The Errand Boy by Cole Parker.

[Camy]

Sadly, Cole has gone mildly mad. This: - a banana, blueberry and shredded-coconut salad dressed lightly in mayonnaise - is just wrong. Mayonnaise with banana???!!! Yick! Pah!

A salad has shrubbery and cucumber and tomatoes etc, NOT bananas, blueberries and shredded-coconut... bananas, blueberries and shredded-coconut is, with double cream, a delightful pud. 'nuff said.

'The Errand Boy' is another peachy Parker. Read it, do!

https://awesomedude.com/cole-parker/the-errand-boy/the-errand-boy.htm

[Cole Parker]

All I can say is, try it.  Then you won't be so quick to pooh-pooh it!

 

[Rutabaga]

I was a bit jarred by this salad, also — especially juxtaposed with French fries. 
 

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[Rutabaga]

What I’m really confused by, though, is:  Are there more parts to this story coming?

R

[Camy]

47 minutes ago, Rutabaga said:

Are there more parts to this story coming?

Hopefully!

 

[Nigel Gordon]

19 hours ago, Camy said:

A salad has shrubbery and cucumber and tomatoes etc, NOT bananas, blueberries and shredded-coconut... bananas, blueberries and shredded-coconut is, with double cream, a delightful pud. 'nuff said.

Never heard of a fruit salad?

[Merkin]

Pay no attention to Camy, Cole.  That salad and many like it are served all over the South.  The classic version of it is the Waldorf Salad, using apples and raisins and celery.  The main controversy about these salads seems to be whether to use Duke's mayonnaise or some other brand. Since I grew up in New England I prefer to use Hellman's and as a result my fruit salads are often shunned at local covered-dish suppers here in Virginia.

[Rutabaga]

The online recipes use sour cream instead of mayonnaise, and also include mandarin orange segments and little marshmallows.

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[Merkin]

Now that is just wrong.

[Rutabaga]

I should clarify that I was only searching for "banana blueberry coconut" and not "Waldorf salad."  Even I, out here in the depraved wilds of southern California, know the difference!

If I was going to choose a salad, it would be a spinach salad with crumbled hardboiled egg and warm bacon dressing.

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[Cole Parker]

5 hours ago, Merkin said:

Pay no attention to Camy, Cole.  That salad and many like it are served all over the South.  The classic version of it is the Waldorf Salad, using apples and raisins and celery.  The main controversy about these salads seems to be whether to use Duke's mayonnaise or some other brand. Since I grew up in New England I prefer to use Hellman's and as a result my fruit salads are often shunned at local covered-dish suppers here in Virginia.

Very glad to see there's at least one sagacious member of this forum.  Mayo with fruit adds a richness and piquancy that is amazing it you've never had it.  It's quite nice with bananas, too, if I may take exception to some benighted opinions here.  I've never heard of Duke's mayonnaise.  Hellman's or Kraft's, which may be the same thing, are good and Duke's may be as well.

 

23 hours ago, Rutabaga said:

What I’m really confused by, though, is:  Are there more parts to this story coming?

R

What I was deftly doing was leaving my options open.

C

[Rutabaga]

5 hours ago, Cole Parker said:

On 1/15/2022 at 1:33 PM, Rutabaga said:

What I’m really confused by, though, is:  Are there more parts to this story coming?

R

What I was deftly doing was leaving my options open.

Maybe we should send you challenge pictures, similar to what Pedro is working from.

R

 

 

[Rutabaga]

In the vein of my last post, here is a challenge picture for you:

 

 

R

 

 

[Cole Parker]

 

That picture doesn't speak to me at all.  For a picture to evoke a story, it has to provoke strong feelings.  At least that's how it works for me.

C

 

[Rutabaga]

So the challenge is to find a more challenging challenge picture.  I'll see what I can do.

R

[Rutabaga]

Another candidate:

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[Camy]

He's scratching his head is disbelief at being served fruit salad with mayonnaise...! 

[Cole Parker]

Or that there are people who haven't tried this delectable treat!

[Rutabaga]

Here's another:

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[Rutabaga]

Or this:

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[Rutabaga]

Continuing the water theme:

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[Cole Parker]

with that last one, you have to wonder if there's a crowd of people lining the pool's edges waiting for him to come back up.

[Rutabaga]

33 minutes ago, Cole Parker said:

with that last one, you have to wonder if there's a crowd of people lining the pool's edges waiting for him to come back up.

He's pondering the dilemma of what to use for dressing fruit salad.

R

[Rutabaga]

More pondering.

 

 

R

[Ivor Slipper]

How about this one Cole?

I think he slipped on some  banana, blueberry and shredded-coconut salad dressed lightly in mayonnaise  🙂