Marshmallow and Fruit Salad

[donna]

This was a salad my Granny made. She got it from some ladies in her Church. It was popular at Church socials and suppers. I have written about her Church before. It was started in 1700s. in Kentucky. Many families that went when she went were decedents from original members.

Marshmallow and Fruit Salad

1 cut marshmallows
1 cup grapes
sliced pineapple
almonds or pecans
0ne banana

Cut marshmallows in small pieces. Add white grapes, sliced pineapple, almonds or pecans, and one banana, sliced. Serve on lettuce with oil dressing and garnish with maraschino cherries.

Some call this Heavenly Salad or Angel Salad. It is a variation of Ambrosia.

 

[donna]

Another wonderful summer salad. One to make to welcome summer.

 

[Dave Hull]

If you have access to mullberry trees, throw in a cup of them as well for added taste and all the superfood benifits of the mullberry.

 

[Peace Society]

who knew marshmallows were so old!

 

[donna]

Another delicious dish with pineapple for Pineapple Day.

 

[JOHN42768]

Must be a cousin of Ambrosia Salad

 

[major bill]

I am not sure marshmallows were a thing in the United States during the Civil War.

 

[R. Porter]

If you have access to mullberry trees, throw in a cup of them as well for added taste and all the superfood benifits of the mullberry.

I just discovered that I have a mulberry tree in my back yard! I was cutting back the wisteria vines, my neighbor hates wisteria and wants me to kill it, and I kept seeing what looked like blackberries on the ground. I have blackberries in another part of the yard and wondered why birds would bring blackberries over near the wisteria to eat. Then I noticed blackberries growing out of a tree that I didn't know was a fruit tree. I had never heard of blackberries growing out of a tree and without thorns so I looked it up on my phone. That's when I found out it was a mulberry tree. If my neighbor didn't like the wisteria, wait till I get the monkey and the weasel!

 

[R. Porter]

I am not sure marshmallows were a thing in the United States during the Civil War.

According to Wikipedia, the marshmallow got its start thousands of years ago with the marsh-mallow plant and the ancient Egyptians. The marshmallow as we know it today did not arrive in America until the early 20th century. It wasn't until 1956 that an extrusion process was developed by which marshmallow material was produced in a form that could then be cut into individual marshmallows. That would suggest that those salad recipes which contain marshmallows date after 1956. Perhaps the recipes existed earlier but just added marshmallows after 1956, that would explain how they became so widespread so quickly. Certainly by the early 1960's the versions with marshmallows were the only ones provided at restaurants, tea rooms, and church picnics.

 

[major bill]

According to Wikipedia, the marshmallow got its start thousands of years ago with the marsh-mallow plant and the ancient Egyptians. The marshmallow as we know it today did not arrive in America until the early 20th century. It wasn't until 1956 that an extrusion process was developed by which marshmallow material was produced in a form that could then be cut into individual marshmallows. That would suggest that those salad recipes which contain marshmallows date after 1956. Perhaps the recipes existed earlier but just added marshmallows after 1956, that would explain how they became so widespread so quickly. Certainly by the early 1960's the versions with marshmallows were the only ones provided at restaurants, tea rooms, and church picnics.

So no roasting marshmallows over camp fires by Civil War soldiers. Perhaps Civil War reenactors roast marshmallows over their camp fires.