{"id":20484,"date":"2016-03-21T07:03:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=20484"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:23:11","slug":"the-food-of-the-gods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/21\/the-food-of-the-gods\/","title":{"rendered":"The Food of the Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/21\/the-food-of-the-gods\/ambrosia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ambrosia.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ambrosia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ambrosia.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ambrosia.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ambrosia\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ambrosia.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ambrosia.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growing up, there was always an aunt who made\u00a0ambrosia for the holidays.\u00a0Any salad which included marshmallows as key\u00a0ingredient was a-okay with me! According to ancient Greek myths, ambrosia is the food of the Greek gods imparting immortality to those who consumed it. I had no idea Cool Whip had been around that long!\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 ounce container\u00a0Cool Whip, thawed<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sour cream<\/li>\n<li>2 &#8211; 11 ounce cans mandarin oranges, drained<\/li>\n<li>2 &#8211; 8 ounce cans pineapple tidbits, drained<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; 10 ounce jar of maraschino cherries, halved<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sweetened, shredded coconut<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups fruit flavored mini marshmallows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, stir the Cool Whip and sour cream together.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in fruit, coconut, and marshmallows. Chill for at least an hour before serving. Serves eight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up, there was always an aunt who made\u00a0ambrosia for the holidays.\u00a0Any salad which included marshmallows as key\u00a0ingredient was a-okay with me! According to ancient Greek myths, ambrosia is the food of the Greek gods imparting immortality to those who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/21\/the-food-of-the-gods\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[3851,3850,88,3849,3848,3415],"class_list":["post-20484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-ambrosia","tag-cool-whip","tag-easter","tag-mandarin-oranges","tag-marshmallows","tag-pineapple"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5ko","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36607,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/10\/11\/pineapple-cake-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":20484,"position":0},"title":"Pineapple Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This cake is a total cheat - it's a doctored up yellow cake mix, with vanilla pudding mix in the frosting, and (clutch your pearls) Cool Whip. 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