• protist@mander.xyz
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      9 months ago

      I’m from Louisiana/Texas with family in the Midwest. When we’d visit for the holidays, it was some disgusting shit. Green, opaque jello molds with random foods suspended in it, pickles and cream cheese on toothpicks, and random “salads” like the ones above. My mom (from the south) made macaroni and cheese casserole one year up there and everyone was floored

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        9 months ago

        Were the pickles with cream cheese wrapped in ham or some other deli meat? Because those are delicious.

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          9 months ago

          I’m not going to lie, yes they are, but they’re not Thanksgiving food, dammit!

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    9 months ago

    I’m from small-town Iowa originally. My grandma made many of these “Midwest Salads”.

    I went back for a funeral a few years ago. The was a reception/lunch at our old church. I got a serving of something that looked like jello with cream cheese on top, seemed interesting. But no, it was jello with mandarin oranges in it, and it wasn’t cream cheese, but about a quarter-inch of Miracle Whip on top, sprinkled with grated carrots. I took a bite, smiled, turned to my wife, and said, “I’m home again!”

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        9 months ago

        Unfortunately miracle whip is more like an odd tangy mayonnaise and it has no business in a dessert

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    9 months ago

    Ahhh, Mom’s pineapple cheese salad. Reminds me of when she used to handcuff us to the chairs and tell us to go ahead and scream while spooning it down our gullets. I miss her every day since the hay baler accident. Dinner just isn’t the same.

  • DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    My joke about being from Iowa is that you could have a salad potluck without ever seeing a piece of lettuce! My family’s wildest is Snicker Salad, Tapioca Salad (marshmallows and mandarin oranges), and Cranberry Salad.