Awful Food: Banana Candles

A banana candle salad is a fruit salad that was popular in America from the 1920s until the 1960s. Banana candles are usually made of pineapple, banana, cherry and lettuce. Either whipped cream or cottage cheese may be used to complete the dish.

Banana candle salads were used as an easy way to get kids to eat fruit because of its very unusual appearance. Banana candles were also seen as a good way to introduce children to cooking because they are so easy to make and so much fun to eat.

How To Make A Banana Candle

• Choose the number of pineapple rings you wish to use.
• Peel a banana and place in the center of each ring.
• Cut off a bit of the banana so that it can stand upright.
• Stand the banana up in each pineapple ring.
• If desired, roll the bananas in jam and chopped nuts.
• Petal cut the cherries to represent the candle flame.
• Serve and enjoy!