sf wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:44:57 -0600, notbob > wrote:
>
>> On 2006-12-09, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> blend lime jello with canned tuna. Oh gross and yuk and hurl!
>>> Don't add that stuff to lime jello! Just don't do it!
>>
>> LOL!!!
>>
>> Too late. I'm having mid-life flash backs to a time, real or
>> imagined, when lime cottage cheese and red fruit cocktail Jello was a
>> staple, even in restaurants. I may have a lovely experience or end
>> up going, "What the Hell was I thinking!". But, I gotta do it. I
>> bailed at the last minute the other night because the cottage cheese
>> wasn't right. Some kinda runny oozy crap which I tossed even though
>> it wasn't bad. Now I wonder if anyone even makes good cottage cheese
>> anymore. I haven't eaten c/c in years and can't say why. I've
>> always liked it.
>>
> Well, nb... I'm gonna take pity on you and give you an old family
> recipe. Consider it a starting point and do with it what you will.
>
> Eisenhower Salad (that's what they called it)
>
> 1 (16-oz) carton of cottage cheese
> 2 cups mayonaise
> 1 med. can crush pineapple (drained)
> 1 cup chopped walnuts
> 1 pkg (the small size) lemon jello
> 2 packages (small) lime jello
>
> Disolve the jello in 1 cup of hot water and 1 1/2 cups cold water.
> Add the cottate cheese and mayonaise.
> Mix well.
> Add the pineapple and walnuts.
> Mix again and refrigerate.
> When partially thickened (about 1/2 set), stir to prevent sinkers.
> Chill until fully set.
>
> I'm going to hang out in the chat channel for a while, if you have any
> questions about the fine points of jello salad. LOL

Hopefully no one will have questions about the fine points of this. It's
almost as bad as canned tuna in lime Jell-O. And this you cannot put in
martini glasses and say it's okay!