[Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties by Janet McKenzie Hill]@TWC D-Link bookSalads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties INTRODUCTION 27/133
Garnish with heart leaves of lettuce at the top and sections of tomato, or diamonds of tomato jelly, at the base. =White-Bean Salad.= Toss one pint of white beans, cooked, with one tablespoonful of vinegar and three tablespoonfuls of oil, a little salt and a dash of cayenne or paprica.
Arrange in a mound on a bed of shredded lettuce, and sprinkle with chives, parsley and pimentos, all finely chopped.
Finish the top of the salad with a large pim-ola. =Potato Salad.= (MISS COHEN.) INGREDIENTS. 3 cups of cold boiled potatoes, cut in cubes. 1 cup of pecan nuts, broken in pieces. 5 tablespoonfuls of oil. 1 tablespoonful of salt. 1/2 a teaspoonful of onion juice. A dash of cayenne. 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Watercress. _Method._--Mix the potatoes and nuts, add the oil and mix again; add the other seasonings, and, when well mixed, set aside in a cool place an hour or more.
Remove the coarse stalks from two bunches of watercress that have been well washed and dried.
Season with French dressing and arrange in a wreath about the edge of the salad. [Illustration: Potato Balls, Pecan Meats, and Cress Salad.] [Illustration: Potato-and-Nasturtium Salad. (See page 34)] =Potato Salad.= (CARRIE M.DEARBORN.) INGREDIENTS. 12 cold boiled potatoes. 4 cooked eggs. 2 small Bermuda onions. Chopped parsley. 1 saltspoonful of white pepper. 2 teaspoonfuls of salt. 6 tablespoonfuls, each, of oil and vinegar. 1/2 a teaspoonful of powdered sugar. _Method._--Cut the potatoes into dice and chop the eggs fine.
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