Congealed Strawberry, Pineapple, and Banana Salad

Congealed fruit salads have been a major component of Southern cuisine for at least a century, and when they’re carefully layered in a glass mold, as with this colorful example, they become a true “party dish” worthy of the most elegant buffet or bridge luncheon. Diced cherries, blackberries, raspberries, crushed peaches or mangoes, and any chopped nuts can be used to make an attractive and delicious mold such as this, so feel free to experiment. In the South, this type of salad would typic