Salad Making

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 40, 17 February 1938, Page 11

Salad Making

Do not cut your lettuces—tear them apart with the fingers. Cut your cucumber from tho end farthest from the stalk. If you v have a piece of cucumber you want to keep fresh, put the stalk end in a mug or jug of water. When making cucumber sandwiches; don’t salt the cucumber as it hardens it and makes it tough to eat. Instead, salt the butter you spread. To keep a lettuce fresh, wrap it in newspaper and keep it on cold bricks. A rub with an onion or garlic round the salad bowl before putting in the salad gives a tang which even those who do not care for onions usually like, and it has the advantage of leaving no smell to the breath. Do not add dressing to the salad you serve, but leach individual add his or her own. Some feel their salads spoiled when it is mixed together.A little finely chopped parsley or mint—for those who like these—makes a nice addition to a salad.

Do not be afraid to “try out’’ white and shelled fish salads, various meats

(even dry minced), cold vegetables-, etc. Good condensed milk makes a nice creamy addition to the dressing if used undiluted. Keep your salad stuffs fresh and crisp, and do not make up too long before needed.