My Neighbor Makes A Fruit Salad

[@michabaran8683]

My mom, from Minnesota originally, made this! She at one point tried to be healthy by adding yogurt instead of Cool Whip. My aunts referred to that as her California radical period.

[@kellybroady6378]

😅🤣 too funny! As a Minnesotan, that's crazy! Haha.

[@allisonhaselius8282]

Yes, I am from Minnesota we make this for potlucks all the time. It is a favorite.

[@Olivia-jy9jf]

😂 lol radical

[@debliz25]

Bahahaha! California radical! Im gonna call my husband that, he is from Cali and that is gold!

[@michabaran8683]

@@debliz25 Sadly, I was raised on CA. My cousin and I went to a teen party. He wore a shirt and sweater with sturdy shoes, I wore a strapless dressand Candie's stilletos. He brought me and announced, "Thisis is my cousin, from CA!" The kids tried to be kind....

[@alijane6675]

I know she’s your producer, and busy, but a dedicated series of her character is needed!

[@angiesoddities8692]

Agree!!!

[@shaunah.creations9233]

If they did a cooking show together I’d be down to watch 😂

[@spicybrown75]

Absolutely 🤗

[@autumnmcknight9910]

Yes

[@tracysmith4944]

I would too in a heartbeat!!! They should consider doing one!

[@Ashes_to_Ashes628]

I would watch it too

[@49lucky]

Me 2 sitting here in my cul-de-sac in Michigan 😂😂😂😂😂

[@angelalowery3506]

I always love the recipes in Midwestern cookbooks that say, “Can be used as a salad or a dessert.” 😂

[@theholdernessfamily]

HAHAHA how can it be both?!

[@timothyclark803]

@@theholdernessfamily Imagination!!

[@laurawhite587]

She called Miracle Whip, “Mayonnaise.” Only someone from the Midwest would do that. The rest of the country knows that Helman’s and Miracle Whip have about as much in common as a White Claw and Linenkugels.

[@loriromine2759]

Oh no. Two separate items in miracle whip & mayo 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@scotttovey]

The real difference is that miracle whip has a little vinegar in it to get that tangy taste. Otherwise, they are pretty much the same.

[@elizabethhoyle9155]

I'm from Missouri, and we don't call Miracle Whip anything - we just don't use it. I've never bought a jar of the stuff. Mayo or die!

[@katysmith3379]

My Midwest in laws would never call Miracle Whip mayo. In fact, they made it a point to let me know when my hubby and I got married that they were two VERY different things. lol

[@lisaf5303]

It depends where you are in the Midwest. Miracle Whip is not mayo. Doesn't even say on the package dressing?

[@LivingOnADime]

LOL! My family is from the Midwest. Yes this IS an actual salad!!! hehehe :-) Fruit Salad grapes apples bananas mandarine oranges sprinkle of sugar Cool Whip (not real whipped cream of course!)

[@mindyskidder]

Yep, a little taste of home right there!!

[@sidilicious11]

I’ve had it many times.

[@mandiwolfe6631]

You betcha! Sometimes we add a touch of miracle whip for tang to balance the sweetness.....

[@tinaperez7393]

And Mayo. Can't leave out the Mayo (or miracle whip, as the previous commenter has mentioned). Sometimes even chopped nuts and chopped celery. And jello. And sometimes raisins. And.... mini marshmallows. 🤔😳 I draw the line at shredded cheese though! 🤪

[@CCGem]

From TX and it's a staple!

[@sarah-phillips]

This is the fruit salad from every Midwest Lutheran church potluck. Folks at my California church don’t understand it. But it’s true - this is a salad and bars are desserts, like Scotcheroos! This video was an absolute delight and this channel just brightens up our day.

[@MW11-3]

I love that you said Scotcheroos! They are the best!!

[@michelle6323]

Oh, my heavens to Betsy. It is so-o true! Every church potluck was sure to have at least one version of this salad! I grew up in the midwest also and this fruit salad, green pistachio salad, and an apple/ black walnut/celery salad ( with miracle whip as the "dressing") were the "gold standards" at every get together!

[@paulabiggs4392]

@@michelle6323 Waldorf salad lol.

[@lauraarldt8139]

As a fellow Lutheran, I can verify this is most certainly true.😁

[@Helen247]

I had heard of this fruit salad - even seen it.. but...scratches head... What in the world is a/an? Scotcheroos? Sounds like my Underoos after I sat in front of the fireplace too long! 😂

[@JLCreativeProductions]

Oh my goodness, more of this "cooking show" please! Love the awkwardness between Kim and the neighbor!

[@JLCreativeProductions]

@Austin Howland Me. Howland I am not the Judge Judy Sheindlin. I am simply a fan, hence my username "Judge Judy fan". But I am having a wonderful day do far, I hope you are as well.

[@mmmirei]

Fruit salad is always a side dish, and it’s probably going to be the only real salad at the thanksgiving table. The closest you’re going to get to a green salad is green bean casserole, at least if you’re with my family.

[@marycarson9231]

That's how Thanksgiving should be 😄

[@lyndiwilson2334]

Truth!

[@katysmith3379]

Same with my family! 🤣

[@anitas5817]

Yeah I love green salads but I don’t understand them with holiday dinners.

[@corbyng4681]

On my dad's said it's like that but on my mom's side it's all greens everything is keto friendly and healthy.

[@susanmarquand1772]

Love it! Keep these going! And yes, this is a salad not a dessert in the Midwest. Heck we have a salad called snicker bar salad. Frozen crushed Snickers, sliced bananas, small diced apples, splash of vanilla and cool whip. It's a SALAD in Sconi and a fan favorite.

[@chloer.6495]

We've never done it with bananas but that would be neat to try! We did the apples, peanuts, and Snickers.

[@thecheetahchica]

Nice! Our snickers salad is about the same, but without the banana and with a RIDICULOUS amount of snickers. I'm hungry now.

[@angiesoddities8692]

I LOVE Snicker Bar Salad!! 🥰

[@kathyforgues6994]

You two should do your dump cake! Also, doing dishes from different parts of the states would be fun too!

[@geekyballerina5836]

I would love to teach you how to make Utah funeral potatoes! They are equal parts awesome/culturally specific/totally not something we should eat 😂

[@luvzdogz]

Dump cake is actually very good! LOL

[@amyhull754]

Dump cake is SO GOOD!

[@monicabublickusascott]

I legit was waiting for the pistachio instant pudding and maraschino cherries. Our family (from Ohio) calls it Martian salad or Watergate salad. We have it at all the holidays. Keep the cooking shows coming! You guys are great!

[@marisgoldenhour6212]

😁 Ha! Yes! Martian salad! Haven't heard that for ages. And I recall it being a thing for a minute in Ohio. Wasn't in my family's recipes, but that dish was popular in other homes.

[@pamrosenberry7575]

Good old Watergate salad.

[@MrsBasia99]

MORE OF YOU 2 TOGETHER!!! Even though that dish is considered “Midwest,” I can attest to growing up with it at pot-lucks in Western NY and even have encountered similar things in New England. Old-school, to be sure. Maybe you can make goulash or sloppy joes. Something that relies on canned and jarred foods! Love to you all. Happy Holidays!!!!!

[@jenniferrb3665]

This is a real recipe? Miracle whip and fruit 😨😱😫

[@katysmith3379]

@@jenniferrb3665 I've never heard of it having miracle whip. I grew up in California and we used whipped cream. lol

[@trishastone9079]

i grew up in central NY and we certainly had this dish. I made it for my southern family as a side dish and they were not impressed haha

[@flamingpieherman9822]

Not sure about it being 'midwest'...weve been making that in the South for decades...

[@MsMars.]

@BCK: Sloppy Joes! Yessssssssss!!!!!

[@jpbpds]

Kim’s face when she puts in the mayo - totally me!

[@vhs10907]

It was Miracle Whip, not mayonnaise. 😃

[@corneliastelzer4794]

Miracle whip is the worst!

[@John_Be]

Funny thing. I was teaching about salads yesterday. My students asked me about fruit salad. I explained the 70's & 80's version of fruit salad. Now, I have this video to share. It may be a little cringy for Durham, but I'll try it .

[@amycooper1652]

My family is from the Midwest and definitely have this salad. We always put colored marshmallows in it. A good salad to try is taco salad, complete with doritos and western dressing.

[@FadedFlowerIsaiah40verse8]

I was born in Washington and moved to Idaho when I was 4 with my family. We have both taco salad was routine as we grew up and there wasn’t a get together without fruit salad. Some people around here stir in shaved coconut flakes too. I feel like these things are just traditional lower/middle class easy meals for tight budgets. We all eat this stuff!

[@Havefaith-cj2ix]

I’ve had this once before and it tastes amazing!!! I was wondering what specific ingredients you put in it? I would LOVE to be able to make it!!

[@zimrasawyer1881]

We use french dressing in our taco salad. I've never had a fruit salad with miracle whip though....😒

[@books4ever687]

Love taco salad and walking tacos!!

[@tamarastone141]

@@zimrasawyer1881 yeah....I refuse to use mayo or that other stuff in fruit salad. Just cool whip..MAYBE a tiny bit of cream cheese..

[@nicoleburdick8971]

This needs to be a regular series on your channel 😍

[@genx_jen]

I have eaten that salad SO many times! It's a Wisconsin staple at funerals and church pot lucks. I love Kim's reactions 🤣

[@jeffolson4731]

I am a misplaced, live in Washington State, Minnesotan and I can attest that this salad is a side dish and would be served with the main meal. I have made this salad more times than I can count.

[@Tantejuju65]

Oh ubetcha ...hiya from st. Paul

[@katysmith3379]

Oh yeah! It's a side dish for sure. Even in my California family you didn't call it dessert! 🤣

[@emilyrhoden9598]

Ah yes, same here! And there’s a version where you add cookies or snickers. Still called a side salad😂

[@dinas2369]

But it's sweet! How can it be a side salad?!?!? Side salads are savoury, as in lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers....this is totally a desert, it's sweet, that's a clue.

[@margaloone7970]

I am from PA. I have had this salad. It is a side dish.

[@jillc9459]

I'd watch anything with Kim and this lady together. Their banter is great.

[@mazzy2121]

"They'll talk about it later, though" LOLOLOL

[@LeanneWetzel]

The next recipe needs to be something jello. I once went to Thanksgiving at my ex’s house. There were 3-4 dishes on the table which included jello.

[@beckysimeone4882]

Green Jello with pineapples and carrot - another side dish!

[@sissinoklahoma2057]

Peach jello with miracle whip, cream cheese, and mandarin oranges (called Dreamscicle Salad)

[@annasitton6127]

This is a SALAD. Yes, us Midwesterners really do have this on our table. I loved this so much

[@Ddouglas0302]

We had this every year at my grandma’s house both Thanksgiving and Christmas when I was a kid! Love u both together….we want more !

[@jolaineliupakka9619]

True story: I went to a potluck at a friend's house and brought a pistachio salad. My friend (originally from Oregon) was so excited that I brought a Minnesotan/midwestern dish. I was a little confused...it's a normal salad. 😂😂

[@llamasugar5478]

Oh, my word! Pistachio salad was one of my very favorite dishes as a kid. The color, the fact that it contained *pistachios* -so exotic! (So it was the 70s, the time when-according to my kids-dinosaurs walked the earth. Pistachios were new to us)

[@charleneeaster6886]

Pistachio salad is one of the "trinity" of salads our family has at every holiday. Our other salads are Cherry Coke Salad and Snicker Salad. It wouldn't be a family holiday without them.

[@llamasugar5478]

@@charleneeaster6886 Cherry Coke salad? Do tell.

[@Penny-ts5ec]

Imma gonna have to look this one up!!!

[@angelastone9005]

@@charleneeaster6886 yes do tell about the coke salad!!!

[@kennyhodges3713]

Love this. Your "neighbor" is a riot! This could be a fun spin-off! (And my mom used to make that salad, and she was from Florida!)

[@yvettewalshe9130]

I love them together! Her neighbor is so funny!

[@ruthh4394]

This is TOTALLY true! I’m from MN and am secretly a little disappointed that most salad bars in the country don’t include this salad ANYWHERE. 😂 Raise your hand if your family had something like this with Thanksgiving dinner (not dessert). 🙋🏻‍♀️ My mom brought a cranberry version of this!

[@DirtyDead1313]

I’m from Northwest Indiana and this dish is a real thing and delicious.

[@ejwilliams2002]

Please bring her back for a "cooking show"...lol!!! This was hilarious 😂

[@cocoaddams4502]

Def do a show and def call it "JEET"

[@karmakauffman7445]

Yep, I’ve had that ‘salad’ at church potlucks in Kansas. 😊 I thought these kinds of ‘salads’ were just a fad while I was growing up. I guess they’re a permanent Midwest trend. 😄 My mom made Cherry Fluff salad (SO good!) involving cherry pie filling, Cool Whip, chopped pecans, banana slices, and I think canned pineapple. I’m not sure how this ever qualified as a salad. 😂 She also made Frog Eye Salad (gross name but still yummy) which involves the pasta called acini de pepe, Cool Whip, banana slices, canned pineapple, maybe mandarin oranges, and colored marshmallows. Oh the memories of growing up in the Midwest!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! ❤ I’d watch more of Cul-de-sac Kitchen!

[@michellehankin9762]

Please make this a regular event!! Love it ladies!!

[@littlemissblueyes100]

My dad's fa.ily is from North Dakota near Minnesota....we have this similar salad and make it for special occasions. People look at it weird then love it after eating it. I use colored marshmallows especially as Easter!

[@mandysuri4466]

We eat this as a side dish at every gathering here in Minnesota! My husband didn’t know we called it a salad either. My mom always makes her acini de pepe salad with acini de pepe noodles, marshmallows and whip cream. So good!

[@tinawilder-whiting3682]

YESSS!! Frog-eye salad, featured at my HS graduation party many years ago😂

[@kristinlong9604]

😂😂😂My family does a “fruit salad” with jello mix, fruit cocktail, marshmallows, and cool whip. This video just made me smile inside.

[@exinilda]

🤣🤣🤣they will talk about it later… so true!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jojospeechy4761]

I'm from the midwest. Now in L.A. LOVE seeing midwest neighbor!! She's hilarious! Yes, fruit SALAD Is a real thing back there.

[@Christinamariamuller]

I absolutely love all the videos with this neighbor. And I love this side dish. One of my favorites!

[@owenpierce4874]

The way she said "iM sO bAd" just cracked me up

[@julesward3729]

I’ve lived my whole life in the Midwest. No cool whip salad is worth anything without pecan pieces. And it’s 100% a side dish. Imagine how crushed everyone would be to have cool whip salad as your dessert. It would need more sugar! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@sarahdoanpeace3623]

More of this please! You two are great together! This is a delicious salad in particular parts of the country! Yummy!

[@patrickmayville1737]

I just learned last week from chef Andrew Zimmern that a casserole is mixed together and a hot dish is layered.

[@cherylhee9762]

Wow🤯 I thought they were the same thing.

[@UnstapledLisa]

I learned this from you, 5 days before I turn 52, so I guess better late than never as far as the difference between casserole and hotdish, so thank you. I live in MN 95 percent of my life, born in NYC like Andrew, and also like Andrew live in the Twin Cities but unlike him I can't cook and as awesome as he is, I get nauseous watching him eat like bugs. My native Jewish Minnesotan Mom doesn't make hotdish, I was like in my 30's before I tried it and no fruit salad, either but I knew it was a thing as most of my friends when I was younger were Christian and I absolutely love this kind of fruit salad, too. Happy Holidays!!!

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

I am a lifer Minnesotan & I saw Andrew Z say that too - but that's not necessarily how it works, at least not up here on the Iron Range in Northeastern Minnesota. My Mom rarely made a layered Hotdish. Sure, the original recipes for most casseroles say casserole on it, but most Rangers write Hotdish when they copy the recipe for themselves - or at least everyone I knew when I was growing up in the 1970s & 1980s did. We have entire sections of church cookbooks that are dedicated to Hotdish (there's a few casseroles in titles, but not many). My dad's sisters do actually call it Green Bean Casserole, but that is what the can of soup calls it 😂

[@angiesoddities8692]

No such thing as a hot dish in Wisconsin 😁😁😁.. it's a casserole!

[@dawnisms]

Thanks for representing the Midwest! Love Kim’s reactions to her neighbor’s helpfulness.

[@hayley4978]

Loved this! This should become a regular segment on your channel. 😍❤️

[@jennchubb3200]

We make 5 cup salad here in Michigan and it's definitely a side dish. I usually add maraschino cherries so mine is actually 6 cup salad lol. For those of you who read this and don't know...it's a cup of pineapple tidbits(drained), a cup of mandarin oranges (drained), a cup of coconut flakes, a cup of sour cream and a cup of marshmallows. If you do like me and want maraschino cherries drain those too (I do between 1/2 c to a cup of these) mix it all together and chill

[@Nan-59]

Ohhh yea! That's our fruit 🍌 🍎 salad, too! I was married before I knew a salad involved greens! 🥬

[@stephkitten]

Very late to the comments on this one, but as a Midwesterner born and bred who has lived in the mid-Atlantic for 15+ years, I nearly cry with joy every time your Midwestern neighbor pops in, and this video was PEAK Midwest and I loved everything about it. And the comments from people about Puppy Chow and Scotcheroos....I will never not love some of these Midwestern-isms. And now I need to go make a tater tot casserole for dinner because I'm feeling the nostalgia so hard it hurts.

[@zaynamoore]

That was such a fun watch. You guys work so well together. :D

[@theholdernessfamily]

thanks for watching

[@MyFocusVaries]

That dish was a staple at our church potlucks back in the 80s in northern British Columbia, Canada. We called it Ambrosio salad. It was out there with jellied salads. I always argued it was a dessert.

[@blugreen123]

In Indiana, it's a carry-in. A salad is anything that's served cold, has multiple components/combinations of fruits and/or veggies, and a dressing.

[@thegracklepeck]

Similar in Germany

[@brieanastraiton3665]

I'm born and raised and live currently in Minnesota. I have to say I love this duo! But she's right hotdish or casserole is a very delicate topic. Idk if she is actually from here but she's got the northern mn...or really anywhere outside the Twin Cities metro area....accent down pat! Binge watching all of these lol! Oh yeah no!! Gotta hit the rood! No yeah yeah sure!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@heidifreybach]

I’m from the Midwest, and yes, this is a salad! It’s actually one of our favorites.

[@michellepelkey51]

I’m from upstate NY and this salad is a regular side dish for any family party. We don’t add ‘Mayo’ - it’s just cool whip….. and it’s delicious.

[@duvalfamily4605]

Wait - I'm from the south and I grew up with both fruit salad and dump cakes, though never with what she claims is mayonnaise... We'd often mix our fruit salad with pistachio pudding (I guess that was our green??) Called it Watergate Salad. Love the video! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@beckysimeone4882]

We have Watergate salad too - that is not fruit salad. As a teen I worked in a cafeteria type restaurant making the 'salads', which included this fruit salad, Watergate salad (from the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC) and green jello salad with pineapple and shredded carrot. All big favorites here in St Louis area in the 1970's.

[@anthonykuns1032]

My Mom was from Missouri, so I had this salad many times. It is a side dish always in the mid-west. I love watching you two on here. Funny and real. The look on your face when Miracle Whip was added made me laugh and laugh and laugh! Keep up the excellent videos.

[@ileneahrens8741]

Definatly need to do a cooking show together. Yes, this is a salad.

[@ELLEB3LLE]

Cranberry fluff/salad! I grew up eating it made by my grandma from Green Bay. It's not quite a fruit salad (if/when I have make those, they're mostly just actual chopped fresh fruit with some citrus juice squeezed over it to prevent browning) but cran salad is a MUST! Traditional is to use a tub of CoolWhip, a bag of mini marshmallow, sugar to taste, a can of drained crushed pineapple and 1 bag chopped raw whole cranberries with optional sweetened coconut flakes, pecans, etc. I use freshly beaten whipping cream (whip until peaks form) and/or yogurt (Greek is best for firmer texture- some ppl use mayo and/or cream cheese in a pinch). Then light sugar sometimes even stevia along with pineapple (sometimes fresh depending on price/availability- pineapple canned in own juice without added sugar/corn syrup is fairly healthy). I love cranberries and sometimes stock up to use in smoothies throughout the year (just toss bag in freezer- cranberry production is amazing and very farmer friendly so nice feel good ethical purchase). I forgo coconut unless can find unsweetened which is usually expensive and I'm only one who likes nuts so skip pecans. A little spare cranberry for garnish is cute. Ok so now I'm going to have to make a video of me making mine tonight lol thx

[@jessicaroth7439]

My step-dad is making cranberry fluff for Thanksgiving. It is the best way to eat cranberries. Also WI!

[@davidkneitel1840]

I learned of a thing that people in Iowa make, it's a fried egg sandwich that has cheese and ketchup. I heard mid western people say that there are some variation to it like sautéed onions and so on. There are so many ways of cooking, just through-out America, let alone the world. Food and music help bring people together.

[@MommaRose956]

Lmao I had no idea that egg sandwiches weren’t everywhere. I’m in NY and it’s a staple breakfast item. My BFF has traveled all over the country and is always excited to get to a state that has them.

[@barbieblue3336]

We eat that in the northeast with taylor ham or pork roll, on a bagel or a hard roll

[@davidkneitel1840]

@@MommaRose956 In California were I was born and raised, I only found out about it because my childhood best friends dad was from Iowa, and his wife made them from time to time.

[@davidkneitel1840]

@@barbieblue3336 My childhood best friends mother only made it with white bread, American cheese and ketchup. When I started to make things on my own as a latch key kid, I'd add sautéed onions and mushrooms.

[@MommaRose956]

@@davidkneitel1840 See that’s what blows my mind!!! I would never think Cali wouldn’t have egg sandwiches. And the fact that this blows my mind is proof that I SERIOUSLY thought it was a staple everywhere.

[@taraconnor6531]

Please can you make more of these episodes? They are so funny!!!!

[@judithmitchell4667]

Oh my gosh, sign me up for this show!!! Ya bet Cha! Thank you for this smile provoking video to watch as I prep for turkey day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Blessings - Judith 🎵🎭🍁

[@MaryMary-pr4iu]

Happy T Day to you too 🦃🍗🤗

[@amytarvin2776]

Chiming in from Nebraska: Grandma made the salad with apples, bananas, grapes, Miracle whip and marshmallows! YUM! 😋. Mother in law makes fruit salad with cherry pie filling, sweetened condensed milk, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows, and Cool Whip! Another YUM! We love our salads in the Midwest!👍🏻🎉😉😋

[@kristagmcg3785]

There are so many recipes that have been mentioned this year! Puppy Chow needs to have it’s own video!!!

[@amytarvin2776]

Love Puppy Chow!!😁

[@crystalb3998]

Yass!! I grew up on puppy chow! My gma makes it

[@angela_flute52689]

Muddy Buddies is what it's called in Utah

[@jeanirwin9539]

My husband made puppy chow once where he mixed the powdered sugar in with the chocolate instead of coating the chow. It turned out brown so he called it puppy poop. Tasted the same, just looked different 😛

[@zmarko]

Whomever plays your neighbor is FANTASTIC. Great character.

[@sharibenjiemahigab9260]

This minnesota girl was laughing 😂 big time!! This is always on our table. Potluck holiday family get together for just 80 people.

[@chickie8252]

Happy Thanksgiving to the Holderness family and everyone who helps them make their videos possible! May you all have a wonderful day! And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this!♥️🤗

[@solidrockminnesota8500]

This is Minnesota Fruit Salad! Good for any family gathering and also funeral luncheons. Christmas time we put in colored marshmallows and red cherries from the jar.

[@llamasugar5478]

Yes, the colored marshmallows are a bit too exuberant for funeral luncheons, but perfectly fine for any other occasion.

[@susanfmcauliffe]

@@llamasugar5478 agreed.

[@sigsin1]

In my family in Michigan it’s totally a salad. But we don’t always put Mayo or miracle whip in it. We might put a little bit of yogurt in it for body. And we add chopped nuts and shredded coconut. And we make real whipped cream…no cool whip. Ambrosia salad.

[@adria89]

I remember this awful salad 🤣 The neighbor is awesome! Strawberry pretzel salad is another popular one.

[@amytarvin2776]

Don’t forget the question: Guess what the crust is? Love this one….but I always try to make it in a hurry. Guess how that works out?😏

[@angelastone9005]

Love strawberry pretzel salad!!

[@kjatunionhill]

I have Strawberry Pretzel Salad in the fridge ready to go for Thanksgiving tomorrow.

[@suzyrichins7958]

Strawberry pretzel salad is the best!!

[@anival9576]

Oh the strawberry and pretzel salad... now there's a nice dessert for salad recipe! (Actually one of my favorite desserts!)

[@raybo1018]

I keep watching this over and over again. It's hysterical. At the end when they're both clapping, it sounds like they're chanting "Holy Spirit Activate".

[@linamora5819]

😂 😂 loved it!! My mom is from Colombia and they also have a fruit salad similar to that one. Please more cooking episodes!

[@TheSavyArtist]

O. M G!! So my grandma was born in Chicago (Midwest) and would often make this “fruit salad”. It Had canned fruit cocktail, and canned peaches, drain, toss in a bowl with sour cream. No marshmallows. When I was a kid I loved it and when I’d tell my friends about it, even as an adult, there would all eventually say how gross it sounded. I still love it, it’s comfort food. But I always wondered where it came from that no one where I lived (Oregon and NC) every heard of such a thing. This has got to be some version of it! Thank you! 💜

[@mbonney62]

I could watch the neighbor all.day.long. She's awesome!

[@jenniferbates2811]

I live in Rhode Island and when she said miracle whip!😳!! I've been a server for 21 years and watching them cut the grapes individually is killing me.

[@42KrewePhotography]

No cap, all midwesterners KNOW that Miracle Whip is “mayo” but also that the two are NOT interchangeable. That one second made me snort laugh.

[@honolulublues5548]

No it isn't. Even Kraft (the makers of Miracle Whip) know it isn't because they also make Mayo. Yes, there are similarities, but finitely are not the same. I grew up in the Midwest and never called Miracle Whip Mayo.

[@dianebekel9326]

When I moved to western Pennsylvania from north New Jersey, I discovered Ambrosia salad (which is what you two made), Cherry Delight, and Strawberry Pretzel salad. I wasn’t a fan of Ambrosia (Miracle Whip?? My NJ grandmother only had Hellman’s. I didn’t know about Miracle Whip until my PA grandma made me a P&P sandwich…which was another new food). I adored Cherry Delight and Strawberry Pretzel salad.

[@myhopecreations4986]

Love the video. I think I have my grandma make fruit salad as a side dish for every family get together.

[@wendywatson8258]

I love how she says, "apples". So Midwest! "Ayeh-pulls"

[@GrandpaPlayedBox]

I think you two making Mississippi Mud cake with the Milky Way Bars would be hilarious. The Midwesterner would admit it's a desert and Kim might think she's going into diabetic coma though.

[@roku5071]

My family has a Christmas fruit salad that was from my great-grandma's family. It has changed just a little bit, I heard that it originally had like the jelled candy fruit slices but it's a salad served cold so they got a bit hard. And there was also chopped walnuts in it, but that has been changed to having them served on the side so if anyone wanted them they could add them. It is still made with fresh fruit cut up, no canned fruit. Heavy whipping cream and cherry jell-o with regular marshmallows cut into quarters. Mom passed the recipe down to us kids and we have passed it down to our kids. My middle son even included the recipe in his 4-H project Recipe File. He still has it, started it at age 9 and added to it until 18 for the fair. He is mid 20's now and has recipes from both grandmas, which means a lot to him since they have both passed on. Sorry for the ramble, but our family is quite proud of the family Christmas fruit salad 😊 and we are from the Midwest, too 😎 Edited to add that SO's family is German-Russian AKA Rooshin so our family has quite a mix of recipes to choose from. Middle son loves baking Dina Kuchen although his version is not a dense coffee cake type, but a fluffy more cake type that his grandma S. called 'Wyatt's Dina Kuchen' 😉

[@captainmother1268]

That salad is great! And yes it's a salad!! Our family adds chopped walnuts to that mixture for a nice crunch here and there.

[@sidilicious11]

Yes, walnuts too!

[@kevinkern4661]

The neighbor should be on a sitcom.

[@MaybeMable111]

My mom is from the western state of Idaho, and she still thinks of this kind of fruit salad when she hears fruit salad! She's also a casserole mom, so Idaho must be similar to the Midwest haha 😆 relating to this lady!

[@MaybeMable111]

Although, we do more of the Cool Whip route than the mayo...

[@chloer.6495]

Chopppin' and Poppin' I lost my mind 🤣

[@janmillerstopmotion]

I'm about to make orange salad for Thanksgiving! Cottage cheese, orange jello, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple and cool whip. May have to try some marshmallows this year!

[@paulabiggs4392]

My grandmother made a similar version with cherry jello and maraschino cherries 🍒.

[@mrsf6868]

Me too!! My little one calls it orange stuff lol

[@tinaperez7393]

My family has made this -and eaten it - many times for a party / holiday meal side dish. This is a legit salad.

[@carolinenorth851]

My grandma makes it and I love it!

[@learningwithlaura6105]

Omg my mom use to make that when I was a kid

[@GunRightsforCanada]

Here in Southern manitoba. This is definitely a salad!! A family gathering is not a family gathering without aunt Connie's "pink stuff". Whip 1L whipping cream with one pk pink(or red) jello powder(yes. Just the powder). Add grapes, banana, orange segments, berries, and whatever other fruit you have on hand. And whatever you do... DONT FORGET THE MARSHMALLOWS! Definitely in the salad bar at the potluck.

[@karibarnhill6975]

I grew up with fruit salad as a side dish! I’m laughing so hard I’m crying. Thank you for this! Looking forward to future episodes.

[@christinapollock97]

Love love love this neighbor character. More please!

[@Gvargas02]

Love it!! The fruit salad with mayo, not sure about that, but I love your videos with your neighbor. Keep them coming!!

[@momdad5368]

Yeah, we use cool whip not mayonnaise.

[@abbienormals1669]

This salad is a staple at almost every social gathering you go to in the warmer seasons. (Yes, I'm from the midwest)

[@maryroberts589]

My Mom used to always make something like this with diced apples, grapes & called it Waldorf salad.

[@egrace67]

Aaaaah childhood memories 😁 every church potluck, every barbecue, every family gathering this side dish was included😄

[@jobethk588]

Well done. Please do more of these!

[@TsterMr63]

Okay this has been at every Lutheran church potluck I've ever been to, along with three bean salad, tater tot casserole, deviled eggs, cheesy scalloped potatoes, some form of baked eggs and multiple noodle casseroles and fruity jello mold. Also that miracle whip salad with the shredded cheese and peas. With KoolAid in styrofoam coffee cups to drink. Yummy memories!

[@paulaOyeah]

My family crawled out of The Appalachians, and we’ve had this recipe forever. (My fave dessert; my mom was a TERRIBLE cook! 😂)

[@Kathkira]

Southern girl living in the UK here and my aunts always made this salad for thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's, but just a dollop of mayo and also nuts, no cool whip or marshmallows. Other southern relatives made ambrosia as well which had marshmallows I think (though I didn't eat that one because of the coconut.. always smelled divine though). Hilariously I'm literally getting the ingredients on my grocery order for this while I'm watching this because my daughter lamented the lack of "that fruit salad you always make" when we had our Thanksgiving meal.

[@michaeljaeb]

I am from Minnesota and have been watching you guys for about a year and a half and I think you guys should make tater tot hot dish

[@kellybroady6378]

As long as it's a Hot Dish. Minnesotans never use Casserole in our vocabulary..unless green bean casserole, but that's the ONLY one.

[@metalsomemother3021]

YES!!!! Tater Tot casserole in all of the varieties

[@annaraven]

Yes! Tater Tot Hotdish!

[@hannahmore9118]

So, my work had a pot-luck and I was to bring 'whip cream. So I, foolishly, brought a pint of heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla, and proceeded to whip, by hand with a whisk, to make 'whipped cream. It took forever, since not chilled enough, and everyone was giving me the eye. One co-worker said I should of gotten 'cool whip'. I had no idea what that was. I looked later, at the grocery store and saw it was not made with any dairy. It's not cream at all. I was so sheltered by a make-from-scratch mom and grandma. There is a whole world of food that's not even real food! Who knew? 😁

[@janaleonard4702]

Loved this! Freaking awesome piece! I was giggling! Please keep doing these cook videos! The "salad" even looks yummy. I will be trying this with my family!

[@Ultrarunningamber]

Yup this is totally from my neck of the woods in Minnesota. I have eaten this many many times. Yummy.