Watergate Salad



by smilysmilysmooch

10 Comments

  1. ![gif](giphy|ukGm72ZLZvYfS)

    Is this a real thing? Jello with marshmallows and nuts sounds awful.

  2. MCBbbbuddha

    Why is this called Watergate Salad? I assume it’s because making this feels like a crime against humanity?

  3. Jupiter68128

    Just in time for a picnic in the upper Midwest.

  4. iMissTheOldInternet

    America in the mid-20th century really was on some kind of warpath against food

  5. philadelimeats

    I made this for a cookout a long time ago. It’s actually good af

  6. My wife made me Ambrosia salad once and it was delicious, I’d figure this would be similarly delicious.

  7. RichardSnoodgrass

    Oh gawd. My mother use to make this occasionally when I was a kid. It’s actually not bad though I’ve never had the desire to replicate it as an adult. The whole jello salad era was just odd.

  8. ginger_gcups

    The American capacity for mixing sugar and cream and calling it a salad because it has chopped fruit in it will never cease to amaze me.

    That being said, I would totally try this