risco, add mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, yolks
of eggs well beaten, and lemon juice. Cook in double boiler till
it thickens, then add whites of eggs stiffly beaten. Chill and add
whipped cream just before serving. Dressing should be mixed with
fruit.
Asparagus Salad
For Dressing
6 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
1 teaspoonful salt
1/4 teaspoonful paprika
Pinch black pepper
1 tablespoonful tarragon vinegar
2 tablespoonfuls cider vinegar
1 tablespoonful chopped cucumber pickles
1 tablespoonful chopped green peppers
1 teaspoonful chopped parsley
1 teaspoonful chopped chives
1 can asparagus or fresh cooked asparagus
Drain asparagus and chill. Mix salt with paprika, add pepper, tarragon
vinegar, cider vinegar, Crisco, pickles, peppers, parsley, and chives,
mix well and pour over the asparagus.
Celery and Almond Salad
1 cupful melted Crisco
1 yolk of egg
1 tablespoonful lemon juice
1 tablespoonful vinegar
1 head celery
1/2 cupful blanched almonds
1 crisp lettuce
Few drops green color
1/2 teaspoonful sugar
1 teaspoonful salt
1/2 teaspoonful mustard
Red pepper to taste
Melt and cool Crisco. Prepare celery and cut into very thin strips and
plunge in ice water until wanted. Blanch and shred almonds; wash and
dry lettuce leaves. Put yolk of egg into bowl, add mustard, salt,
and red pepper and mix well with wooden spoon. Add sugar, teaspoonful
lemon juice, teaspoonful vinegar; beat in Crisco gradually. Remove
spoon and beat with egg beater five minutes, then beat in rest of
lemon juice and vinegar. Add more seasonings if needed and enough
green color to make it look pretty. Dry celery and mix with almonds,
then toss them into dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Fruit Salad
Dressing
1 tablespoonful Crisco
Pinch of salt
2 tablespoonfuls sugar
2 tablespoonfuls vinegar
2 eggs
1/2 pint whipped cream
Salad
24 marshmallows
1 can pineapple
2 juicy apples
6 oranges
Lettuce leaves
_For salad._ Cut fruit and marshmallows into small pieces, then mix
and chill.
_For dressing._ Beat up eggs in double boiler, add vinegar, sugar,
salt, Crisco and cook until thick. Cool and add whipped cream. Mix
with fruit and serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
Orange and Tomato Salad
3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
4 tomatoes
4 oranges
1 tablespoonful chopped parsley
Tarragon vinegar
Salt
Peel oranges and
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