Chrissie's Frog Eye Salad

You need:
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   1      cup           sugar
   2      teaspoons     flour
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
   1 3/4  cups          pineapple juice
   2                    egg -- beaten
   1      tablespoon    lemon juice
   3      quarts        water
   2      teaspoons     salt
   1      teaspoon      cooking oil
   1      package       Acini de Pepe (A type of pasta)
   3      cans          mandarin oranges -- (11 ounce each)
                        drained
   2      cans          crushed pineapple -- (20 ounce each)
                        drained
   1      carton        Cool Whip -- (12 ounce)

Preparation:
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(Fruit & Pasta Salad)

-Combine sugar, flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt. 
-Gradually stir in pineapple juice and eggs. 
-Cook over moderate heat, stirring until thickened. 
-Add lemon juice.
-Cool mixture to room temperature. 

-Bring water, 2 teaspoons salt, and oil to boil. 
-Add Acini de Pepe. Cook at a rolling boil until Acini de Pepe is done. 
-Drain and rinse with water, drain again and cool to room temperature. 
-Combine egg mixture and Acini de Pepe, mix lightly but throughly. 
-Refrigerate over night, in an air tight container.
 
-Add remaining ingredients, mix lightly, but throughly.
(You can use a huge Tupperware bowl with a lid) 
-Chill. 
Salad may be refrigerated as long as a week in air tight container. 

Variation- Add red (or green) food coloring to pasta as it cooks. May add a
package of colored marshmallows. 
Add the marshmallows and this makes a good pot luck recipe as it makes a 
big portion.