I volunteer as tribute: Making/reviewing questionable foods

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please make that sour cream, canned mandarin orange slices, flaked coconut, and bag o' mini marshmellow salad someone mentioned years ago on DCUM as a classic Easter side dish.

Oh you mean the famous Ambrosia of the 80's? My mom will make it!

I love that stuff. I really shouldn't, but I do. When I'm in a hurry I just fold together one cup each of canned mandarin orange slices, canned pineapple tidbits, mini marshmallows, sweetened flaked coconut, and sour cream.

When I want to make it a little fancier, I use this recipe:

One 15-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
1½ cups diced fresh pineapple
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
One 15.25-ounce can apricots, drained and diced
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
¾ cup sour cream, kept very cold
½ teaspoon coconut extract
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Combine the oranges, pineapple, grapes, apricots, marshmallows and coconut in a large bowl.

2. Using a very cold whisk and a very cold, large bowl, whip the sour cream, coconut extract and sugar until fluffy.

3. Fold the fruit mixture into the sour cream mixture. Chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge and serve cold.

There's an actual recipe? We just opened cans and jars and mixed everything together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please make that sour cream, canned mandarin orange slices, flaked coconut, and bag o' mini marshmellow salad someone mentioned years ago on DCUM as a classic Easter side dish.

Oh you mean the famous Ambrosia of the 80's? My mom will make it!

I love that stuff. I really shouldn't, but I do. When I'm in a hurry I just fold together one cup each of canned mandarin orange slices, canned pineapple tidbits, mini marshmallows, sweetened flaked coconut, and sour cream.

When I want to make it a little fancier, I use this recipe:

One 15-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
1½ cups diced fresh pineapple
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
One 15.25-ounce can apricots, drained and diced
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
¾ cup sour cream, kept very cold
½ teaspoon coconut extract
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Combine the oranges, pineapple, grapes, apricots, marshmallows and coconut in a large bowl.

2. Using a very cold whisk and a very cold, large bowl, whip the sour cream, coconut extract and sugar until fluffy.

3. Fold the fruit mixture into the sour cream mixture. Chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge and serve cold.

There's an actual recipe? We just opened cans and jars and mixed everything together.

The proportions are important! It may be questionable food, but I do have some standards! 😂. I know some people use Cool Whip instead of sour cream and they may add other things like maraschino cherries, but this is how I like it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if this qualifies as questionable, but here’s the cabbage roll recipe that my grandma made and is now my family’s private shame comfort food: link breakfast sausage (Johnsonville will do) wrapped in blanched cabbage leaves, steamed. Add a little flour and salt/pepper to the drippings to make a gravy, serve over mashed potatoes. If potatoes are leftover, add an egg and some flour and fry up potato pancakes the next day. Yeah, we’re Irish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if this qualifies as questionable, but here’s the cabbage roll recipe that my grandma made and is now my family’s private shame comfort food: link breakfast sausage (Johnsonville will do) wrapped in blanched cabbage leaves, steamed. Add a little flour and salt/pepper to the drippings to make a gravy, serve over mashed potatoes. If potatoes are leftover, add an egg and some flour and fry up potato pancakes the next day. Yeah, we’re Irish.

That is extremely questionable but I’m also intrigued. Is the gravy country gravy with milk, or a brown gravy with stock? Do you bake the cabbage and sausage after you roll them? Or fry the sausages first?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please please please do Funeral Potatoes.

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/funeral-potatoes/

My sister makes funeral potatoes. She first tried the recipe because of the name, and they are creamy, cheesy, potatoey deliciousness. My kids love them!

Does she do the cornflake topping? If so, how is that, and is it a must-have or not? Because I can wrap my head around the base of the recipe, but the cornflakes seemed like maybe a bridge too far—but I could be wrong!

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I used crushed up potato chips -- that way you get two forms of potatoes.

"Pommes de Terre Two Ways"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if this qualifies as questionable, but here’s the cabbage roll recipe that my grandma made and is now my family’s private shame comfort food: link breakfast sausage (Johnsonville will do) wrapped in blanched cabbage leaves, steamed. Add a little flour and salt/pepper to the drippings to make a gravy, serve over mashed potatoes. If potatoes are leftover, add an egg and some flour and fry up potato pancakes the next day. Yeah, we’re Irish.

For a moment I hoped you were the poster who shared her family’s cabbage wrap recipe that involved literally a box of gingersnaps a few years ago!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The OP recipe is like if lasagna and kugel had a weird casserole baby.

I offer up this recipe, which I first made as a birthday dinner for a friend as part of a longtime joke we've had about certain foods. I've made it like 5 times since. It should not work but it does. https://www.thecountrycook.net/baked-reuben-casserole/

This looks so good! I saved it to try soon.

[Anonymous]

Here is my questionable recipe for potlucks - bag of frozen meatballs, jar of grape jelly, jar of Heinz chili sauce, slowcooker.

It should not work, but it does.
It should not taste good, but it does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is my questionable recipe for potlucks - bag of frozen meatballs, jar of grape jelly, jar of Heinz chili sauce, slowcooker.

It should not work, but it does.
It should not taste good, but it does.

I've had this and it is delicious.

[Anonymous]

Awesome thread. I'm here to contribute (once again) strawberry pretzel salad:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20338/strawberry-pretzel-salad/

Who knew something that sounds so terrible could be so good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:please make that sour cream, canned mandarin orange slices, flaked coconut, and bag o' mini marshmellow salad someone mentioned years ago on DCUM as a classic Easter side dish.

Oh you mean the famous Ambrosia of the 80's? My mom will make it!

I love that stuff. I really shouldn't, but I do. When I'm in a hurry I just fold together one cup each of canned mandarin orange slices, canned pineapple tidbits, mini marshmallows, sweetened flaked coconut, and sour cream.

When I want to make it a little fancier, I use this recipe:

One 15-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
1½ cups diced fresh pineapple
1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
One 15.25-ounce can apricots, drained and diced
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
¾ cup sour cream, kept very cold
½ teaspoon coconut extract
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Combine the oranges, pineapple, grapes, apricots, marshmallows and coconut in a large bowl.

2. Using a very cold whisk and a very cold, large bowl, whip the sour cream, coconut extract and sugar until fluffy.

3. Fold the fruit mixture into the sour cream mixture. Chill for at least 2 hours in the fridge and serve cold.

There's an actual recipe? We just opened cans and jars and mixed everything together.

The proportions are important! It may be questionable food, but I do have some standards! 😂. I know some people use Cool Whip instead of sour cream and they may add other things like maraschino cherries, but this is how I like it.

I actually may use your recipe for Thanksgiving. It is time for my white trash family with money to adopt some standards!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please please please do Funeral Potatoes.

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/funeral-potatoes/

My sister makes funeral potatoes. She first tried the recipe because of the name, and they are creamy, cheesy, potatoey deliciousness. My kids love them!

Does she do the cornflake topping? If so, how is that, and is it a must-have or not? Because I can wrap my head around the base of the recipe, but the cornflakes seemed like maybe a bridge too far—but I could be wrong!

\

I used crushed up potato chips -- that way you get two forms of potatoes.

"Pommes de Terre Two Ways"

Mais oui!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please please please do Funeral Potatoes.

https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/funeral-potatoes/

My sister makes funeral potatoes. She first tried the recipe because of the name, and they are creamy, cheesy, potatoey deliciousness. My kids love them!

Does she do the cornflake topping? If so, how is that, and is it a must-have or not? Because I can wrap my head around the base of the recipe, but the cornflakes seemed like maybe a bridge too far—but I could be wrong!

These funeral potatoes are very very good. Exactly like this. There are a million different but similar recipes for them that are also very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Awesome thread. I'm here to contribute (once again) strawberry pretzel salad:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20338/strawberry-pretzel-salad/

Who knew something that sounds so terrible could be so good?

Yes! Strawberry pretzel salad is one of the most delicious and questionable things ever! I first saw it at an office potluck. Never thought I would like it, but damn it, it was good!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, fried tuna.

+1. This. I am particularly interested in how it tastes lightly fried.

Wasn't it lightly fried with cumin seeds?

Someone did try it on Dcum and reported on it. Don’t think will be able to find that post, so probably worth trying it again.