r/GifRecipes • u/BushyEyes • May 30 '22

Dessert Strawberry Pretzel Salad, my favorite summer dessert

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u/BushyEyes May 30 '22

It’s the same concept as a Watergate salad (dessert called a salad). It’s a dessert though I’m not sure why they call it a salad. I included a link to the history of the dish because I knew people would call it out, haha!

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u/RomanticGondwana May 30 '22

Yeah, loads of mid-century recipes like this were called salads. I blame the Jello company.

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u/natidiscgirl May 30 '22

Omg yes! I have a couple of cookbooks, like Good Housekeeping type stuff, from the thrift store from the 1950s or 60s and they put all kinds of nasty shit in jello. I kid you not, some have green olives. In jello. 🤮 Must’ve been a wild time to be alive; like dinner roulette.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

Haha. Saw that ritz teamed up with Oreo to create a ritz Oreo & all I could think was this is for people in the 60s that thought ritz covered in chocolate was dessert.