. I still have nightmares.

[NMDemDist2]

3. OMG! but seriously Miz B's is WONDERFUL!! wait til I find the recipe

I'm going to make it again this week

[SoCalDem]

8. Aspic? Looks like jello..is NOT!

:puke:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. My mother ...

used to fix red (raspberry?) Jell-O and, when it was semi-set, whip in some softened vanilla ice cream.

Then she'd set it back into the fridge, and it was terrific.

Actually, that orange Jell-O thing sounds great.

Remember when it was printed on the box never to try to put pineapple into Jell-O? I wonder what happened to that...

[NMDemDist2]

6. i can remember the recipe except how much cream cheese

take a box of orange jello and drain a small can of crushed pineapple then add water to equal one cup

heat the juice/water mix until very hot but don't boil over

dissolve jello in hot water add 4 (?) oz cream cheese, whip 1/2 pint of heavy cream until stiff peaks form, gently fold into jello/cream cheese mix. then gently fold pineapple and one large carrot (grated) into mixture and chill for one hour

it was just heaven and such a nice palate clearing treat with turkey (she served it on leaves of butter lettuce as the salad)

[housewolf]

18. It's just fresh pineapple that doesn't work...

Canned pineapple is fine in jello. Fresh pineapple reacts with the gelatin causing it to not gel. They slightly cook it in order to can it and that makes it okay.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

19. Ah........

thank you. I always wondered about that.

[SoCalDem]

7. Here's another goodie

lime jello, chopped walnuts, cottage cheese & pineapple chunks..

I ahte lime jello, I loathe cottage cheese, but I LOVE this "dessert/salad/whatever" it is :)

[NMDemDist2]

9. i'd take that recipe too......

i like all that stuff :rofl:

[wildeyed]

10. My sister made that for Thanksgiving potluck

the first year she was married. But to impress the new in-laws, she decided to use fresh pineapple instead of canned...... needless to say, the jello never jelled. Oh well, they were divorced two years later so no harm done.

[SW FL Dem]

14. My grandmother used to make that

She subbed pecans for the walnuts because we're allergic to the walnuts.

[NMDemDist2]

15. i was thinking pecans would be great in that myself n/t

[SoCalDem]

16. You can also add mini-marshmallows for the kiddies

:)

[NMDemDist2]

17. kiddies? add marshmallow for ME!

i loves marshmallows lots LOL

[wildeyed]

11. My MIL makes something like that.

I believe she uses buttermilk and grated carrots. One of the few things she makes I actually like! Maybe I will get the recipe from her, make it myself sometime.

[NMDemDist2]

12. what do they call it? it's not ambrosia

i called it "orange chiffon" but it's really not that either.....

[wildeyed]

13. I honestly don't know what it's called.

I will ask next time I talk to her. It is definitely a family recipe, so I am sure they have a specific name for it.

[politicat]

20. My family called it ambrosia salad.

Whip the cream, fold in the carrots, pineapple; make the jello ( though I seem to recall that we used lemon) fold it all together when the jello is semi-set....

No cream cheese, though, and as the years went by, the whipping cream got replaced with cool-whip.

[MrsMatt]

29. Another vote for ambrosia n/t

[housewolf]

21. "Sunshine Salad"

for it's beautiful sunny color.

My family has a "green jello" tradition - lime jello, canned crushed pineapple, marshmallows and whipped cream, add pomegranate seeds for the holidays. Quite festive! We mix the pineapple and marshmallows together for a long time, let them sit and the pineapple sort of "melts" the marshmallows. It turns into a lovely light green cloud of a salad.

But the only name it ever had was "Green Jello."

[noamnety]

22. Y'all need to stop with the boxed jello

The plain knox gelatin and real juice is so much better - and the exact same amount of work.

[Stinky The Clown]

23. Did it look like this?

[NMDemDist2]

26. nope, more like this

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Okay .... cuz I remember my mother making something like that ....

I can't even remember the last time I had any. I know for sure I was prepubescent.

[NMDemDist2]

28. it was sooooo good, i picked up a "jello mold" at the thrift store today

here's the exact recipe she gave me,

1 8 oz. can drained crushed pineapple, reserve juice
1 sm. pkg. orange Jello
4 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 pint heavy cream, whipped
1/2 c. grated carrots (optional)

Reserve pineapple juice and add water to measure 1 cup. Heat juice mix and add to dissolve orange Jello, and add cream cheese to hot Jello until all the cheese is melted. Fold in whipped cream to cheese/jello mixture then fold in pineapple and grated carrots. Mold and garnish with mandarin oranges. Chill for 3 to 4 hours before serving.

[Lugnut]

24. I like that fluffy stuff

There are lots of variations and I like them all. Every time I make Watergate salad the serving bowl empties really quickly. It's always a hit and is so easy to make.

[calico1]

25. I've never heard of it. n/t