1/2 cup oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
Mix dressing thoroughly and pour over the vegetables. If vegetables are kept in different bowls instead of mixed together, the flavor of the salad is improved. Any vegetable may be used in this way. Let stand 30 minutes. When ready to serve, place each portion in a nest made of two lettuce leaves or other salad, green. If desired, cooked dressing may be mixed with the vegetable in place of French dressing, or may be served with it.
EGYPTIAN SALAD
1 cup left-over baked beans, cooked dried peas, or beans or lentils, or cooked rice, rice.
1 cup chopped celery 3 tablespoons chopped pepper 3 tablespoons chopped pickle 1 cup cooked salad dressing
Mix ingredients thoroughly and let stand 30 minutes to blend flavor thoroughly.
CABBAGE, PEANUT AND APPLE SALAD
2 cups chopped cabbage 1 cup peanuts 1 cup chopped apples 1 cup salad dressing
Mix ingredients and serve with French dressing. This salad looks very appetizing when served in cups made of hollowed out red apples, the pulp removed being used in the salad.
CHEESE SALAD
1 cup American or cream cheese 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/3 cup oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 2 tablespoons chopped olives 3 tablespoons chopped nuts
Blend all ingredients thoroughly. Shape as desired and chill. Serve with French dressing. (If American cheese is used, grate or cut fine.)
FRUIT SALAD
Left-over small portions of fruits may be blended in almost any combination to form a salad. Plain French dressing or French dressing made with fruit juice in place of vinegar, or cooked dressing or mayonnaise may be combined with the fruit. Bananas combine well with any other fruit and, being the least expensive fruit, may be used as the basis of fruit salads.
MANDALAY SALAD
1 cup cooked peas or carrots 1 cup cooked cold rice
Mix with dressing made of
1/3 cup oil 1 tablespoon vinegar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
Mix all ingredients; serve cold, either plain, on lettuce leaves, or in nests made of cabbage or celery.
POTATO SALAD
2 cups potatoes from fresh-cooked, or left-over baked, boiled or mashed potatoes.
1/4 cup chopped parsley 1 teaspoon onion juice 1 cup cooked salad dressing 3 tablespoons chopped green pepper may be added if desired.
If mixed while cooked dressing is hot, then chilled, the flavor is much improved.
Left-over mashed potatoes may be combined with cooked corn and green pepper for a delicious salad.
MEAT OR FISH SALAD
1 cup left-over meat or fish 3 tablespoons chopped pickle 1/2 cup chopped celery 1 cup cooked salad dressing
Mix ingredients thoroughly and serve. If one-quarter cup of French dressing is mixed with meat or fish, 30 minutes before adding other ingredients, the flavor is much improved.
CAULIFLOWER SALAD
1 cup cooked cauliflower 1 cup cooked salad dressing 3 tablespoons chopped pickle 1 tablespoon chopped pimento 1 tablespoon vinegar
Blend ingredients thoroughly and serve. Cauliflower which has been creamed or scalloped may be used, if sauce is carefully rinsed from the vegetable.
CARROT SALAD
Grind raw carrot in food chopper. Make French dressing with chicken fat instead of oil. Mix ingredients and serve.
1 cup raw carrots 1/2 cup oil (preferably oil from chicken fat) 1 tablespoon vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon parsley 1/8 teaspoon paprika
HINDU SALAD
2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1/8 teaspoon cayenne 2 tablespoons granulated gelatine, plus 2 tablespoons cold water 1 teaspoon mustard 1 teaspoon curry powder 3 tablespoons melted fat 1 cup milk 1/3 cup vinegar 2 cups cooked rice 2 tablespoons chopped olives
Mix dry ingredients, add egg and blend thoroughly. Add melted fat, milk and vinegar. Cook over hot water until thick as custard. Soften gelatine in cold water. Add to the hot dressing. When dissolved add rice and olives, place in mold and chill. Serve plain or with 1/2 cup French dressing.
THE USE OF STALE BREAD, CAKE, AND LEFTOVER CEREAL
DATE CRUMB PUDDING
1 cup dried crumbs 1 pint hot milk
Let stand until milk is absorbed, then add
1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup mola.s.ses 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup dates, cut small 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon mixed cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger
Mix ingredients. Bake 40 minutes in moderately hot oven. This pudding is so well flavored that it does not really require a sauce, but if one is desired the mola.s.ses sauce on page *86, or the hard or lemon sauce on page *87 will be found to suit.
FIG PUDDING