Patch Family Cookbook: 24-Hour Fruit Salad

24-Hour Fruit Salad

It's both fruit and dessert!  This disappears in a hurry.

Combine in large bowl:

• 2 cups grapes (we use red, seedless)
• 2 cans pineapple chunks, drained
• 2 small cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 cups small marshmallows

Heat in top of double boiler:

• 3 eggs, beat in advance
• 1/2 cup sugar
• juice of 1 lemon plus rind, finely grated
• pinch of salt

Cook until lemon sauce is thickened. Cool. After cooling, add 1/2 pint heavy whipping cream and pinch of cinnamon.

Add lemon sauce to fruit and stir gently. Refrigerate at least 24 hours before serving. Stir again before serving. Keep refrigerated. It gets better with time!