Essentials For Good Salads

1. All material for the salad should be thoroughly dried and thoroughly-chilled. The greens in it must be crisp.

2. The dressings should be neither oily nor acid, but carefully proportioned and blended.

Dressings For Salads. Cooked Salad Dressing

1-3 Cups each Vinegar, Water, and Milk 1 Teaspoon each Sugar, Mustard and Salt.

1 Tablespoon each Butter and Cornstarch Yolk 1 Egg.

A Little Cayenne.

Heat milk and water boiling hot. Mix salt, sugar, cornstarch, and mustard. Add to milk and when it boils add vinegar.

When boiling add yolk of egg and stir a moment. Add butter and use hot for potato salad, and cold for other sorts.

French Dressing

1/2 Teaspoon Salt 1/4 Teaspoon Pepper.

2 Tablespoons Vinegar 4 Tablespoons Salad Oil.

French dressing is chiefly used for uncooked vegetables and for marinating cooked salad materials.

Mix ingredients and stir until well blended.

Variations Of French Dressing

French dressing with the addition of any of the following:

Horseradish.

Pimento.

Chives.

Beets, Finely Chopped.

Parsley.

Whipped Cream.

Fruit Juice in Place of Vinegar.

Raspberry, Vinegar, or Tarragon, used in Place of Cider Vinegar Roquefort Cheese Chili Sauce.

Hard-cooked Egg, Minced Green Pepper Celery, Finely Chopped Hazel Nuts Pecans.

English Walnuts Water Cress Pepper Grass.

Lettuce when washed, drained and chilled is delicious when served with French dressing, or any of the above variations of French dressing.

Mayonnaise Dressing

1 Egg Yolk.

1 Teaspoon Sugar 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 1/4 Teaspoon Mustard 1/8 Teaspoon Paprika 1 1/2 Tablespoon Lemon Juice 3/4 Cup Salad Oil.

Beat yolk of egg. Add dry ingredients and blend. Add acid and beat thoroughly. Add oil gradually, about one-fourth teaspoon at a time until two tablespoons are used, then add oil more rapidly and continue beating until the dressing is thick and creamy.

Variations Of Mayonnaise Dressing

Mayonnaise dressing with the addition of any of the following:

Beaten White of Egg.

Fruit Juice in Place of Vinegar.

Green Pepper, Chopped Olives.

Raspberry Vinegar.

Whipped Cream.

Chili Sauce.

Pimento Minced (Puree).

Chives.

Tabasco Sauce.

Sardines Reduced to a Paste.