Today, December 12th, is National Ambrosia Day.

Not the ancient Greek food (or drink) of the gods, this is something different. It's not the custard either.

Instead, this is a type of fruit salad. The typical ingredients of ambrosia are pineapple, orange segments, small marshmallows and coconut. Optional ingredients include strawberries, peeled grapes, bananas, maraschino cherries and crushed pecans.

Sour cream, cream cheese, whipped cream, cottage cheese and yoghurt can all be used in the dish, which is then refrigerated before eating.

Image: By Marshall Astor [CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons