That’s right, I know it must be Christmas because I just whipped up a big batch of my Aunt Pat’s recipe fruit salad.  I’ve been making it for the holidays the past 30 some odd years I reckon.  It was always my favorite part of the Thanksgiving feast when I’d visit Aunt Pat (mom’s older sister) as a boy.  Funny thing is I mentioned this to her and she denied any knowledge of making a fruit salad.  Well, one of us is wrong about that but I’m pretty sure it’s not me.

I start by draining a can of mandarin oranges and a can of fruit cocktail…

…then I cut up a granny smith apple…

…and slice up a couple of bananas…

…the remaining ingredients are sour cream, pecans, coconut and baby marshmallows…

…I stir in the sour cream till it is mixed well with the fruit. Then I add the pecans. Next, I sweeten it up some with the coconut and marshmallows…

…and it comes out looking something like this.

Hey, I never said it was difficult!  And it does taste better than it looks.  The only problem I’ve ever had is with people who insist on calling it ambrosia.  It’s NOT ambrosia.  Ambrosia doesn’t use a sour cream base.  So there.

Hope y’all have (or had) a great holiday.  We’ll be heading over to spend Christmas with the son and daughter in the morning.  Started and finished my Christmas shopping yesterday.  It’s not hard when everyone on your list is getting a gift card.  Well, the grandson is getting this:

Assembly was required. I managed it though.