VARIATION I. — Chop fine equal parts of celery and pecans,
English walnuts or hickory nuts, moisten with salad dressing. Se-
lect tomatoes of uniform size, not too ripe, peel, scoop out thie
center, dust with salt, fill with the nut salad, put a teaspoon of
salad on top of each one, and a walnut on the top of that. Serve
on lettuce, leaf. — Mrs. Conklin, 914 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111.
NUT AND CELERY SALAD.— Cut 2 cups of celery in line
shreds in water. Drain and dry, add ly^ cups of hickory-nut meats✪ Nut and Celery Salad,
broken fine, but not chopped. Serve with French dressing and
garnish with watercress. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Winnetka, 111.
NUT SALAD.— Break 1 lb. of English walnut meats in halves,
pour over them boiling water and let stand 5 minutes. Remove
skins, dry, and let get cold. Arrange the nuts on h»ad lettuce, and
serve with either French or mayonnaise dressing. — Eloise Jen-
nings, Winnetka, 111.
OLIVE SALAD. — Pound 2 anchovies or 1 teaspoon of anchovy
paste and add them to French dressing. Stone and chop 24 olives
rather fine. Cut a beet and boiled potato into dice. Chop 1 small
gherkin. Line a salad bowl with the lettuce leaves; sprinkle over
the gherkin or cucumber, then the olives, then the beet and potato;
dust with a level teaspoon of salt, a saltspoon of paprika, a salt-
spoon of white pepper. Chop 2 hard-boiled eggs very fine, and
put them over the top of the salad; sprinkle lightly with 4 table-
spoons of sherry, pour over the French dressing, toss and serve. —
Mrs. Robert Appleton, 1128 Centre Ave., Wilmette, 111.
ORANGE SALAD. — Peel and cut 4 oranges into small pieces,
cover with mayonnaise dressing, and serve on lettuce leaf. This is
sufficient for 6 plates. Served* with roast turkey, chicken, etc. — •
Ellen Johnson, 6637 Carpenter St., Chicago, 111.
VARIATION I. — Pare 4 sweet oranges and strip off all the
white skin. Cut into small cubes. Scald a cup of English wal-
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nuts; strip oflF the bitter skin and let them get cold. Skin and seed
5^ a cup of Malaga grapes. Mix all these together and lay upon
lettuce hearts. Cover with a good French dressing. Set on the
ice until it is chilled through before adding the dressing. This, too,
should be ice cold and added just before serving. Use a "sweet
dressing" sugar to tase and a glass of sherry. — Mrs. Robert Ran-
dall, 908 S. 8th Ave., Maywood, 111.
VARIATION II. — Divide an orange and 2 tangerines into
their natural sections, removing seeds and membranes. Mix with
2 sliced bananas, a shredded pineapple, 2 dozen peeled and seeded
Malaga grapes, and 2 dozen broken English walnut meats. Ar-
range on lettuce and pour over mayonnaise dressing, made without
mustard, adding a little whipped cream, if desired. Serve ice cold.
— Mrs. John Ward, 6639 Union Ave., Chicago. Til.
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VARIATION I. — Chop fine equal parts of celery and pecans,
English walnuts or hickory nuts, moisten with salad dressing. Se-
lect tomatoes of uniform size, not too ripe, peel, scoop out thie
center, dust with salt, fill with the nut salad, put a teaspoon of
salad on top of each one, and a walnut on the top of that. Serve
on lettuce, leaf. — Mrs. Conklin, 914 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111.
NUT AND CELERY SALAD.— Cut 2 cups of celery in line
shreds in water. Drain and dry, add ly^ cups of hickory-nut meats,
broken fine, but not chopped. Serve with French dressing and
garnish with watercress. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Winnetka, 111.
NUT SALAD.— Break 1 lb. of English walnut meats in halves,
pour over them boiling water and let stand 5 minutes. Remove
skins, dry, and let get cold. Arrange the nuts on h»ad lettuce, and
serve with either French or mayonnaise dressing. — Eloise Jen-
nings, Winnetka, 111.
OLIVE SALAD. — Pound 2 anchovies or 1 teaspoon of anchovy
paste and add them to French dressing. Stone and chop 24 olives
rather fine. Cut a beet and boiled potato into dice. Chop 1 small
gherkin. Line a salad bowl with the lettuce leaves; sprinkle over
the gherkin or cucumber, then the olives, then the beet and potato;
dust with a level teaspoon of salt, a saltspoon of paprika, a salt-
spoon of white pepper. Chop 2 hard-boiled eggs very fine, and
put them over the top of the salad; sprinkle lightly with 4 table-
spoons of sherry, pour over the French dressing, toss and serve. —
Mrs. Robert Appleton, 1128 Centre Ave., Wilmette, 111.
ORANGE SALAD. — Peel and cut 4 oranges into small pieces,
cover with mayonnaise dressing, and serve on lettuce leaf. This is
sufficient for 6 plates. Served* with roast turkey, chicken, etc. — •
Ellen Johnson, 6637 Carpenter St., Chicago, 111.
VARIATION I. — Pare 4 sweet oranges and strip off all the
white skin. Cut into small cubes. Scald a cup of English wal-
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nuts; strip oflF the bitter skin and let them get cold. Skin and seed
5^ a cup of Malaga grapes. Mix all these together and lay upon
lettuce hearts. Cover with a good French dressing. Set on the
ice until it is chilled through before adding the dressing. This, too,
should be ice cold and added just before serving. Use a "sweet
dressing" sugar to tase and a glass of sherry. — Mrs. Robert Ran-
dall, 908 S. 8th Ave., Maywood, 111.
VARIATION II. — Divide an orange and 2 tangerines into
their natural sections, removing seeds and membranes. Mix with
2 sliced bananas, a shredded pineapple, 2 dozen peeled and seeded
Malaga grapes, and 2 dozen broken English walnut meats. Ar-
range on lettuce and pour over mayonnaise dressing, made without
mustard, adding a little whipped cream, if desired. Serve ice cold.
— Mrs. John Ward, 6639 Union Ave., Chicago. Til.