OCR Text |
Show EGG SALAD WILL MEET ALL EMERGENCIES Egg Salad Serves Many Knotty Problems. (Prepared by tlio United States Dopartmont of Agriculture.) "What shall we have for refreshments?" refresh-ments?" After the usual debate has taken place, whether the occasion Is a luncheon, a card party, or a Sunday Sun-day supper, some one generally solves the knotty problem by suggesting. "Why not have egg salad?" Of course, in the ' springtime, when eggs are abundant and gay colorings are In favor at mealtime, egg salad Is the very thing. . Without concerning oneself one-self entirely with the fact that any eggs oh the menu add to the day's' supply of Iron, phosphorous aua vlta-inlnes, vlta-inlnes, we all know that a hard-cooked salad. Is hearty enough for a main dish at luncheon or supper and attractive at-tractive enough to appear before any company. Then, too, almost everybody Is sure to like it An egg salad is particularly particu-larly good as basis for a juvenile menu. The business woman who wants to entertain in the evening and serve refreshments, can hard-cook her eggs in the morning without In- 1 terruptlng her preparations for leaving leav-ing the house early, and If she keeps mayonnaise and lettuce on hand her salad materials are ready to assemble quickly. The photograph from the bureau of home economics shows one of the simplest und most effective ways of arranging egg salad on Individual plates. Each hard-cooked egg Is cut Into eIx lengthwise sections, which are set In a circle, giving the effect of a daisy when the yellow mayonnaise mayon-naise Is put In the center. Sometimes Some-times people like to cut the eggs In half lengthwise, take out ,the yolks and "devil" them by mixing them with seasonings to taste mustard, cayenne, or tabasco, salt, vinegar, and some of the mayonnaise. Then, the mixture Is neatly packed Into the whites and served on lettuce with dressing. To accompany an egg salad, cheese crackers or cheese biscuits are excellent, excel-lent, or saltlnes or simple sandwiches may be served. |