Now here's an important poll topic

[av8rmike]

I haven't posted a poll in ages...

[Poll #1202065]

Comments

[ursamajor]

Salad? Puhlease, that makes it sound healthy. It's just Ambrosia, the food of the gods!

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

I'd always heard it called "ambrosia" too, but according to Wikipedia, that's something different (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_(fruit_salad)).

[chasethestars.livejournal.com]

Ambrosia was the only name in the poll I recognized, and I know it as described in the Wikipedia article. Maybe some people use it more generically to refer to anything with fruit and marshmallow?

[chasethestars.livejournal.com]

[x] have never heard of it before this!

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's an East Coast or southern thing? Get someone to bring it to the next LJI office party!

[ursamajor]

I grew up in SF, and it was a staple at Filipino family gatherings in the '80s.

[gingy.livejournal.com]

Mom called it Five Cup Salad, but there weren't any stinkin' pistachios in it. A cup each of pineapple, mandarins, mini marshmallows, coconut, and (I think?) sour cream.

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Not pistachios themselves, but pistachio pudding.

[tidesong.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what it's really called but when we've had it at family gatherings, it's just been called the "fruit salad dessert" or something non-specific like that.

Don't think it's an east coast thing, as I've seen it all over.

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Watergate Salad must be a local thing, because no one used that answer in my poll, but several people at the office knew it by that name.

[fairychatmom.livejournal.com]

In my fambly, we call it "green stuff."

Clever, huh?

[nudaydreamer.livejournal.com]

Never heard of it, but it doesn't sound appetizing to me...

[av8rmike.livejournal.com]

Yet you still answered "disgusting". Clearly, you don't know what you're missing. ;)

[bibliocat.livejournal.com]

As Mike said, you don't know what you're missing. It's HEAVENLY.

[bibliocat.livejournal.com]

Can I answer twice? In stores I've seen it called Watergate, but when my mom makes it (with mandarin oranges and walnuts), it's called Ambrosia.