Cranberry Salad

By birth - Hungarian; By choice - American; By profession - Attorney By the grace of God - Happy wife, proud mother, & blissfully semi-retired

This recipe was submitted to the cookbook by Mrs. Michael Lattin. (Intersting web tidbit about Mrs. Lettin: In March, 1971, she and her husband both took part in the Spring: Ablaze With Fashion show in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, to benefit the local volunteer fire department. )

1 lb. cranberries - 1 lb.

sugar (app. 2-c.)

2 c. water

1 c. (chopped) walnuts

red grapes

6 oz. lemon gelatin powder

1 small can crushed pineapple

Halve, seed, & crush enough red grapes to yield 1-c.

Place cranberries & water into pot.

Stir in sugar to taste; then simmer till berries pop (app. 10-mins.).

Stir gelatin into berries, till dissolved; then stir in grapes, walnuts, & pineapple.

Pour mixture into mold & chill till firm.

Unmold to serve.

The recipe does not call for draining the pineapple, but I suspect that you may have to if you want the dish to mold.

SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.) SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.)

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