Show Household flou behold news Neui ave spring salads for spring tonics time was when we needed sulphur and molasses or its equivalent as a spring tonic to repair the damages of a winter diet which was quite likely to be lacking in fresh fruit and vegetables nowadays spring tonics are unnecessary nuisances for most of us because even through the long winter months a plentiful supply of fruits and vegetables is available but somehow this season creates an appetite for something right out of the garden and its now that we find salads of fresh fruits and vegetables as refreshing fre freshing shine as the first spring breeze serving a salad is such a simple means of making sure that the days quota of fresh vegetables or fruits is included in the diet salads look so cool and inviting and properly prepared they do such a lot toward perking up ones appetite but they must be inviting to look at cool and crisp and well seasoned wash salad greens carefully then soak in cold water to make them very crisp remove all brown or wilted spots dry carefully on a towel or place cleaned salad greens in a clean sugar sack and shake or twirl vigorously to remove the drops of moisture that cling to the greens chill thoroughly simple salads in general are the smartest and if to serve their purpose as spring tonics the best salads which are too rich too elaborately garnished or decked out with whipped cream defeat their own purpose and I 1 have a feeling that its one reason most men dislike salads because too often had served to them in the name of salad some queer sticky concoction with so many ingredients so badly mangled and so much garnish that theres scarcely a salad green to be seen when youre planning your spring tonic salads dont overlook the raw vegetables shreds of pared raw beets slivers of carrot and the tender young leaves of spinach raw cauliflower broken into flower ettes is an excellent addition to a vegetable salad and dont forget that just a suspicion of garlic in a vegetable salad is as important as the dress dressing minced green onion tops or chives wil dserve as a substitute it if your family approve of garlic orange veal almond salad serves 68 6 8 novel but good is this orange veal almond salad the orange blends with and brings out the flavors of the other bother ingredients this is an especially excellent buffet salad 2 cups orange halt half slices 2 cups cooked veal diced dicea 2 cups celery diced dicea az cup lemon trench french dressing lettuce watercress 3 cup toasted almonds blend orange veal celery and french dressing put in salad bowl lined with lettuce and watercress top with the toasted almonds chicken may be substituted for veal pinwheel salad take halves of grapefruit and remove every other grapefruit segment leaving niem brane intact prepare e cherry erry flavored gelatin and fill empty grapefruit sections with gelatin when gelatin has stiffened arrange each grapefruit grape truit halt half on bed of lettuce place mayonnaise in center of grapefruit and top with chopped green maraschino cherries may alay basket salad take the desired number of firm uniform tomatoes cut out stems and hollow out the center slightly slice rings of green pepper about 14 inch thick cut in half and fasten on toc AN mato with tooth picks to form handle of 0 basket place hearts of lettuce and radish roses using toothpicks f for 0 r stems in the basket place basket on lettuce leaves garnish with mayonnaise gardeners salad serves 8 10 1 sliver isliker of peeled garlic 1 head ahead crisp lettuce shredded 4 tomatoes peeled and cut in wedges 1 cucumber peeled and sliced 3 young onions sliced thin 4 radishes sliced thin 1 green pepper cut in rings 2 carrots slivered 6 slices bacon fried crisp and crumpled scup 1 cup trench french dressing be sure the vegetables are washed wiped dry and very c cold id before and crisp before starting to mix the salad sprinkle the inside of a large salad bowl with salt with a fork rub the garlic well in the salt remove garlic put in the shredded lettuce the vegetables and bacon then the french dressing mix well so that all the ingredients are completely coated with dressing serve immediately dia tely would you like to please father if you want to please father serve him the foods he really likes simple green salads beef roast with rich brown gravy and the plain family style desserts his mother used to make fin find d plenty of practical recipes and menus menu s for men in eleanor howes cook book feeding father send 10 cents in coin to feeding father care eleanor howe north michigan avenue chicago illinois and get a copy oj of feeding father for your kitchen library released by western newspaper union |