Talk:Ambrosia (fruit salad)

This article was nominated for deletion on 2007-02-04. The result of the discussion was Keep.

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Food and drink, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of food and drink related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Food and drinkWikipedia:WikiProject Food and drinkTemplate:WikiProject Food and drinkFood and drink articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Food and Drink task list:

To edit this page, select here

Here are some tasks you can do for WikiProject Food and drink:

Help bring these Top Importance articles currently B Status or below up to GA status: Agaricus bisporus (i.e. mushroom), Beef, Bread, Curry, Drink, Food, Ham and eggs, Soy sauce, Sushi, Yogurt
Bring these Top Importance articles currently at GA status up to FA status: Beer, French cuisine, Sugar
Bring these High Importance articles currently at GA status up to FA status: Apple, Burger King, Fish
Participate in project-related deletion discussions.
Delete unrelated trivia sections found in articles. Please review WP:Trivia and WP:Handling trivia to learn how to do this.
Add the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} project banner to food and drink related articles and content to help bring them to the attention of members. For a complete list of banners for WikiProject Food and drink and its child projects, select here.
Provide photographs and images for Category:Wikipedia requested images of food
Consider joining this project's Assessment task force. List any project ideas in this section

Note: These lists are transcluded from the project's tasks pages.

this seems wrongish to me[edit]

I hate to object to the whole content of an article, but I've encountered many versions of "ambrosia" as a fruit salad that contain fewer ingredients. I actually think that this is a special form of ambrosia. This is closer to the ambrosia I grew up with (it contains no whipped cream, cool whip, sour cream, cream cheese, marshmallows or yogurt): https://www.gritsandpinecones.com/old-fashioned-southern-ambrosia/

This article indicates that the simpler versions are older: https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/12/ambrosia-southern-christmas-tradition.html and that while current tradition places its origins in the South (as in the first link I've listed), there's no old or original evidence for that (or against it).

I'll just leave this here for now to see if anybody objects to me editing the article to include this information. Lucy Kemnitzer (talk) 21:32, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Lucy Kemnitzer[reply]

Old discussion[edit]

The link for traditional ambrosia salad doesn't allow you to go back once you've arrived without clicking on the back button for the previous sites you've visited. That is, you can't click on the back button alone, but rather must call up the menu of previously visited sites. So perhaps that site is inappropriate to include, as there are many substitutes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.228.107.185 (talk • contribs) 13:56, 16 July 2006

I haven't had that problem....[edit]

....maybe it's just your computer??? Not trying to be rude, just suggesting. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rex1932 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 11 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

I admit, it works just fine for me (multiple browsers too)... Tenmiles 00:13, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yogurt?![edit]

Is the article correct that ambrosia salad normally contains yogurt? That doesn't sound right to me. I'm tweaking this slightly, but also wanted to ask.

06:39, 5 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RamblingChicken (talk • contribs)

Problem (?) with video subtitles[edit]

There is a disturbing component to the video in which two of the subtitles say "help me" and "please" (towards the beginning and the middle), without any apparent relevance to the rest of the video. What can be done about this ? Have a great day ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surreyfringe (talk • contribs) 14:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What can be done? Not much! The video is what it is, unless the original producers (a team of WP editors & 3rd parties) wish to edit it. I had no sound with my browser (Chromium Edge), but I suspect the two interjections were asides to a coworker off camera, accidentally picked up by the mic & faithfully rendered by an autotitle program. I say, no need to be disturbed, afaik no WP editors were injured in the making of the video, so nothing to fix--live with it! --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 04:07, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

The history section is woefully inadequate. E.g., while miniature marshmallows may be standard today, I doubt very much they were used in the 19th c, when extruded (shaped) marshmallows had not been invented! I suspect (but have been unable to confirm) that old recipes used marshmallow creme, perhaps even incorporating real marsh-mallow sap--which would trace it back to the French Pâté de guimauve. Or like many desserts it might have been made with custard, which has many ingredients in common with marshmallow creme. I am purely speculating; the only source I came up with in a quick Google is this: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/86346/long-sweet-history-marshmallows, which does cite some sources, so it might be an OK WP:RS, despite the whimsical site name. This source & others trace marshmallow sap desserts back to ancient Egyptians & Greeks, and mention that the gods were reputedly big fans, so perhaps even the name 'ambrosia' has more history than just a 19th c dish. I am about as far from a food historian as is possible (got a 'D' in history, still think KD with ketchup is a pretty neat recipe idea), so I really will have to leave the research to others. --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 03:23, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]