Remember how I said Favorite Recipes of America: Meats Including Seafood and Poultry (1966) still had some wonders for the masochists out there? Well, today we're looking at a few for St. Patrick's Day. (It's my understanding that a lot of people end up puking for that celebration anyway, so these should fit right in.)
We will start with the one the book actually recommends for the day: St. Patrick's Salad.
Yep-- it's one of those salads, with olives, tuna, celery, mayonnaise, vinegar, and cucumber in lime gelatin dessert. It's green! That's the only requirement. Nobody said it had to taste good.
And since this recipe had other lime-gelatin salads nearby, I decided to throw those in for good measure. Want to ruin some perfectly delightful pecans? Then the Chicken-Pecan Salad is the way to go.
Yep, you've got to suspend the titular ingredients in lime gelatin, along with celery, cottage cheese, and mayonnaise.
And if that doesn't seem sufficiently complicated, you can make the Cottage Cheese Salad with Shrimp Dressing instead.
Honestly, I kind of love lime gelatin with cottage cheese puréed into it. It's got a cheesecake-adjacent vibe without being overly heavy and rich. But throw in some onion, horseradish, and mayonnaise? Why? And if that's not bad enough, you can ruin some shrimp by making it into a sauce (probably a pretty good sauce if you actually like salad dressing and shrimp) to pour over the top of this monstrosity.
In short, you're better off sticking to the green beer! But if you want time-consuming and money-wasting additional invitations to barf, you've got options.
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