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One of the ladies brought this to a pot luck at church, and everyone went wild over it. er's was a tad different. Sghe used canned mixed tropical fruit, packed in fruit juice, not syrup. and as soon as the pudding was thick enough, she poured it over sliced bananas,tossed gently and added them to the salad. Pouring the hot pudding over the bananas kept them from turning dark, and sfter 2 days in the fridge, the bananas still had not broken down. Adding the banana slices seemed to set and preserve them.<\/p>
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