Fruit cocktail is a dish made from diced fruit and syrup. It is generally sold in cans and is a staple of cafeterias. The use of the word "cocktail" in the name does not mean that the dish contains alcohol, but refers to the secondary deffinition "An appetizer made by combining pieces of food, such as fruit or seafood" Fruit cocktail is sometimes used to make pruno. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Three tin cans of varying sizes; the one on front is opened with a pull tab. ... One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus, Infosys Technologies Ltd. ... Pruno is an alcoholic beverage made from oranges, fruit cocktail, ketchup, sugar, and possibly other ingredients. ...

" Fruit cocktail " has been specified that it must contain Pears, Grapes, Cherries, Peaches, otherwise it cannot be called fruit cocktail.

Fruit cocktail was invented by William Vere Cruess. Willam Cruess (1886-1968) was a pioneer in the use of fruits to produce fruit-juice beverages, fruit-based concentrates and syrups. ...

The Government states that it is illegal to call it fruit cocktail and is a crime to market it with some fruit missing. HOW STRANGE

The city of Campbell claims it is the birthplace of the fruit cocktail. Campbell is a city located in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley. ...