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Ambrosia Salad
FAQ
Most ambrosia recipes contain canned (often sweetened) or fresh pineapple, canned mandarin orange slices or fresh orange sections, miniature marshmallows, and coconut. Other ingredients might include various fruits and nuts: maraschino cherries, bananas, strawberries, peeled grapes, or crushed pecans.
Ingredients
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows.
- 2 ½ cups shredded coconut.
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained.
- 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained (Optional)
- 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed.
- 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained.
- 1 (8 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained.
We can't say for sure, but it's possible ambrosia first appeared in the South. The earliest written reference to the dish that I've been able to find is in an 1867 cookbook entitled Dixie Cookery: or How I Managed My Table for Twelve Years, which was written by Maria Massey Barringer of Concord, North Carolina.
Since ambrosia is made of fruit and marshmallows, it has a sweet but tangy flavor. If you decide to add nuts and/or sweetened shredded coconut, it will have those flavors layered in, too.
In Greek mythology, ambrosia was considered the “food” of the Olympian Gods, and it was thought to bring long life and immortality to anyone who consumed it. It was often linked to nectar, the “drink” of the Gods.
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