L.A. Schools Jellied Raw Cranberry Salad

L.A. Schools Jellied Raw Cranberry Salad

From the Los Angeles City Unified School District.
The recipe card, dated December 1953, suggests serving this with
sour cream icing on special occasions.

Active Work and Total Preparation Time: 20 minutes plus 2 hours for chilling

2 oranges
1 (12-ounce) package cranberries
3 (3-ounce) packages strawberry gelatin
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 cups hot water
Cold water
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional

  • Squeeze juice from oranges and reserve. Grind orange rinds and cranberries together.

  • Dissolve gelatin and sugar in hot water. Add cold water to orange juice to make 2 cups. Add to gelatin mixture. Chill.

  • When gelatin is thick and syrupy, add cranberry-orange mixture, pineapple and walnuts. Pour into 13x9-inch baking pan and chill until set, about 2 hours.

16 servings. Each serving: 103 calories; 6 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 0 fat; 23 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams protein;
0.39 gram fiber.

Source: Los Angeles Times newspaper, August 25, 1999