24 Hour Salad
Arwilda had two very different recipes called 24 Hour Salad. One uses cream cheese; the other uses cooked custard and sets in a ring mold.
Cooked-custard fruit salad in a ring mold
Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hour Salad sheet
Ingredients
- 2 eggs beaten; 2 T butter; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 cup white cherries cut in halves
- 4 T vinegar
- 4 T sugar
- 1 cup marshmallows (quartered)
- 2 cups pineapple cut in wedges
- 2 large mangoes cut in pieces
- 1 cup sliced peaches
- Bananas & cand. ginger may be added.
Directions
- Put eggs, vinegar + sugar in double boiler, beating constantly + cook until thick.
- Smooth. Drain & line lettuce.
- cook until thick + smooth. Remove from heat, add butter + cool. When cold fold in whipped cream - add fruit mixture + marshmallows. Turn into fancy ring mold - put in refrigerator & chill for 24 hours. Top with Marshmallows, cherries + pineapple wedges if desired.
- Chill for 24 hours.
- Chopped + pineapple wedge garnish.
Timing: until thick + smooth; When cold; chill for 24 hours
Temperature: Remove from heat; cool; When cold; refrigerator
Equipment: double boiler; beater or whisk; fruit-preparation knife; fancy ring mold; refrigerator
Notes
- Bananas + cand. ginger may be added; top with Marshmallows, cherries + pineapple wedges if desired
Cream-cheese overnight fruit salad
Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hr. Salad card
Ingredients
- 2 pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1 no. 2 can crushed pineapple (drain juice off)
- 1 small jar marachino cherries (cut up)
- 1/2 pt. whipped cream
- 1/2 cup chopped walnut meats
- 2 tablespoons salad dressing
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
Directions
- Combine and set in refrigerator over nite. Add marshmallows.
Timing: 24 Hr.; over nite
Temperature: refrigerator
Equipment: can opener; draining vessel or strainer; knife and cutting board; measuring cups and spoons; mixing bowl; mixing utensil; covered storage vessel; refrigerator
Compare the cards
Creamy or custard base
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hr. Salad card
- 2 packages Philadelphia cream cheese, 1/2 pint whipped cream, 2 tablespoons salad dressing, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hour Salad sheet
- 2 beaten eggs, 4 tablespoons vinegar, 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, and 1 cup heavy cream
Fruit, nuts, and marshmallows
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hr. Salad card
- Crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, walnut meats, and marshmallows of unstated quantity
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hour Salad sheet
- White cherries, pineapple wedges, mangoes, sliced peaches, 1 cup quartered marshmallows, and optional bananas and candied ginger
Assembly, cooking, molding, and chilling
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hr. Salad card
- Combine and refrigerate overnight, then follow the later Add marshmallows instruction
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hour Salad sheet
- Cook egg, vinegar, and sugar in a double boiler; add butter and cool; fold in whipped cream, fruit, and marshmallows; turn into a ring mold and chill 24 hours; garnish if desired
Marshmallow treatment
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hr. Salad card
- Later pencil addition: Add marshmallows; quantity absent
- Decorative Recipe Tin 24 Hour Salad sheet
- 1 cup marshmallows quartered in the original formula, plus optional marshmallow garnish
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