50s Winter Fruit Salad

This is a traditional Easter salad from my family. I am pretty sure it was written when only canned fruit and bananas were available in the winter. When was cool whip invented? That was probably my mom's addition. She loooves cool whip. A warning: it is a very inexact recipe and I eat it once a year.

"Green" Salad

1 can pineapple tidbits
1 can fruit cocktail
1 can mandarins
2 bananas, chopped
Three cups marshmallows
1/2 to 1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 to 1 cup cool whip
1/4 cup sour cream
1 box pistachio instant pudding

Drain all the canned fruit of their liquid. Place in a large bowl with bananas and rest of ingredients. The pistachio instant pudding should create a pudding like consistency around the fruit. Adjust wet ingredients accordingly.