So we found a recipe for a new jello salad, Cherry Coke Salad. Since Ror likes Cherry Coke, we figured it would be a good one to try. This is the recipe:
1 20-oz can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup water
2 3-oz cherry gelatin
1 21-oz cherry pie filling
3/4 cup cola flavored soda
Drain pineapple, reserving juice; set fruit aside. In a saucepan or microwave, bring pineapple juice and water to a boil. Add gelatin; stir until dissolved . Stir in pie filling and soda. Pour into a serving bowl. refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in reserved pineapple. Refrigerate until firm. Makes 8-10 servings.
Ror and his dad took care of the grocery shopping on Saturday night, so I put it together Sunday morning before church, like right before. My first mistake became apparent when I looked over the recipe: it called for two boxes of cherry jello, and I only had the guys get one. Fortunately, we had a box of strawberry in the pantry, which we figured was close enough. Then it came time to add the pie filling. I went to the pantry and could not find anything that looked like a can of pie filling . I finally turned around a smaller can and found Ror had picked up a can of cherries in syrup, not pie filling. So that obviously gave us a lot of extra liquid, and this was 10 minutes before we were going to leave for church. The save was the Knox gelatin in the cupboard. It all turned out okay, I guess, but the texture was a little grainy since I didn't add the Knox until after the cherries. So I guess the moral of the story is buy more than you think you need, don't send your husband for groceries (J/K Ror, love you!) and don't wait until right before church to try a new recipe.
You'll have to try it again with all of the right ingridients. It may be one of your new favorites!
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