Concealed Salad
Boy is this recipe ripe with history! When I was much younger, my daddy worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in construction. And every morning he had to leave the house way before dawn, to go to Tennessee and then catch a bus or something to get to Alabama to work.
One unfortunate day, my Daddy’s lunch was stolen. He almost starved. He barely made it home due to hunger, weakness and the angst of missing his mid-day meal. The horror.
Well, he made up his mind that he was never going to go hungry in Alabama again, so whenever he packed his lunch after that, he packed TWO lunches. Just in case. He should have just hooked up a chain to the fridge and carried it with him. He probably would’ve if he could’ve fit it on the bus to Alabama.
My Meme used to make a yummy congealed salad we called “Green Stuff” that everyone loved. One night, I made some Green Stuff and started to put it in the fridge when a little voice told me, “Heck no!” I knew what would happen: Daddy would take the whole daggum thing in his lunch. So, I hid the Green Stuff under my bed. Sure enough, Daddy went looking for it the next morning when he was packing his groceries and he couldn’t find it.
Daddy was mad, but he got over it and the family enjoyed the concealed salad the next day.
Ingredients
1 (8 serving-sized) package lime or orange gelatin
4 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (8-oz.) carton Cool Whip
12 oz. cottage cheese
1 (8-oz.) can crushed pineapple
Mix water, gelatin, and marshmallows into a double boiler. On medium heat, stir constantly until the marshmallows are melted.
Remove from heat and place into sink of ice water. When gelatin mixture has cooled and thickened a bit for about 5-10 minutes, add in rest of ingredients. Chill.
And if you absolutely must put this under your bed, place it in a cooler with some ice packs first!