1960s SALADS 🥗 Ambrosia Salad and MORE from Favorite Recipes Press

Today I'm trying out some retro salad recipes! Salads Cookbook by Favorite Recipes Press contains over 500 salad recipes. It's 1960s food at its finest!
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CUCUMBERS IN GARLIC SOUR CREAM
1Tbsp minced onion
1tsp garlic powder
1tsp salt
1 1/2c sour cream
1Tbsp chopped parsley
1Tbsp lemon juice
1/4tsp pepper
2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
Mix all ingredients except the cucumbers. Add cumbers; toss. Chill. Serve in lettuce cups. Makes 6 servings.
OLEN'S SPECIAL THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING
8oz cream cheese, softened
16oz sour cream
1/2c to 3/4c ketchup
1/4c cider vinegar
1/4c salad oil
1Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1Tbsp horseradish
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste
paprika to taste
seasoned salt to taste
garlic salt to taste
Cream the cream cheese in large mixing bowl; add sour cream, mixing well. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Serve on lettuce or boiled shrimp salad. makes 1 quart of dressing.
COTTAGE CHEESE AMBROSIA SALAD
8oz small curd cottage cheese
1c sour cream
2Tbsp sugar
1lb can pineapple tidbits, drained
1lb can fruit cocktail, drained
1c mini marshmallows
1c shredded coconut
Mix cottage cheese, sour cream, and sugar. Add pineapple, fruit cocktail, marshmallows, and coconut. Mix well; refrigerate several hours or overnight. Makes 10 servings.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:03 Cucumbers in Garlic Sour Cream
6:04 Olen's Special Thousand Island Dressing
11:40 Cottage Cheese Ambrosia Salad
15:39 Book chat - Salads Cookbook (Favorite Recipes Press, 1969)
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[@Angelina14799]

In the South the "salad" table at the potluck or church dinner is chock full of everything from potato salad, pea salad, bean salads, fruit salads, meat salads, pasta salads, right on down to what we refer to as "green salads" which are lettuce & tomato. Much like That Midwestern Mom, the South is chock full of salads that aren't really salads (at least not in the traditional sense. 😂

[@loriloristuff]

Up north too, at least in the Midwest.

[@staceyn2541]

I just discovered The Midwestern Mom on IG last month. Love her! She mentions that salads are any side dish that has chopped pieces or little chunks of stuff. Pretty good definition, iyam.

[@user-jy8zt8oj7i]

Yes!

[@DianeSLoftis]

haha😂 so true!

[@EastSider48215]

Salads apart from green salads and deli salads are indeed traditional. “Salad” used to be the culinary term for ingredients that were chopped and mixed together, which is why there is a rich history of dessert salads and sandwich-filling salads. Regulating salads to primarily garden salads is a recent development, post-WWII.

[@kikihammond5326]

I need that cookbook!! I live in Florida, and one summer (about 25 years ago), we were in a drought, having terrible wildfires, and it was at least 99 degrees to over 100 every day. That summer was "the Summer of Salad" and will forever after be known as that. Every single day the only thing I wanted to eat was salad. I made pasta salads, green salads, cole slaw, chicken salad, tuna salad, radish salad, cucumber salad, you name it. If I could put it in a salad bowl and chill it, it became salad. Now and then I'd force myself to turn on the stove or oven to cook (steak for instance or chicken), but leftovers? They became salad! It was the only way I could survive that summer. So YES, I need a giant salad cookbook. This may be another Summer of Salad. Perhaps, Summer of Salad 2.0.

[@tonirieke7934]

Ha, ha, ha, you sound like my mother. She fixed celery sticks for us kids, growing up. My mom's potato salad had iceberg lettuce, never seen it ever. When I got older asked her where she got her recipe. We loved it. Mom said the recipe used celery, but she didn't like celery, so she used iceberg lettuce. She's been 20 years I make once in awhile , but never tasted like hers . Used to make and take to picnic but people wouldn't eat so stopped, and just make for me, I'm 72. I enjoy your video's, thank you

[@stephaniepapaleo9001]

I love lettuce in place of celery!! Our Mothers did what they could to get our veggies in and make it taste delicious!! ❤

[@BoringChannelboringpeople]

My grandma did once in awhile when she ran out of celery as well

[@wintersskyer9249]

I love how potatoe salad changes; my grandma added crisp chopped bacon to hers, I replaces the celery for chopped fresh jalapeños.

[@kim.krauss850]

The broccoli salad (very Southern) is worth trying. When made right, it is outstanding.

[@cooking_the_books]

😋Broccoli salad is definitely a favorite of mine.

[@eileenalholinna5310]

Years ago in the 60s my cousin gave the recipe for 5 Cup Salad! A cup each of mini marshmallows, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, shredded sweetened coconut and sour cream!! It was so delicious! ❤ hugs from Michigan! I love old cookbooks!

[@cooking_the_books]

I love 5 cup salad! 😋

[@simonalyneenderz3247]

Yes!!! 5 cup salad!!! Later Tahitian or Ambrosia salad. All a marketing ploy to sell more salads😂.

[@stephaniepapaleo9001]

We called it”ambrosia” and I made it for every little league game for my son, he’s now 32 with toddlers so guess who’s bringing some to their house even tho the other women in our extended family are Southern women (I’m a yankee but been in FL 30 years) so I let them be the 🌟 with their pistachio ambrosia salad bc it’s fluffy heavenly!!!

[@sheribarnett3180]

We called that One-Cup Salad in my family because it was one cup of each ingredient.

[@aliyamoon80]

I have been known to “MyGyver” Thousand Island dressing from condiments packets from the cafeteria at work when I forget my dressing. Mayo, pickle relish and ketchup. I posted that mishap in a cooking group on FB. Someone gave me grief. I shared it because that’s a super basic hack. Sometimes, hacks are how you get out of paying $1.50 for a pack of dressing. Love your channel. I love that you make the recipes as they’re written, because sometimes they are perfect in their original state. I love old recipes. Currently working on a recipe that my mom made that she never wrote down. When I get it right, I would like to share it with you. It’s THAT amazing!

[@wmluna381]

I think that's a smart hack. Some people get their underwear in a twist about the most innocuous things. 🙄

[@juliemeanor6531]

Long ago in Seattle there was a department store tea room that had a “thousand island “ that had pickle relish ,chopped egg , and CAVIAR! People still tell stories of a day out with grandma and the “fancy “ lunch downtown.

[@smorgasbroad1132]

Yes julie, the chopped egg was/is the "islands" in Thousand Island dressing. 🙂

[@susans9491]

That must have been Frederick & Nelson! As a child my granny would take me there to the Cascade Room and we’d have Cobb Salads. Loved that place!

[@sh0eh0rn4]

love this foray into the Salad Cinematic Universe

[@Leguminator]

You'd probably like Orange Fluff with orange Jello, Cool Whip, Cottage Cheese, canned Mandarin oranges and pineapple tidbits, sometimes chopped pecans --- there are other variations here and there. The Jello powder is stirred into the Cool Whip, so it's not like a Jello salad. So dang good, I need to make it this week.

[@lalaser8160]

I make this too! I make it with sugar free jello and sugar free cool whip. Low fat cottage cheese. Makes a great low calorie dessert!

[@angelaschaefer5883]

I make that jello salad every month. I love to eat it after lunch or dinner. So good and inexpensive to make.

[@user-pn9db8sm5w]

Many years ago I tasted a fruit salad with sour cream base. It was so good I've always used sour cream since then. The fruits add sweetness, if you add coconut it adds more sweetness. My favorite fruits for this are mandarin oranges, bananas, apples, peaches and grapes. Occasionally I add chopped walnuts or coconut.

[@angelaschaefer5883]

Oh boy that sounds good.

[@tdwyer75]

Growing up (in the 80s) my grandma always made what she called Thousand Island Dressing. It's just mayo, ketchup, and horseradish sauce. It's soooo delicious on a wedge salad. Simple but so good.

[@juttadestiny6810]

That is how i make it!! I use this dressing for a prawn (shrimp) cocktail ❤️❤️💚🇦🇺

[@loriloristuff]

My thousand island is mayo, ketchup, minced onion, and pickle relish. This new one, Olen's, is intriguing! 😋

[@guestguest2030]

That is my old one as well and we like it, but now we have to try the Olen's!😃

[@terin1862]

I like savory salads: crab salad, ham salad, taco, pasta, etc.❤😋

[@acaliaaidras5012]

I'm married to someone who will not tolerate any onion in anything I make, so I've learned how to deal with cooking without onions and I've been doing it for 32 years now. We were both born the year this cookbook came out, so that's fun.

[@tdwyer75]

That's me I HATE raw onion. But I wish I didn't bc its in everything it feels like.

[@lisahinton9682]

@acaliaaidras5012 And yet I'll bet he happily gobbles down restauarant food that is laden down with onions as both ingredient and seasoning. What a baby.. he needs to grow up. And cooked onions are sweet! Who doesn't like sweet? We are programmed to love both fat and sweet for survival purposes, yet your man-child won't eat onion. Ugh.. insufferable.

[@acaliaaidras5012]

@@lisahinton9682 WOW. Calm down, it's just an onion. 🙄

[@atticfanatic6587]

Love how almost anything could be a salad! I love celery and would happily eat a celery only salad.

[@hippietoherbie]

Always make my own Thousand Island salad dressing with mayo, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, sweet pickle relish and a bit of the juice and a bit of garlic powder. It is a must have to go on a Chef's Salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, diced ham, turkey and cheddar cheese, with a halved hard boiled egg. My husband asks for this meal on a regular basis.

[@lauriesue2244]

The ambrosia salad was often served in the winter because we didn’t have as many winter fresh fruit options back then.

[@staceyn2541]

All summer, my weird grandma always had a cool whip container of sliced cucumbers, onions, and a bit of white vinegar in her fridge. She would sometimes add a dollop of sour cream to her portion before eating. She also always had a margarine tub (she called it Oleo) of peeled, sliced, fresh tomatoes. That side of my family loved a good weird salad. The bright green pistachio pudding one, ambrosia variants, carrots and raisins, pea salad with chunks of cheddar cheese, etc. She used to make this set lime jello and pineapple concoction that was served in a baking pan and had this super weird off white topping layer. I have no idea what was in it. I didn't eat that one. I really miss a good pot luck table full of salads in every color.

[@cooking_the_books]

I still love a good potluck. 😋

[@jupitertheargentinetegu]

My grandma always called margarine Oleo too!

[@vickigrice4663]

It is a great prized salad.

[@lisahinton9682]

@staceyn2541 Why would you talk about your grandma like that? She had food on-hand for you, and did her best to give you a healthy delicious meal. Your words just make me very very sad, actually.

[@staceyn2541]

I call her my weird grandma because my kids couldn't remember who was who in the family. I have my weird grandma and my country granny. I had a Papa Pete, Papa Ward, and the one who died before they were born, married to weird grandma. Re-read my post and you will see, that you saw the word weird and placed your own connotations on that word. Nothing I said after that was derogatory, I was only talking about my memories. She was the weird one because of some of the things she ate or how she fed me. Have you ever eaten uncooked jello on toast? What would YOU call that? Because I can tell you what us kids called it.

[@AprilAiteen]

The cucumber salad looks yummy!

[@cooking_the_books]

I really enjoyed it. ☺

[@eileenalholinna5310]

When I go to a book sale, I always check out the cookbook section! ❤

[@Miss_Kisa94]

Oh back in the days when anything could be a salad 😂 personally my favorite salad is a taco salad

[@staceyn2541]

My aunt used to make a taco salad that called for Doritos and a bottle of Western salad dressing. It was great, but way too sweet. Nothing better than a taco salad.

[@Miss_Kisa94]

@@staceyn2541 I've genuinely never heard of that 🤔 the only "dressing" we ever used was salsa

[@j3anders0n]

Yep! As long as you served it on a lettuce leaf, it was a salad. The strangest I’ve ever seen a recipe for (maybe 1920s?) was a sliced banana topped with mayonnaise and then sprinkled with popcorn. But since it was plated on a single lettuce leaf it was magically a salad.

[@cooking_the_books]

@@staceyn2541 our family made the same one!

[@angelaschaefer5883]

Me too.😍😍😍

[@Maikoh]

Anything can be a salad! **sips fermented grape "salad"** These salads look great though, and that ambrosia!! 😍😋

[@deannahogue3713]

Growing up, my Dad always made ambrosia salad for any holiday, he sometimes added maraschino cherries and walnuts. Watching this video make me want to make some! Great video Anna.

[@susans9491]

I just love your videos! They’re fun and interesting and I enjoy your sense of humor. I too am a buckeye and I grew up leafing through my Mom’s Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book. In my opinion those photos and illustrations are top notch. Definitely formed many happy childhood memories with that book at the kitchen table!❤

[@kellypope782]

Yes this is a great find.

[@ununuh]

I love your channel! I love old cookbooks, too. I got married in the mid ‘60s so I remember recipes from the ‘40s and ‘50s that we ate at home when I was a kid and then from the ‘60s on that I made (or saw recipes for) when I was cooking for my family. I have a salad recipe of my grandmother’s that has fruit and cheese and whipped cream in it that could also be a dessert. (Edited out a stupid typo 😣)

[@debra333]

Hi, dear Anna! I love you and your channel. Thank you for always doing such an amazing job!! ❤😊

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you for watching and for your kind words! ❤

[@VintageToysASMR]

Mmm, Ambrosia Salad! I also love a salad similar to Ambrosia salad made simply with a tub of Cool Whip, a package of pistachio pudding mix, and a can of pineapple tidbits.. all mixed together and chilled. Keep these nostalgic recipes coming! 🥰

[@cooking_the_books]

I made something very similar to this in my Amish Style Recipes video a few months ago. The cookbook called it Pistachio Salad, but it's also known as Watergate Salad or Pistachio Fluff. 😀

[@The3GMom]

That’s Green Stuff in our house

[@O2life]

@@mizg1595 Traditionally, Watergate salad is similar, but it involves pistachio pudding and pecans. It's also made with whipped cream rather than sour cream. The recipe was designed by General Foods to sell their Jell-O brand pistachio pudding, and it was originally titled Pistachio Pineapple Delight. Fans nicknamed the salad after the very similar Watergate Cake -- another General Foods recipe, in which a pistachio pudding cake is "covered up" with an icing. Both the cake and the later salad were developed and marketed in the 1970s.

[@GM-yn9nc]

Yes, they called it 'Watergate' salad because it was full of fruits and nuts ... LOL!!!

[@angelaschaefer5883]

My mom used to make that. She called it Watergate Salad. Why she called it that not sure.

[@Laura_G]

I live in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood of Chicago and pretty much all Slavic grocery stores with prepared foods have cucumbers in sour cream. Your recipe sounds similar to the salads they make but they use regular cucumbers that are peeled and add dill (an herb in a ton of Eastern European recipes). They also make a cucumber salad that is in sort of a sweet and sour vinaigrette.

[@loriloristuff]

Armenians have a salad with thickened yogurt or sour cream, parsley and cucumbers. You live in a great neighborhood. LOTS of food places, plus an Aldi, and a Jewel.

[@cooking_the_books]

I loved visiting Ukranian Village when we lived in Chicago. 😀

[@Laura_G]

@@cooking_the_books there are so many great bakeries in this hood!

[@mydobie130]

I love it when you cook my childhood.😊

[@VintageVermilion]

I’m glad to hear there’s someone else who doesn’t care for raw celery. No matter how the celery is served, my mouth still says “yuck, tow rope with topping.” The dressings sound delicious. And I really love the whisk!

[@FeoragForsyth]

Yeah. Nice to see someone after my own heart on the matter!

[@TaviaShadowstar11]

I like celery as a dipper/peanut butter/chicken wing thing but I can live without it as an ingredient. But the texture and flavor have no business being so assertive.

[@redrooster1908]

My hubby says celery tastes like dirt. Then he said raw green peppers tasted like dirt. No no, you said celery. Ok... Spicy dirt.😂😂😂

[@kathylanigan6745]

I love watching your videos. I would love a recipe for your favorite yum-yum sauce, if you don't mind giving it to us.

[@cooking_the_books]

@kathylanigan6745 just in case you didn't see it - I shared the link to my favorite yum yum sauce recipe on my community tab. 😁

[@kgerulski]

You're ok ith your feelings about celery! I feel the same about green peppers. 😄

[@TheDajamster]

I eat cucumbers pretty much every day. I slice them up, along with sweet onion, and add some cherry or grape tomatoes. Then I have a spary bottle with apple cider vinegar. A few spritzes with that, some salt, maybe a light dusting of pepper. Fresh & Delicious!

[@hannamlynarczyk4795]

The cucumber salad looks similar to a Polish one I make at home called Mizeria! The main difference is you'd add dill instead of parsley, lots of different ways to make it depending on family preference. I've seen it made with greek yogurt or sour cream and I've tried both ways and its so yummy either way!

[@marshasweigart8506]

I love TI dressing! It's great on sandwiches too!

[@sandraheller8239]

You are not alone in not liking to eat certain types of foods and that’s okay. Another great video!

[@mc2120]

I make Watergate salad during the holidays, love it!!

[@jchow5966]

Thank you! I sure remember those salads!

[@xxNinjaclanxx-id9rs]

I met a lady named Ambrosia. All I could think was why on earth someone would name her that 🤭 Great video!

[@lalaser8160]

Yum! Anna everytime I watch you I have this strong feeling that I know you from somewhere! I live in the Akron, Ohio area. It drives me crazy because I keep trying to think of where I know you from when I watch you.

[@Elysian777]

Ambrosia has been on the table every Easter and some Thanksgivings from time out of mind in my family. It's the 'sweet' salad. That cucumber sour cream salad was common when cucumbers ripened. Those are old, well loved recipes.

[@rebeccaturner5503]

Thank you for showing the next day on the cucumber salad...

[@brilliant5126]

I share that midwest love of salads as a sign of spring. 😄 My heart belongs to the 1960s & 70s, so this video was perfect for me! I will definitely be making that cucumber salad (a slightly different twist on the one I've made for years).

[@abunchahooey]

I think that Thousand Island dressing would also make a really good chip dip. And the cucumber salad looked really good.

[@Seeayeareelaye1]

So interesting to see how ingredients and meals have changed! Thank you!

[@becky-jolane646]

I have this cookbook. Its fun to see the names and states related to each recipe. I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@cooking_the_books]

You are so welcome! Glad you enjoy my videos. 😊

[@branevans3705]

My gramma and mom would make thousand island with mayo, ketchup, lemon juice, relish, onion powder, and garlic powder. But the cream cheese sounds amazing.

[@saundrajohnson1571]

Yay! A mini juicer link! Somehow, I thought it was no longer available. Thank you!

[@WondervilleSeries]

Hey, Anna! I discovered your videos a few days ago. Watching them is like a time capsule. It was AWESOME to see you use the same yellow 1970's tupperware measuring cups my mom had( I think 2 or 3 of them are still hanging around in her cabinets). You also have the same Correll(spelling?) dish set design my grandma had!! Thank you for bringing back all those memories of chicken fried steak and potatoes with onions on her covered porch. I practice Keto so I am not inclined to cook vintage but you are such a charming light spirit -- I laugh a lot as I watch your videos.

[@nanettewinston-armstrong9294]

🤍🤚Hi Anna , I want to mention that back in the 1980s working in Los Angeles Office building Lunch Lady Basket meals ... She sold this Sandwich called " Ambrosia " . Not the ThanksGivings & Christmas Table Salad dessert one though. A Banana Bread ( with Walnuts ) mini Sandwiches , with a layer of Creme Cheese , and then a single layer of fresh Fruit , like Strawberrys , Delicious ! Interesting with Cottage Cheese , I would Veganize , but make into a recreation Green Leaf large entree plate Fruit Salad from PennyFeathers Cafe , Los Angeles. Also served with Cottage Cheese , & with 1000 too : )

[@nancywelsh8028]

I love ambrosia salad. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us. Very interesting. I really love your show! ❤️🫶🏻😘☀️

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! ❤

[@dreamweaver3406]

I found a Pillsbury Cook off recipe book at the thrift store yesterday-dated 1961!! Great recipes but it was fun looking at the ladies hairdos for that era! Fun!

[@creativcat]

Loved this…if I see this book out on my thrift store jaunts, I will grab it! ❤ thank you

[@merriemisfit8406]

It seems to my memory that the ambrosia that showed up at my family reunions (and other assemblages of relatives that included a buffet table) had a dressing made with whipped cream or Cool Whip or the like. There may have been other components, but it definitely had a whipped cream vibe to it. And it DEFINITELY had Mandarin orange segments. Oh, those juicy little gems! To this day, I can sit down with a large can of Mandarin orange segments and a spoon and pretty much make a dinner of it.

[@caygabie4100]

More salad videos please! So nostalgic!

[@mizmerrill]

I’d use that dressing as a sandwich spread. Looks delicious!

[@user-jy8zt8oj7i]

I love your videos! This what I mean when I say salad. My mom made cucumber salad all the time she used dill and not garlic, she also used sour cream

[@usainengland]

I might try crème fraîche instead of sour cream in ambrosia.

[@okiejammer2736]

Always love your uploads. I have the ingredients to the Ambrosia - making it tomorrow. Thanks much!

[@belindajacalne994]

Hi Anna, another great video! I love ambrosia, and I'm excited to try your recipe! ❤❤❤❤

[@lauracarpenter5283]

Your Channel is fascinating! I love watching you do your testing on recipes we all wonder about.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you!

[@mindimoom9142]

That first cucumber salad reminds me of one that I make quite often but mine is a little simpler, just sliced cucumbers with a few tablespoons of plain yogurt, sprinkled with paprika.

[@macsarcule]

LOVE ambrosia salad! Never seen this one and I have to try it! Great video! 😃✨ Oh, and I so appreciate the time it takes to put the recipes in the description! I screen shot most of them from your videos and store them in a recipes folder. Thank you!!

[@SandiMacDougall]

I bought sour cream and English cucumbers this weekend so I can make this salad. Looks yummy!

[@vegemitegirl1971]

I used to love a watermelon basket salad. We had our engagement party in 1993. My friend made me a watermelon basket the day prior to the party but she sprinkled champagne on just the watermelon.

[@princess_4323]

I don't think I've ever had thousand island dressing made with cream cheese. Interesting. Might try😊

[@nancyberg8108]

Thanks Anna, I enjoyed the video.

[@michellelott5092]

You can use the rest of the thousand island dressing to make Big Mac salad, so yummy!

[@jewisley]

I used to love the jello salads. The ladies’ magazines used to be full of them. One I made at Christmas was so pretty. They was a layer or red gelatin, a layer of cream cheese mixed with ?? Then the top layer was green jello. I really loved it, but I forgot to tear it, and the magazine was probably tossed. 😢 I would love to try it again to see if it tastes as good now as when I was a teen.

[@cherylbenton7107]

I love ambrosia salad! Haven't had anyin many years though. My mom used to serve it as a holiday side dish, especially when my grandparents were coming over. I remember hers had a lot of canned mandarin oranges in it along with the other fruit.

[@chrissymarieb]

The illustration of the candle salad was great, but have you seen the version Amy Sedaris made on At Home With Amy Sedaris? Such a fun show that was cancelled too soon, and some great old recipes too.

[@annarussell3751]

I have that book! I haven’t tried any recipes from it yet. Wow, 500 salad recipes is a lot! I finally got a bookshelf and organized the books so they are together and easy to find. 😊

[@victorian_cheddar]

I feel you on your celery struggles. I don't eat onions, and people can't handle that either.

[@BookHen-xn2bh]

My mother used to make a salad with cottage cheese, strawberry jello (dry, not made into jello), pineapple and cool whip. It may have had something else in it also.

[@tootle_soup]

I’m making one of your 1980s budget friendly meal as I speak. Lol I’m shaking it up by using bison instead of beef. I’m so happy I found your channel!! 💝🥰

[@cooking_the_books]

I love it when people try the recipes I share! Thank you so much for watching. ☺

[@joydancer5254]

Your energy is delightful! Thank you for sharing all these videos. Salad or vegetable ones are my particular favorites. It gets me more excited to eat those things.

[@dawnmccree9695]

I feel ya,never much of a celery girl myself!

[@giannidescalzo2101]

My granny mother made ambrosia rather often ❤

[@rhondadupras2477]

I love Thousand Island, my family has a fantastic recipe for it and yes it does include hard boiled eggs.

[@sdb9884]

I got the tiny juicer and whisk! I love them! I love cucumber salad, so definitely going to try that.

[@cooking_the_books]

Oh I'm so glad you enjoy them! ☺

[@eileenalholinna5310]

When I serve sliced cucumber or cucumber sticks, I make a quick dressing of ketchup and mayonnaise. ❤

[@rebeccahart1190]

I agree with you. That Thousand Island dressing was more like Big Mac special sauce. Even though I've seen copycat recipes for that, most don't put horseradish in. It definitely has some horseradish! My thousand Island always had relish in it. It could be sweet or dill. Some recipes even put chopped hard boiled egg in it! The chunks were the " islands". Hence, the name.

[@laimaz6340]

A restaurant I enjoyed, that has since gone out of business had a thousand island dressing to die for. , it seemed to have BEETS in it. Amazing !! If anyone has the recipe for this one, I’d so appreciate it!

[@Henderdb]

I am with you on celery!

[@jokelly1762]

What gets me about fruit cocktail is the grapes. Canned grapes. No. When I was a kid my mom made something more “desserty,” Fruit cocktail, coconut, marshmallows and cool whip or whipped cream. Haven’t had it in 40 years, but I liked it then. Thanks for the video.

[@robertkordingjr8835]

Gam always used cottage cheese but she also added a jello pack normally orange.

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

This is a little off topic. I really love your channel and I love cooking and I love food and recipes. When you talk about the books it really speaks to me. It makes me think about cookbooks that we keep and those these get rid of. At one point got rid of most of my cookbooks because there were only one or two recipes that I enjoyed. So I pulled those recipes out and I put them in my personal cookbook. Then gave away the book. I started getting most of my recipes online but recently I’ve been looking at cookbooks again. The reason for this is that I picked up a novelty cookbook for World of Warcraft which is a video game. Just about every recipe in that cookbook has been a winner. I ended up buying one for my sister and we’re slowly cooking through this cookbook. It makes me think about cookbooks we grew up on and what cookbooks are going to go to our children are nieces or nephews and this World of Warcraft cookbook is definitely going to be one of them.

[@CookingWithNeighbors]

Hi Anna wow over 500 salads in there that is a lot. Love your bowl . I love cucumber salads I am not sure if I would be a fan of the Ambrosia salad myself. I need to make my Mom's potato salad on a video. You have my wheels turning. Hubby likes making a homemade thousand island dressing it is very similar to the one you make but no cream cheese in his. and he puts relish and minced onion. that is a small bottle of tabasco sauce lol cute. I love cottage cheese too. I don't know about the marshmallows for me. The book sounds really interesting. I am looking forward to you sharing more from it. I really enjoyed hanging with ys today Anna. Always nice to see you. Have a beautiful day.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thanks for watching Jerri! You should definitely make your mom's potato salad for a video. 😋

[@larashore1000]

My grandma had a dirty name for candlestick salad I'd forgotten until now 😂

[@maryellensola5379]

“You don’t eat this by itself, but do what you want…” Hilarious! Loved checking out these old fashioned salads- I don’t think I’ll ever make any of them- kind of weird for my taste. Your videos are so fun!!!

[@celesterode]

My mom made tomato aspic with asparagus when i was a kid. It was a huge favourite of mine....i should ask for the recipe. Ive never made it...but was super fancy and totally yummy ...i should give it a go. Thanks for the inspo

[@mollysmith6055]

Now I'm hungry for a cucumber salad! My mom made different kinds of cucumber salads probably more often than green salads. She also made ambrosia salad like that except that instead of sour cream she'd add mayo or Miracle Whip...ugh. I've always pondered why strawberry pretzel salad is considered a salad...it is straight up dessert, haha. Thanks for another fun video and great cookbook talk, Anna.

[@cooking_the_books]

Oh I LOVE strawberry pretzel 'salad' (you're right, totally a dessert! 😂). I'd never had it until I started dating my husband. His grandma makes it at Christmas time.

[@TheOmninovoi]

Ambrosia salad -- when I was a child, I thought it was the horror of my grandmother's limited salad repertoire. Haha. That and a salad she made with cottage cheese, iceberg lettuce, jello, and grapes.

[@guestguest2030]

I want to try these! I especially am interested in the Thousand Island dressing and the ambrosia salad.

[@ljrigsbee]

Hello from Dayton! I love your channel, and I just found my first vintage cookbook (A Campbell Cookbook: Easy Ways to Delicious Meals) at a used bookstore last week in absolutely perfect condition. For some reason there isn’t a copyright date, but it seems to be from the mid 1950s, as it promotes Swanson frozen TV dinners as an acceptable new meal choice for the family. 😂 All of the recipes use Campbell’s/ Franco-American/Swanson convenience products.

[@blueminnie13]

Yum! I love fruit and vegetable salads. On special occasions, I make the classic Watergate (pistachio pudding) salad. So easy to make and my family loves it. Also have made a cottage cheese salad with Mandarin oranges that is very tasty. Thank you for sharing!

[@dreamweaver3406]

Just made the cucumber salad- yummy- but I used 1/2 the amount of sour cream- delicious

[@rebeccadunning2649]

love your videos! i use some of the same recipe books. i also love seeing you use your vintage pyrex! i love mine, too and use it all the time! thanks, Anna

[@jillcaldwell4519]

Anna, you are awesome.

[@cooking_the_books]

Thank you! ❤

[@toots810usa6]

I am definitely trying the cottage cheese salad. The dressing recipe reminds me of Fry Sauce. In Utah, all the restaurants serve Fry Sauce and I got addicted when I lived in Utah for 12 years. I only live one state away now and nobody else has the fry sauce. I am curious to see if the 1000 Island is similar. Love your channel!

[@nancywind2638]

Hello from Minnesota! Love seeing the great cookbooks (I love old cookbooks too!) and watching you make things. I also hate celery: raw or cooked 😂