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9. apparently it your basic fruit salad that is made with whipped cream then they add a cooked pasta to

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Wed Nov 26, 2014, 12:45 PM

Nov 2014

it making what we would call a "stretch meal"

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On a lighter note: The Thanksgiving Recipes Googled in Every State (Frog eye salad....really?) [View all] dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 OP

Maryland and saurkraut. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #1

I first encountered it in Maryland, when I went to the home MineralMan Nov 2014 #29

Never heard of it, but apparently it is 'hot" in the Rocky MTN, region... Sounds awful: hlthe2b Nov 2014 #2

Thankyou. I couldn't stop reading the recipe for Frog Eye Salad. It was ribbeting. pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #3

heh Bobbie Jo Nov 2014 #14

ouch!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #26

When I lived in IL Bettie Nov 2014 #4

"Funeral Potatoes..." Really Utah? ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #5

LOL n/t etherealtruth Nov 2014 #10

Or hash brown casserole? That's what we call it. nt DawgHouse Nov 2014 #13

That's the casserole Mormons LiberalElite Nov 2014 #53

Florida: Flan de Calabazza? FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #6

I don't Georgia and Key Lime Cake, either. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #30

I've made our Key Lime Pie yesterday. FLPanhandle Nov 2014 #34

Publix HockeyMom Nov 2014 #41

In Florida they know how to make is so they don't have to google Retrograde Nov 2014 #43

Not Italian New Yorkers HockeyMom Nov 2014 #52

I've never tasted, nor even heard of sopapilla cheesecake. Challenge accepted! LanternWaste Nov 2014 #7

It is really very good. My dad's GF makes it and that's the reason we welcomed her into the family. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2014 #20

That one jumped out at me too. johnp3907 Nov 2014 #45

Damn it, NYT, it is Wild Rice HOT DISH! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #8

I learned that on first visit with in-laws from Minnesota ctaylors6 Nov 2014 #24

Snicker Salad! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #27

ahhhhhhhhh.....I remember now. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #28

yes GREEN jello with shredded carrots shanti Nov 2014 #42

No, it's ORANGE with shredded carrots and raisins. amandabeech Nov 2014 #56

Yeah, you're right shanti Nov 2014 #58

Mine's not always perfect either, anymore, amandabeech Nov 2014 #59

apparently it your basic fruit salad that is made with whipped cream then they add a cooked pasta to notadmblnd Nov 2014 #9

Yaaay, Alabama! yallerdawg Nov 2014 #11

Never heard of frog eye salad until recently when a friend mentioned it. DawgHouse Nov 2014 #12

NC's Pig Pickin' cake involves octoberlib Nov 2014 #15

it is not making it onto one of our recipe cards! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #17

Hmm...pig pickin' cake for NC. not a cake made with BBQ pork, but... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #16

Tis the season for Cool Whip, that's for sure. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #32

I had to go look out up last night Trajan Nov 2014 #18

LOL - at least Iowans want apples in their snicker salad. cyberswede Nov 2014 #19

My mother made it without the Snickers, Jenoch Nov 2014 #46

Yummy! cyberswede Nov 2014 #50

I googled Snicker Salad but still don't quite get it ctaylors6 Nov 2014 #21

Yes. cyberswede Nov 2014 #51

It doesn't actually contain frog eyes, thankfully. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #22

Well, not in your version, anyway. But some of us like to be authentic. pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #31

Pfft! Jamastiene Nov 2014 #36

Ah, shades of Monty Python's Chocolate Crunchy Frog.... catnhatnh Nov 2014 #54

My son was just looking over my shoulder Bettie Nov 2014 #23

you need google for a dirt pudding recipe? Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #25

I DID have to lookup the Worm Dirt Cake recipe. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #33

PA...potato filling...yes indeed Freddie Nov 2014 #35

they're not real frog eyes librechik Nov 2014 #37

Nuts! pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #40

Put enough gravy on 'em dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #55

Pumpkin Whoopie Pie lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #38

November is not the Season for Artichokes HockeyMom Nov 2014 #39

They're a winter crop here in California Retrograde Nov 2014 #47

"Hot Pilgrim on Pilgrim Action" Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #44

TMI, dude! What you do in the kitchen is your business. pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #48

"Goodman Brown, hand me the baster, wouldst thou?" Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #49

Snicker Salad? JHB Nov 2014 #57

Click on it and find out.. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #60

Oregon's vegan mushroom gravy is amusingly stereotypical; Virginia's collards are nostalgic carolinayellowdog Nov 2014 #61