Strawberry delight is a dessert salad found in the United States, especially in the South and more rural areas of Minnesota. Strawberry delight is made from milk, whipped topping, cream cheese, strawberries and strawberry gelatin over a graham cracker crust. Variations include ingredients such as ice cream,[1] canned fruit (mandarin oranges and pineapple can be used), marshmallows, lemon juice, and walnuts.[2] The crust ingredients are mixed and pressed in a pan with the creamy ingredients mixed and added on top. Boiling water is added to the strawberry gelatin mix, strawberries are added to it, and then that mixture is poured over the creamy mixture in the pan, all of which is then refrigerated to set.[3][4]

Strawberry delight
Strawberry delight at a Minnesota supermarket
TypeDessert salad
Place of originUnited States
Region or stateMinnesota
Main ingredientsCrust: graham cracker and butter
Filling: milk, whipped topping, cream cheese, strawberries and strawberry gelatin

The strawberry delight moniker is also used to refer to cookies,[5][6] cakes, and other foods that have some of the same pinkish, sweet qualities. A soda fountain version with sponge cake and ice cream was featured in a 1922 edition of The Soda fountain newsletter.[7]

In Persian cuisine, strawberry delight (deser-e toot farangi) is made with berries dipped in liquified sugar flavored with vanilla and rosewater.[8] Strawberries, walnut or almond oil, and powdered milk have also been suggested for a "strawberry delight" skin cream.[9] The name Strawberry Delight has also been given to hosta (H. longipes X H. pycnophylla)[10] and fuchsia.[11] A version has also been featured in an Indonesian-English reader.[12]

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References

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  1. ^ Los Islenos Cookbook: Canary Island Recipes Los Isleños Heritage & Cultural Society Pelican Publishing Company, 2000 ISBN 1-56554-760-8, ISBN 978-1-56554-760-5, 426 pages, page 354
  2. ^ Jean Paré Salads page 77
  3. ^ 1879–2004, 125 Years Our Savior's Lutheran Church Cookbook page 173
  4. ^ "Recipe - Cool Whip Strawberry Delight Dessert". Cooks.com. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
  5. ^ Paula H. Deen, Martha Nesbit Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Style Edition illustrated Publisher Simon and Schuster, 2005 ISBN 0-7432-6722-2, ISBN 978-0-7432-6722-9, p. 73 (photo) and 75
  6. ^ Coming Home with Gooseberry Patch Cookbook: Food to Bring Family & Friends to the Table Edition illustrated Publisher Gooseberry Patch, 2007 ISBN 1-933494-05-0, ISBN 978-1-933494-05-0, p. 75
  7. ^ The Soda fountain, Volume 21 Publisher D. O. Haynes., 1922 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 12, 2008
  8. ^ Strawberry Delight "Deser-e Toot Farangi" Persian cooking: a table of exotic delights By Nesta Ramazani page 236
  9. ^ Sue Dolan Naturally Skinsational: Rejuvenating Skin Care Recipes page 45
  10. ^ Diana Grenfell, Michael Shadrack The color encyclopedia of hostas page 95
  11. ^ Richard Rosenfeld Fuchsias 2003 - 320 pages
  12. ^ Joko Priyana, dkk. Siap Mhdp UN 09 Bhs Ingg SMP. Grasindo. p. 54. ISBN 9789790255715. Retrieved 2014-10-24.

Further reading

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  • Patti E. Rann Dinner through a straw: a handbook for oral fixation STRAWBERRY DELIGHT page 62
  • Halliday's New Orleans food explorer: tours for food lovers By Fred Halliday page 166