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Fruit Cocktail Ambrosia

A historical recipe from Choice Recipes and Menus Using Canned Foods, by American Can Company. Home Economics Department.

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A historical recipe

Choice Recipes and Menus Using Canned Foods, by American Can Company. Home Economics Department. Project Gutenberg eBook #66069.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. ¾ cup canned
  2. ½ cup juice

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 1 No.
  2. 2½ can fruit cocktail ¼ cup honey 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 medium-sized bananas ¾ cup canned, moist, shredded cocoanut Drain fruit cocktail;
  3. reserve ½ cup juice.
  4. Combine honey, lemon juice and fruit juice.
  5. Slice bananas and arrange in the bottoms of 6 sherbet dishes.
  6. Pour combined juices over bananas.
  7. Top with fruit cocktail;
  8. sprinkle with cocoanut.
  9. Chill thoroughly.
  10. 6 Servings

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Choice Recipes and Menus Using Canned Foods, by American Can Company. Home Economics Department. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #66069 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66069). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.