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Fruit Salad - is it old fashioned?
Do people still have fruit salad anymore? Or has it gone out of fashion? My OH and I were discussing this earlier. I (and it is usually me) quite often prepare a bowl each of chopped fruit for pud - whatever we've got in .... plain yogurt on top .. Lovely.
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My dad has one for lunch every day. More to do with his healthy diet than anything else.
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We used to have tinned Fruit Salad quite a lot when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s.......
there was always one cherry in every tin which was the best thing......
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Yes, I remember that. Very sweet as I recall. I'm talking about the home made variety of course.
Re previous post ... I suppose I have it partly because it's healthy. But it's a nice healthy.
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Do people still have fruit salad anymore? Or has it gone out of fashion? My OH and I were discussing this earlier. I (and it is usually me) quite often prepare a bowl each of chopped fruit for pud - whatever we've got in .... plain yogurt on top .. Lovely.
Drink up! Times move on dahling!
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BLEUECH! I stay retro thanks.
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Nothing wrong with a nice bowl of fruit salad, as you say it's healthy but also nice and cleansing to the palate after a meal.
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I'm sure it can be done really well these days compared to the limited options of the past & the horrifying tinned stuff
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Loved the tinned stuff, some thick nestle cream on top, also in a tin.
That's going on my next shopping order now, been a while since I had any.
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Loved the tinned stuff, some thick nestle cream on top, also in a tin.
That's going on my next shopping order now, been a while since I had any. ![]() |
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I don't like juiced fruit and vegetables so I have fresh fruit salad instead. And steam my vegetables for the main course.
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Agreed.
... But that reminds me. It's time I got the sprouts on to simmer for next Christmas.
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Don't know about fashion but I've never liked fruit salad. The fruit that tastes good on its own should be eaten on its own and the stuff that doesn't should be left alone.
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I always hated the tinned stuff, there was something hard and grainy in it, pears I think.
But Im not sure how fruit chopped up can be 'old fashioned'. Its just fruit chopped up with other fruit. We put fruit in our salads, like bits of pineapple, strawberries etc. V nice. |
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We used to have tinned Fruit Salad quite a lot when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s.......
there was always one cherry in every tin which was the best thing...... ![]() |
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My idea of dessert hell. Some things come back into fashion (prawn cocktail being possibly the most famous) but I think some things are rightly consigned to history.
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Haven't had it in years... but if I did it would have to be as I remembered it, served in a light syrup.
The idea of just chopped up fruit (with or without yoghurt) isn't very appealing. |
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I always hated the cherry, it just didn't taste real.
mind.......back in the 1950s I don't suppose we'd ever had real fresh cherries so we didn't know any better |
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Haven't had it in years... but if I did it would have to be as I remembered it, served in a light syrup.
(He says, having recently treated himself to a bag of Co-Op's rhubarb & custard) And this thread's made me remember the tin of Del Monte fruit salad that's been chilling in the back of the fridge for a while
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I'd say the tinned fruit salad is seen as old fashioned but fruit salad made with fresh fruits especially tropical fruits is still considered fashionable.
Personally I couldn't care less what foods are fashionable I eat what I enjoy whether it is fashionable or not. |
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I'd say the tinned fruit salad is seen as old fashioned but fruit salad made with fresh fruits especially tropical fruits is still considered fashionable.
Personally I couldn't care less what foods are fashionable I eat what I enjoy whether it is fashionable or not. |
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Seems old fashioned to me. I can't imagine any decent chef knocking up a fruit salad for dessert.
I was never a fan anyway, I recall being given it quite a lot as a child when we went to relatives houses and I'd just be thinking "This isn't pudding, where the hell is the chocolate?" |
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Haven't had it in years... but if I did it would have to be as I remembered it, served in a light syrup.
The idea of just chopped up fruit (with or without yoghurt) isn't very appealing. |
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I have quite a lot of tinned rhubarb.......the 'Tesco British Rhubarb' is the best one I've tried
I have fresh rhubarb when it's in season but it isn't at the moment...... |
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There's no excuse for not making it fresh these days. Once in a while I get lazy, get a tin out and then regret it.
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