Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 01:40:34 -0500

From: ALICE FABER faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HASKINS.YALE.EDU

Subject: more ambrosia



Tim Behrend t.behrend[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AUCKLAND.AC.NZ observed:



jello salads and ambrosia (sans jello -- only FROZEN coolwhip

in my family, plus sliced bananas and apples, chopped

walnuts and maraschino cherries, heaps of shredded

coconut, and a fortifying splash of almond extract)



I'm so glad you mentioned the maraschino cherries. I had to wait quite some

time at the deli counter at my local Waldbaum's supermarket (North Haven, CT)

this evening, and couldn't help but notice something labeled "ambrosia" whose

only identifiable ingredients (without tasting, and I'm not *that* dedicated

to dialect research!) were maraschino cherries. I suppose there were

marshmallows, and there was something that looked vaguely greenish. I also

overheard some tidbits about sharpening the large meat and cheese slicers, but

those would be off topic...



Alice Faber

Faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]haskins.yale.edu