Frog Eye Salad

My roommate Meredith would make this and eat it for days. My husband (then fiancé) decided it was his favorite thing on the PLANET, and now I make it for every Wynia family gathering.

1 cup sugar
3 Tbs. Flour
2 1/2 tsp. salt
1 3/4 cup pineapple juice
2 eggs beaten
1 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. oil
16 oz. Acini de Pepe
2 cans mandarin oranges
2 20 oz. cans crushed pineapple
9 oz. whipped topping
1 cup mini-marshmallows
1 cup coconut

Combine sugar, flour, 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir in pineapple juice and eggs. Cook over medium heat and stir until thickened. Add lemon juice-cool. Bring water, salt and oil to a boil. Add Acini and cook according to directions. Drain Acini and combine with custard; refrigerate overnight. Add remaining ingredients and serve.