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- From: roy@phri (Roy Smith)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Too much fruit salad
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- Date: 20 Feb 87 04:31:29 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE FRUIT-SALAD D "29 Nov 86" 1987
- .RZ "TOO MUCH FRUIT SALAD" "Generic fresh fruit salad"
- Many people think of fruit salad as that disgusting stuff that comes in a
- can made from diced plastic fruit and heavy syrup. This is more like what it
- is supposed to taste like, although some people might claim that my addition
- of syrup makes this into fruit cocktail instead of fruit salad.
- .PP
- Whatever you call it, it's especially good in the summer. I make it every
- couple of months (usually in vast quantities, even though there are only two
- of us, hence the name). It rarely lasts very long, regardless of how much I
- make.
- .IH "Makes too much"
- .IG "1" "ripe pineapple"
- .IG "1" "ripe melon"
- .IG "1" "large grapefruit"
- (preferably pink)
- .IG "2\-3" "oranges"
- .IG "11 oz" "maraschino cherries" "300 g"
- (1 large jar)
- .IG "2\-3" "ripe bananas"
- .IG "2\-3" "kiwi fruits"
- .IG "1 lb" "stewed prunes in heavy syrup" "500 g"
- (1 standard can)
- .IG "2\-3" "ripe peaches,"
- sliced (or use
- .AB "1 lb" "500 g"
- of stewed apricot halves in heavy syrup)
- .IG "1 cup" "apricot nectar" "250 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Peel and section the grapefruit and oranges. Remove the seeds and membranes.
- Cut the sections into bite-size pieces and dump into a big non-metallic bowl.
- .SK 2
- Peel and core the pineapple (making sure to get all the eyes), cut the flesh
- into bite-sized pieces and add to the bowl. A typical whole pineapple is
- usually too much, so you might want to reserve about 1/3 of the flesh to eat
- by itself.
- .SK 3
- Peel and cut the melon, bananas, peaches, and kiwi fruits and add to the bowl.
- The kiwis should be sliced horizontally (so the seeds make pretty circular
- patterns).
- .SK 4
- Add the stewed prunes, syrup and all. This will moisten everything. Add the
- maraschino cheries and the syrup they came in (check for stems). Add the
- nectar, making sure there is enough liquid to cover the fruit.
- .SK 5
- This is the hard part. Put it all in the refrigerator, and don't eat any
- until tommorow. It really needs to sit overnight for all the colors and
- flavors to blend together.
- .NX
- Some people might object to the use of maraschino cherries\(emthey are
- processed with sulfur dioxide, which isn't really good for you. I like the
- way they taste, so I allow myself this one debauch.
- .PP
- Unless you can find good-quality fresh fruit, it is better to use canned.
- This is especially true of pineapple\(emcanned pineapple is not as good as
- good fresh pineapple, but is much better than a bad fresh one. For the
- melon, I've used honeydew, canteloupe, and casaba with good results.
- Watermelon is interesting, but has a very diferent texture from the others.
- More important than the actual variety is that it is ripe. Unfortunately,
- New York supermarkets only seem to sell the kind of melon that goes from
- rock-hard to rotten without passing through ripe. Bananas are best when they
- are just starting to get brown speckles.
- .PP
- My mother uses orange juice for the liquid, but I prefer nectar.
- The combination of the prune and cherry syrups give it a nice color.
- Sometimes I add a bit of lemon juice for tartness.
- I've experimented with cherry liqueur, but didn't really like the results.
- .PP
- Use whatever fruit you find fresh in the market. The invariant part is the
- grapefruit, orange, and maraschino cherries.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, \(12 day waiting.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement mandatory.
- .WR
- Roy Smith
- Public Health Research Institute, New York, NY, USA
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