VINTAGE COOKING: Ninety-Nine Salads (Pub. 1899) Excerpt #15

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Cabbage Salad

Cabbage, hard-boiled eggs, parsley, olives, salad dressing.

Shred the cabbage; place in a sauce pan and pour boiling water over it, and add a little salt.  Let it stand for half an hour; wash in cold water and dry thoroughly; place in a salad bowl and garnish with hard-boiled eggs, parsley and olives.  Serve with plain salad dressing.

 

Sweet Potato Salad

3 large sweet potatoes, 2 stalks of celery, French dressing, olives, parsley.

Boil the potatoes; cut into squares; add the celery, cut small.  Pour over French dressing.  Garnish with olives and parsley.

 

Cheese Salad

3 hard-boiled eggs, 1 1/2 cups grated cheese, 1 teaspoon mustard, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons salad oil, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1 cup chicken cut into dice.

Rub the yolks of the eggs until a smooth paste is formed.  Add gradually the oil, stirring all the while with a fork; then add all the seasoning and the vinegar.  Mix the cheese and chicken lightly with this dressing, and heap the mixture on a salad dish.  Garnish with the whites of the eggs, cut in circles, and with a few white celery leaves or some sprigs of parsley.  Serve with crackers.

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