Night Elf Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Or what my mom called pear salad. She'd put a dollup of mayonnaise on a pear half with grated cheddar cheese. I don't know what brought that to mind just now, but I loved it! Has anyone else had pears that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Yes! I actually did this a couple of weeks ago. My mom always used canned pear halves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm trying to understand this. Maybe I need to try it. It doesn't sound good at all, but I don't know maybe I'm missing out on something here. LOL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 My mom made this and I loved it. I'll still have it every once in awhile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm trying to understand this. Maybe I need to try it. It doesn't sound good at all, but I don't know maybe I'm missing out on something here. LOL LOL, that is so me. I'm always worried I'm missing out on a food trend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsrmyjoy Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Oh yum! My grandmother and mom used to make this, and I've made it a couple times. DH wasn't impressed lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiSC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 My mom made this when we were growing up and I LOVE it! When someone brings it to a church potluck I'm all over it, lol. My husband won't even try it so I never make it. The last thing I need to do is eat a whole plate of pear salad, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Yes! I actually did this a couple of weeks ago. My mom always used canned pear halves.Yep, we had it pretty regularly. I should make it for my kids to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Ok you are all just playing a joke on me right? So you just put some mayo on a canned pear half? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiSC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Ok you are all just playing a joke on me right? So you just put some mayo on a canned pear half? And shredded cheese. Don't forget the shredded cheese. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 We had it with just the pears and grated cheddar in the little cavities where the core had been. No mayonnaise. Pears and cheese is actually a good combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Who in the heck was the first person to come up with the idea of putting mayo on a pear? :ack2: Because those two things do not seem like they should be combined! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 I just told DH when I say the ingredients out loud it sounds gross, but somehow they work. It's just so good. DH said he remembers seeing it at cafeterias. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) nm Edited February 4, 2017 by .qp_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 And shredded cheese. Don't forget the shredded cheese. LOL Ok seriously I am going to try this. It's so bizarre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Who in the heck was the first person to come up with the idea of putting mayo on a pear? :ack2: Because those two things do not seem like they should be combined! Well thinking about it....mayo is creamy, fatty, salty...so with the sweetness of the pear...maybe? But then shredded cheese on top. What the... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 When I was a child, I had a little children's cookbook that had something similar in it. But no cheese, and it was arranged on the plate to look like a face. Pear half turned upside down with raisins for eyes and nose, a maraschino cherry for the mouth, and a dollop of mayo for the hair. On a lettuce leaf. We actually ate it pretty often, which I remember, because I was the one who made it. This is not it, but the same idea http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/bunny-pear-salad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 We did not have this version of a strange salad, though I have heard of it before. My mom's salad was chopped up iceberg lettuce on a salad plate, topped with half a banana that has been evenly sliced in half. The banana was put on the lettuce so the cut side was face up. Then she drizzled tastee salad dressing on the banana and sprinkled the whole thing with walnuts. It was weird. But good in a weird way. The tastee salad dressing was a pale yellow poppyseed dressing, so a little sweet, and that cut the bitterness of the walnuts. I have no idea where the salad idea came from, but bananas were dirt cheap, it was a very inexpensive side dish for a family of seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 The banana was put on the lettuce so the cut side was face up. Then she drizzled tastee salad dressing on the banana and sprinkled the whole thing with walnuts. I put granola on a salad the other day as wondered if anyone ride had thought of it, but that is definitely "topped" by your mother's banana-on-a-salad idea! [emoji6] Sent from my XT1049 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendy not in HI Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 My mom would make something similar for fancy dinners: a canned pear half topped with a dollop of cottage cheese, sitting on a lettuce leaf. Strangely yummy. I wonder what my kids and dh would think if I arranged that on everyone's plates tomorrow for our Sunday dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) Who in the heck was the first person to come up with the idea of putting mayo on a pear? :ack2: Because those two things do not seem like they should be combined! It doesn't seem any weirder to me than Waldorf salad (apples, mayo, celery, nuts). My guess is it came from the 20's, probably in an advertising campaign or women's magazine, when maraschino cherries were introduced and commercially available mayo was relatively new, since it seems to have some things in common with the candle salad of the 20s. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodsalads.html (scroll down for a description of candle salad) I am guessing some of the other delicacies of my childhood wouldn't be very appealing, either ;): banana sandwich---sliced bananas, bread, and mayo banana and peanut butter sandwich -- sliced bananas, peanut butter, bread, and mayo Edited January 29, 2017 by KarenNC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Or what my mom called pear salad. She'd put a dollup of mayonnaise on a pear half with grated cheddar cheese. I don't know what brought that to mind just now, but I loved it! Has anyone else had pears that way? I had this growing up and loved it, even though I have not eaten it for years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 My mom would make something similar for fancy dinners: a canned pear half topped with a dollop of cottage cheese, sitting on a lettuce leaf. Strangely yummy. I wonder what my kids and dh would think if I arranged that on everyone's plates tomorrow for our Sunday dinner? I forgot all about eating pears with cottage cheese while growing up until the top of this thread. My mom never fancied it up--it was part of regular meals for us. I agree I thought it was good, but I don't think I'd be a big fan of pears and mayo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Oh my god, my mother used to do that. A disgusting glop of mayo in a canned pear half, topped with a maraschino cherry or olive, depending on how cruel she felt, all sitting on a hunk of lettuce. Makes me want to gag. I've got a couple vintage cook books from the 40 and 50's full of stuff like that. Bwahahahaha my exact reaction but you worded it so perfectly! It's the mayo, y'all. I can't take it in big glops. I always wondered why anyone would want to ruin a perfectly good pear with the stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 (edited) LOL - this sounds terrible to me. But I regularly make this kind of thing ... mmmm Pear and pomegranate salad with gorgonzola and champagne vinaigrette http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/guy-fieri/pear-and-pomegranate-salad-with-gorgonzola-and-champagne-vinaigrette-recipe.html Edited January 29, 2017 by WoolySocks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I've never heard of it. I hate pears and I grew up on miracle whip. After living in the south for 17 years, I finally getting used to mayo. It doesn't seem any weirder to me than Waldorf salad (apples, mayo, celery, nuts). My guess is it came from the 20's, probably in an advertising campaign or women's magazine, when maraschino cherries were introduced and commercially available mayo was relatively new, since it seems to have some things in common with the candle salad of the 20s. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodsalads.html (scroll down for a description of candle salad) I am guessing some of the other delicacies of my childhood wouldn't be very appealing, either ;): banana sandwich---sliced bananas, bread, and mayo banana and peanut butter sandwich -- sliced bananas, peanut butter, bread, and mayo My ILs eat banana and mayo sandwiches. Its their idea of comfort food when they are sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikiSC Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 It doesn't seem any weirder to me than Waldorf salad (apples, mayo, celery, nuts). My guess is it came from the 20's, probably in an advertising campaign or women's magazine, when maraschino cherries were introduced and commercially available mayo was relatively new, since it seems to have some things in common with the candle salad of the 20s. http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodsalads.html (scroll down for a description of candle salad) I am guessing some of the other delicacies of my childhood wouldn't be very appealing, either ;): banana sandwich---sliced bananas, bread, and mayo banana and peanut butter sandwich -- sliced bananas, peanut butter, bread, and mayo My DD and I love banana and mayo sandwiches! Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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