Moms Cranberry Buttermilk Salad Recipes

MOM'S RAW CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and pick through cranberries.
• Core and quarter apples.
• Seed and quarter orange.
• Grind in food processor starting with the orange, and then add apples and cranberries. You can do in batches so you don't over process it.
• We used a hand crank grinder to make this when I was a child.
• Add sugar (in the 50's we used 2 cups of sugar, so taste after a couple hours and adjust per your personal preferences).
• Let marinate for at least 6 hours or overnight.

GRANDMA FREEL'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Stir cranberries, sugar, and water together in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring often, until most of the berries have popped open, about 20 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat. Stir gelatin into the cranberries mixture until dissolved completely; add celery, apple, and pecans and stir. Pour into a glass 13x9-inch dish.
• Refrigerate until set in the center, 10 to 12 hours.

GRANDMA'S CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Boil the cup of water. Dissolve the Jell-o in the hot water in an 8-inch square pan mix well. Add the sugar, lemon juice, and pineapple juice. Stir to dissolve well. Note: You can substitute the 8x8 dish and use a 9x13 dish, it seems to gel up a bit better that way.
• 2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix. Chill overnight.
• 3. Grandma's Notes: Chop up the pecans first before getting the blender wet. Or you could just buy pre-chopped pecans and save a step. Use the blender or food processor to chop up cranberries, then orange, seeded, and partially peeled. The chopped peel gives it that special zing!