{"id":251,"date":"2015-08-06T14:48:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmascookbook.ca\/?p=251"},"modified":"2015-08-06T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:48:57","slug":"watergate-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/2015\/08\/watergate-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"WaterGate Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water-gate salad, Pistachio Delight, Green Goop… \u00a0It has many names. \u00a0The history, that I’m aware of, was that Pistachio Delight was invented by Kraft Corporation in 1975, the same year that Pistachio Pudding came out on the market. \u00a0There are several theories of the clever name change to “Watergate salad” most surrounding the political Scandal, Watergate Scandal. \u00a0As consumers requested the recipe for “WaterGate salad”, Kraft then adopted the name.<\/p>\n

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Anyone born in or prior to the 70’s will clearly remember this salad at most potlucks! \u00a0It is super simple to prepare (It took me 7 minutes including camera time) and chills thicker in the freezer or refrigerator.<\/p>\n

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Mix the pudding & coolwhip; then add the other 3 ingredients, and mix again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I apologize, my salad is still chilling in the fridge, so I do not have a final picture of the salad\u00a0but it becomes the texture of thick pudding essentially.<\/p>\n

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Here is Grandma’s recipe card:<\/p>\n

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And here is the printable recipe!<\/p>\n

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Water-Gate Salad<\/h3>\n
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  • 1 box instant pistachio pudding<\/li>\n
  • 19 oz container cool whip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Mix the pudding & coolwhip together and set aside.<\/p>\n

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    • 1 can crushed or tidbit pineapple (undrained)<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup miniature marshmallows<\/li>\n
    • 1\/2 cup chopped nuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      1. Mix together and Combine with pudding mixture. (I am in the interest of saving bowls – All of it can be mixed once put in the pudding mixture)<\/li>\n
      2. Chill in refrigerator overnight or freeze until ready to serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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        Print the Recipe Only<\/div>
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        Water-gate salad, Pistachio Delight, Green Goop… \u00a0It has many names. \u00a0The history, that I’m aware of, was that Pistachio Delight was invented by Kraft Corporation in 1975, the same year that Pistachio Pudding came out on the market. \u00a0There are several theories of the clever name change to “Watergate salad” …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}