Read novel on +Banana Salad.+-- Cut the fruit into slices, put it into a gla.s.s dish with sugar sprinkled between, squeeze over some lemon juice and pour over 1 gla.s.s claret; place the dish on ice for 1 or 2 hours before serving.
841. +Raspberry and Currant Salad.+-- Remove the stems from 1 pound currants and wash and drain them; also wash and drain 1 quart raspberries and put them into a gla.s.s dish with 1 cups sugar; cover and let them stand for 3 or 4 hours before serving.
842. +How to Serve Blackberries.+-- Put blackberries into a colander, let cold water run over them and set colander for a few minutes into a dishpan to drain; put the berries into a gla.s.s dish with powdered sugar. Huckleberries are prepared the same way.
843. +Banana and Orange Salad.+-- Remove the skins from 4 bananas and cut the fruit into slices; pare and cut dozen oranges into small pieces and remove the seeds; put oranges and bananas alternately into a gla.s.s dish with sugar sprinkled between, set them on ice for 1 hour and then serve.
844. +Pineapple Salad.+-- Pare and quarter 1 ripe pineapple, remove the hard part in center and cut each quarter into fine slices or dice; pare and cut dozen oranges into small slices and remove the pits; put oranges into a gla.s.s dish in alternate layers with pineapple with plenty of sugar sprinkled between and place them on ice for 1 or 2 hours before serving. Strawberries with pineapple are prepared the same way.
845. +Cherry Salad.+-- Remove the pits from 1 pound cherries, sprinkle with sugar and let them stand for 1 hour; then put them with 1 pint ripe strawberries and a little more sugar into a gla.s.s dish, set them on ice for 10 minutes and serve.
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846. +Fine Mayonaise, No. 1.+-- The yolks of 4 eggs, 8 tablespoonfuls salad oil, 4 tablespoonfuls white vinegar, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls sugar, from 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls French mustard and pint whipped cream or 3 tablespoonfuls condensed milk which is not sweet; put the yolks in a small saucepan and stir them to a cream; then slowly add, stirring constantly, 4 tablespoonfuls oil; when this is well mixed add the 4 spoonfuls vinegar, set the saucepan in a vessel of boiling water and stir over the fire till contents of saucepan begin to thicken; then instantly remove and continue the stirring until cold; then slowly add the remaining 4 spoonfuls oil, stirring constantly; next add the salt and sugar; then the mustard and lastly the cream or condensed milk. This mayonaise is excellent if made exactly according to recipe. These quant.i.ties will make a mayonaise sufficient for 10 persons. If the mayonaise is not all wanted at one time fill it into jelly gla.s.ses without the cream. It will then keep for some time. The cream can be added when wanted for use.
847. +Mayonaise, No. 2.+-- 2 eggs, 4 tablespoonfuls oil, 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar, 1 teaspoonful sugar, teaspoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls French mustard and 4 tablespoonfuls whipped cream or 1 tablespoonful condensed milk which is not sweet; put the yolks into a small vessel and stir them to a cream; add by degrees the oil, stirring constantly; then slowly add the vinegar, set the vessel in a saucepan of boiling water and stir and boil till the contents of saucepan begin to thicken; then remove from fire and stir until cold; add the salt, mustard, sugar and vinegar; beat the whites to a stiff froth and slowly add them to the above mixture; stir in the cream or condensed milk just before the salad is to be dressed. These quant.i.ties will make a salad sufficient for 8 persons. If it is not to be all used at one time put it into a small gla.s.s or stone jar (without the cream or milk) and cover tightly to exclude the air. If kept in a cool place it will keep for some time.
When wanted for use add the cream. This mayonaise is both cheap and excellent.
848. +Plain Mayonaise.+-- Put some cracked ice into a dishpan and place a bowl in the center of the ice; put the yolks of 4 eggs into a bowl and stir them well with a wooden spoon for 5 minutes; then slowly add bottle best olive oil; add only a few drops at a time and stir constantly; if too much oil is added at one time it will not mix together; if the sauce gets too thick add a little vinegar and lastly a few tablespoonfuls whipped cream, salt and vinegar to taste. Another way is to rub the yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs fine and mix them with 2 raw yolks; otherwise finish the same as foregoing recipe.
849. +Sauce Tartare.+-- Mix 1 pint mayonaise made as in preceding recipe with 1 tablespoonful French mustard and 1 teaspoonful English mustard mixed, 3 anchovies freed from skins and bones and pressed through a sieve, some finely chopped parsley, small, chopped onion, 4 tablespoonfuls chopped capers, some vinegar and pepper; this sauce is mostly served with cold meat.
850. +Mayonaise without Eggs (economical).+-- 1 teaspoonful cornstarch, cup boiling water, 6 tablespoonfuls oil, 3 tablespoonfuls French mustard, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls vinegar and 1 tablespoonful condensed milk which is not sweet; mix the cornstarch with a little cold water, add the cup boiling water and stir and boil for a few minutes; then set aside to cool; put the mustard into a bowl and gradually add the oil, stirring constantly; next add the sugar, salt and vinegar; then the cornstarch and lastly the milk.
851. +Salad Dressing without Oil, No. 1.+-- 2 ounces b.u.t.ter, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar, 1 teaspoonful sugar, teaspoonful salt and 2 tablespoonfuls French mustard; melt the b.u.t.ter in a cup by setting it into hot water for a few minutes and then set it aside to cool; stir the yolks in a small vessel with salt and sugar to a cream and add the melted b.u.t.ter, a little at a time, stirring constantly; next slowly add the vinegar, set the vessel in a saucepan of hot water and stir until the contents begin to thicken; then remove, stir until cold and slowly add the other ingredients; beat the whites to a stiff froth and mix them with the sauce; if handy add a few tablespoonfuls cream; if English mustard is used take 1 teaspoonful mixed with cold water.
852. +Salad Dressing without Oil, No. 2.+-- 1 teaspoonful flour, cup boiling water, 1 tablespoonful b.u.t.ter, 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar, 1 teaspoonful sugar, teaspoonful salt and 2 tablespoonfuls French mustard; mix the flour with a little cold water, add the boiling water, boil 2 minutes and add the b.u.t.ter in small pieces; remove from fire and mix by degrees with the vinegar, then the mustard and the other ingredients; to this sauce the yolks of 2 eggs may be added and also the 2 whites beaten to a stiff froth; or the yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs rubbed through a sieve and the whites chopped fine and sprinkled over the salad.
853. +How to Prepare Lettuce for Salad and for Garnishing.+-- Cut off the stalks from 3 or 4 heads of lettuce, pick off all the decayed and withered leaves, break the tender green leaves apart one by one and remove the thick veins; put the lettuce into cold water, rinse well and let it lay in ice water for hour or longer; shortly before serving drain the lettuce in a colander; then put it in a napkin, shake out well and use as directed.
854. +Lettuce Salad (plain).+-- Prepare the lettuce as in foregoing recipe, lay it into a salad dish and pour over 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls salad oil and a little pepper and salt; add to cup white vinegar 4 tablespoonfuls water and pour it over the salad; mix it up well with 2 salad forks, sprinkle over a little cracked ice and serve at once.
If ice is not handy the salad will have to be prepared without it, but it adds greatly to the crispness of the lettuce. If you rub a piece of garlic over the salad dish just before putting in the lettuce it will give the salad a fine flavor without really tasting of garlic. A small spoonful of sugar may be sprinkled over the lettuce if liked. Finely shaved onions may also be added.
855. +Lettuce Salad with Mayonaise.+-- Prepare the salad as directed, put it into a salad dish and pour over a mayonaise dressing. Finely shaved onions may be added if liked.
856. +Lettuce Salad with Sweet Egg Sauce.+-- Cut 2 ounces fat pork into very small dice and fry them a light brown; beat 2 or 3 eggs until very light and slowly add the pork, 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls vinegar and 2 tablespoonfuls sugar; mix this well together and pour it over the salad. This recipe will make a sufficient quant.i.ty to dress 3 heads of lettuce. More vinegar diluted with a little water may be added; also more or less sugar.
857. +Lettuce Salad with Syrup Sauce (North German art).+-- Mix 1 tablespoonful flour in a small saucepan with a little cold water until all lumps are dissolved, add 1 cup boiling water and stir and boil for a few minutes; add 1 tablespoonful b.u.t.ter and continue boiling for a few minutes longer; then transfer it to a bowl and set aside; when nearly cold add cup syrup, a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar and 1 tablespoonful sugar; set this sauce on ice or in a cool place for 5 minutes before serving; put the prepared lettuce in a dish and pour the sauce over it; sufficient for 4 large heads of lettuce. Salad prepared in this way is served in North Germany with German pancakes instead of b.u.t.ter. Fat pork cut fine and fried to a crisp may be used.
858. +Lettuce Salad with Cream Sauce (North German art).+-- Prepare the lettuce as directed for 3 or 4 large heads of salad; take 1 pint thick, sour cream and add 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls sugar, a pinch of salt and 1 or 2 tablespoonfuls vinegar; mix this together and pour over the salad; then serve at once.
859. +Lettuce Salad with Cream.+-- Put the prepared lettuce in a dish and pour over some sweet cream to which a little sugar has been added. Some people add a little vinegar and a pinch of salt. Salad prepared with this sauce is often served with large German pancakes.
860. +Beet Salad.+-- Wash and put dozen beets in a saucepan with boiling water and cover and boil them till tender; when done put the beets into cold water, remove the skins and cut them while still warm into thin slices; also cut 1 medium sized onion into thin slices; put the beets and onion in alternate layers into a dish and sprinkle between 1 teaspoonful salt, teaspoonful pepper and 2 teaspoonfuls sugar; pour over an equal quant.i.ty of vinegar and water (enough to nearly cover the beets) and let them stand 1 hour before serving. Omit the onion if its flavor is not liked.
861. +Salad Macedoine.+-- Take equal quant.i.ties of boiled white beans, boiled potatoes, celery roots, beets and string beans (the last 4 boiled in salt water) and cut into fine slices; put into a bowl 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls oil, vinegar and salt, pepper and some sugar; put in all the ingredients, add some finely chopped parsley and chervil and mix the whole together thoroughly; put the salad into a dish and garnish with lettuce leaves. If the vinegar is too sharp dilute it with water.
862. +Salad a la russe.+-- Boil 6 medium sized potatoes with the skins on, 2 beets and 3 celery roots; when cold remove the skins and cut them into small dice; also cut into dice 2 pickles and 1 dozen anchovies or 3 herrings previously soaked in water, freed from skins and bones and cut fine; add to this 2 tablespoonfuls capers, cup grated horseradish and mix the whole with a fine mayonaise; put the salad on ice for 1 hour before serving; when ready to serve put the salad onto a round dish, pile up high in center and garnish with hard boiled eggs; chop fine the yolks and whites separate; also chop beets and green pickles fine, lay them in small cl.u.s.ters all over the salad and garnish the edge with green lettuce leaves or shaved pink and white horseradish. Pink horseradish is made by pouring a little cochineal over it and mixing well.
863. +Cuc.u.mber Salad.+-- Select 3 medium sized cuc.u.mbers with small seeds, pare and cut a small piece from each end and lay the cuc.u.mbers in strongly salted ice water for 1 hour or longer; 10 minutes before serving take them out of water, wipe dry and cut on a board with a sharp knife into fine slices; put them into a salad dish, sprinkle over a little salt and pepper, pour over 2 tablespoonfuls salad oil and mix it with the cuc.u.mbers; then pour over cup white vinegar to which a little water and a pinch of sugar has been added; if onions are liked cut a medium sized one into thin slices and put them between the cuc.u.mbers; some finely chopped parsley may also be added if the flavor is liked.
864. +Salad de laitue romaine.+-- Take several heads of young, green lettuce; do not wash them; put them into a dish, add some coa.r.s.ely cut chervil, tarragon and pimpernel and dress it either with salt, pepper, oil and vinegar or with mayonaise.
865. +Salad of Oyster Plant.+-- Sc.r.a.pe and wash 2 bunches oyster plant and drop as you clean it into cold water to which 1 cup vinegar and 1 tablespoonful flour have been added; put a saucepan over the fire with boiling water, add cup vinegar, tablespoonful flour wet with a little cold water, put in the oyster plant and boil till tender; when done drain in a colander and when cold cut it into lengths 2 inches long; arrange it nicely in a dish and pour a mayonaise over; or dress the oyster plant with oil, vinegar, pepper and salt.
866. +Asparagus Salad.+-- Pare and cut into 2 inch lengths 1 bunch asparagus and boil it in salt water till tender; when done drain in a colander and when cold put the asparagus into a salad bowl; dress it either with mayonaise or pepper, salt, oil and vinegar.
867. +Carrot Salad.+-- Sc.r.a.pe and wash dozen medium sized carrots, put them in a saucepan over the fire with boiling water, add 1 tablespoonful sugar and boil till tender; when done take them out of water and set aside to cool; shortly before serving cut the carrots into fine slices, put them into a salad dish and pour over a mayonaise dressing; or dress the carrots with pepper, salt, oil and vinegar. If very large carrots are used first cut them in quarters and then into slices or dice.
868. +Carrot Salad with Asparagus.+-- Prepare dozen medium sized carrots the same as for Carrot Salad; when cold cut them into dice; boil the heads of 1 bunch asparagus in salt water till done, but not too soft; drain it in a colander and set with the carrots in the ice box for 1 hour; shortly before serving put the carrots and asparagus heads, in alternate layers, into a salad dish, pour over a mayonaise and garnish the dish with hard boiled eggs cut into slices and young lettuce leaves; sprinkle a few capers over the top.
869. +Carrot Salad with Onions.+-- Prepare the carrots the same way as in foregoing recipe; cut 3 or 4 medium sized onions on a board with a sharp knife into slices as thin as wafers, put them in alternate layers with the carrots into a dish and pour over a mayonaise dressing; or dress with oil, vinegar, pepper and salt; add to vinegar a little water and sugar.
870. +Carrot Salad with Peas.+-- Boil the carrots the same as for Carrot Salad and cut them into small dice; put 1 pint fresh green peas in a saucepan, cover with boiling water and add 2 teaspoonfuls sugar.
871. +Celery Root Salad.+-- Boil dozen celery roots; when done take them out of water and when cold pare and cut into quarters; cut each quarter into thin slices, put them into a salad dish and season with salt and pepper; add 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls salad oil and cup vinegar; mix this well together and pour over cup boiling water; or dress the salad with mayonaise and garnish with green lettuce.
872. +White Celery Salad.+-- Take the white part of 1 or 2 bunches of celery and lay it for 1 hour in ice water; shortly before serving cut the celery into small pieces inch in length, put it in a salad dish and pour over a mayonaise dressing; let it stand on ice for 15 minutes before serving. Some people use all of the celery except the leaves, but the salad is finer when made of the white part only.
873. +Cabbage Salad.+-- Remove the outer leaves from a firm head of cabbage, shave it as fine as possible and put in ice water for 1 hour; before serving drain the cabbage in a colander, put it in a salad dish and mix with mayonaise; set it on ice until wanted; or dress the cabbage with oil, pepper, salt and vinegar; add to the latter before pouring it over the cabbage 1 spoonful sugar.
874. +Salad of Red Cabbage.+-- Cut the cabbage as fine as possible, put it in a saucepan, pour over boiling water, cover and boil 3 minutes; drain in a colander and when cold dress it with oil, pepper, salt, a small spoonful sugar and some vinegar; the latter should be diluted with water.
875. +Hot Slaw.+-- Cut a small, firm head of cabbage as fine as possible and put it in a large bowl; place a saucepan with 1 cup vinegar, 1 tablespoonful b.u.t.ter and 1 teaspoonful sugar over the fire and let it come to a boil; then pour it over the cabbage and season with pepper and salt; at the same time put 1 egg with 1 cup milk into another saucepan; beat these 2 ingredients together thoroughly and stir them over the fire till just about to boil; pour it over the cabbage and serve at once. Sweet cream may be used instead of milk.
876. +Radish Salad.+-- Select 3 or 4 bunches nice, sound radishes, trim them neatly and lay for 1 hour in ice water; 10 minutes before serving wipe the radishes dry and cut them into fine slices; also cut 2 medium sized onions into fine slices like wafers; put a layer of radishes into a salad dish, sprinkle over a little salt and white pepper and put over a layer of onions with very little salt and white pepper; continue in this way in alternate layers until all is used; then pour over the whole a mayonaise dressing and garnish with green parsley leaves. The onions may be omitted if their flavor is not liked, but the salad is much finer with them. Instead of mayonaise the salad may be dressed with oil, pepper, salt and vinegar; the latter should be diluted with ? water and a small spoonful sugar added to it before pouring over the salad.
877. +White Bean Salad.+-- Wash and pick over 1 pint dry beans, put them over the fire in a saucepan, cover with cold water, add teaspoonful carbonate of soda and boil 10 minutes; pour the beans into a colander and rinse with cold water; return them to saucepan again, cover with cold water, put a small piece of salt pork into the beans and slowly boil till the beans are tender; remove them from the fire and drain in a colander; when cold put them in a dish and season with pepper and a little salt; add 2 tablespoonfuls oil and 1 cup vinegar mixed with cup water and a small spoonful sugar; shake all well together; add 2 tablespoonfuls finely chopped parsley and, if liked, a finely sliced onion; or dress the beans with mayonaise.
878. +String Bean Salad.+-- Choose 1 quart young string beans, string and cut them into halves and boil in salted water until tender; when done drain them in a colander and when cold mix them with pepper, 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls oil, 1 cup vinegar mixed with a little sugar and water and 1 finely cut onion; set the salad on ice 1 hour before serving. b.u.t.ter bean salad is made the same as String Bean Salad, or dress with mayonaise.
879. +Crab Salad.+-- Take 1 pint crab meat, sprinkle the juice of 1 lemon and 2 tablespoonfuls oil over it, mix well and set aside; shortly before serving put the crab meat on a salad dish with hard boiled eggs cut into small pieces; have some lettuce laying in ice water, drain it in a colander, shake dry in a napkin, cut through with a knife once or twice, mix some with the crab meat and use some for garnishing the dish; pour over the whole a mayonaise dressing the same as for Lobster Salad and serve.
880. +Pike Salad.+-- Take a large sized fish, clean, wash, dry and cut it into 4 pieces; put it in salted boiling water and vinegar and add some onions and 1 bouquet; bring it to a boil quickly; then set the kettle aside and let it simmer till the fish is done; as soon as the fish is tender take it out and when cold remove skin and bones; cut each piece into 9 small pieces, lay them in a dish and pour over some sweet salad oil, tarragon, vinegar and sprinkle over a little salt and pepper; after the fish has laid 2 hours pour into a salad dish some mayonaise, lay in some fish pieces and pour over mayonaise; lay in the rest of fish and pour over the remaining mayonaise; garnish the dish with aspic or green lettuce and hard boiled eggs.
881. +Tomato and Potato Salad.+-- Boil 6 large potatoes with the skins on; when cold pare off the skins and cut the potatoes into quarters; then cut each quarter into fine slices; lay 4 large, ripe tomatoes for hour on ice; then cut them into small slices; cut 2 onions into fine slices, put them in alternate layers with the potatoes and tomatoes into a salad dish and sprinkle over each layer some pepper, salt and tablespoonful oil; mix cup vinegar with 1 tablespoonful sugar and cup cold water, pour it over the salad and let it stand 15 minutes; then serve. The onions may be omitted and green peppers used instead of them.
882. +Tomato Salad with Lettuce.+-- Lay 4 medium sized sound tomatoes for hour on ice or in ice water; also the leaves of 2 large heads of lettuce; 10 minutes before serving wipe the tomatoes dry and cut them on a board with a very sharp knife into thin slices; shake the salad in a napkin; put into a salad dish first a layer of lettuce leaves and then a layer of tomatoes; continue in this way in alternate layers until all is used; pour over a mayonaise dressing and serve. 2 hard boiled eggs chopped fine may be sprinkled over the top.
883. +Tomato Salad.+-- Lay dozen sound, ripe tomatoes for 1 hours on ice or in ice water; shortly before serving wipe the tomatoes dry and cut them on a board with a sharp knife into thin slices; also cut 2 medium sized onions into fine slices; put them in alternate layers with the tomatoes into a salad dish and sprinkle over each layer teaspoonful salt, teaspoonful sugar and half that quant.i.ty of white pepper; mix cup vinegar with cup water, pour it over the whole and serve at once. 2 tablespoonfuls oil may be added to the salad if liked, but many people object to it on tomato salad.
884. +Tomato Salad with Mayonaise.+-- Lay 8 or 10 sound, ripe tomatoes for 1 hours on top of ice; shortly before serving wipe the tomatoes dry and cut them on a board with a sharp knife into fine slices; put them into a salad dish, pour over a mayonaise dressing and sprinkle over the top 2 tablespoonfuls capers; serve as soon as made.
885. +Tomato and Cuc.u.mber Salad.+-- Prepare the cuc.u.mbers the same as for Cuc.u.mber Salad, put them in alternate layers with the sliced tomatoes into a salad dish and dress with mayonaise.