Cook all but cream 10 minutes. Rub through sieve. Freeze to
mush, add cream. Pack in salt and ice or in drawer of mechanical
refrigerator and leave 1144 hours. Serve on lettuce with Mayon-
naise.*
SALADS WITH FISH, MEAT, OR EGGS
CHICKEN SALAD
2 cups cooked chicken 34 cup Chicken Salad Dressing
(boiled fowl, preferably) (p. 494), Mayonnaise,*
Lettuce✪ Chicken Salad or Cream Mayonnaise (p. 491)
Remove skin and fat from meat and cut in cubes or strips. Use
mostly white meat. Mix with dressing and arrange on lettuce
in salad bowl. Garnish with celery tips and capers, if desired.
Chicken and Celery Salad. Use half diced celery.
Chicken and Cucumber Salad. Combine 1 cup chicken,
1 cucumber, pared and cubed, 1 cup chopped nut meats, and 1 cup
small cooked or canned peas. ;
Chicken Salad with Toasted Walnuts. Marinate 114 cups
chicken, 44 cup toasted walnut meats broken in pieces, and 34 cup
celery, cut in small pieces. Arrange on lettuce and mask with
Ravigdte Mayonnaise (p. 491).
INDIVIDUAL CHICKEN SALADS IN ASPIC
Set individual molds in ice water. Put in thin layer of Aspic
Jelly mixture (p. 425). When firm, decorate with yolks and whites
of hard-cooked eggs, cooked as for Harlequin Slices (p. 136), and
truffles cut in fancy shapes, or blanched and halved pistachio nuts.
Cover carefully with aspic. Moisten finely chopped, cooked fowl
* French Dressing, p. 486. Mayonnaise, p. 490.
SALADS D209
with Mayonnaise,* shape in balls, put ball in each mold, and add
aspic to fill. Chill thoroughly. Arrange on lettuce and serve with
Mayonnaise.
CHICKEN AND ARTICHOKE SALAD
14 cup cooked chicken, sliced and 2 tablespoons truffle, cut in
cut in tiny squares small pieces
Chutney Mayonnaise (p. 491) Y% cup cold, boiled potatoes, cut
4 cup artichoke bottoms, cut like like chicken
chicken Cucumber Cups (p. 507)
Lettuce
Mix chicken, potatoes, artichokes, and truffle with Mayonnaise.
Serve in cucumber cups on lettuce.
CHICKEN SALAD WITH CHESTNUTS
1 cup cooked chicken, diced 1 red pepper (seeds removed)
1 cup boiled French chestnuts (p. 458) or 1 pimiento, finely
1 cup celery, cut in small pieces chopped
Mayonnaise *
Marinate chicken and chestnuts. Add celery and pepper and
mix with Mayonnaise.
CRAB MEAT SALAD
1 cup flaked crab meat Mayonnaise *
28 cup celery, cut in small pieces Lettuce✪ Crab Meat Salad
Moisten crab meat and celery with Mayonnaise. Arrange on
lettuce and garnish.
Crab Meat and Tomato Salad. Add 6 small tomatoes,
peeled, chilled, and quartered.
STUFFED EGG SALAD
Cut hard-cooked eggs in halves, lengthwise. Remove yolks,
mash, and season with French Dressing,* Mayonnaise,* or cooked
dressing. Refill whites, using spoon, or force through pastry bag
and tube into whites. Serve on lettuce with dressing.
Stuffed Egg and Chicken Salad. Add to yolks, equal amount
of finely chopped cooked chicken. Add salad dressing.
* French Dressing, p. 486. Mayonnaise, p. 490.
526 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK
PIQUANT EGG SALAD
3 hard-cooked eggs 6 thick slices tomato
Cream Dressing (p. 494) Lettuce
1g cup cucumber cubes Watercress
2 tablespoons chopped sweet Pickle cut in diamond shape for
cucumber pickles garnishing
Cut eggs in half, crosswise. Remove yolks, cut thin slice from
each end of whites to make cup that will stand upright. Mash
yolks, moisten with dressing. Mix cucumber and pickles with
dressing and fill cups. Garnish with yolk mixture forced through
pastry bag and rose tube. Arrange tomato slices on lettuce and
place egg cup on each. Garnish with watercress and pickle.
HERRING SALAD
1 cup cooked salt herring, flaked 14 cup heavy cream, beaten
1 cup cold, boiled potato, cubed until stiff
14 cup finely chopped whites 2 tablespoons Pimiento
of hard-cooked eggs Purée (p. 191)
French Dressing * 1 cup Mayonnaise *
Lettuce
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Cook all but cream 10 minutes. Rub through sieve. Freeze to
mush, add cream. Pack in salt and ice or in drawer of mechanical
refrigerator and leave 1144 hours. Serve on lettuce with Mayon-
naise.*
SALADS WITH FISH, MEAT, OR EGGS
CHICKEN SALAD
2 cups cooked chicken 34 cup Chicken Salad Dressing
(boiled fowl, preferably) (p. 494), Mayonnaise,*
Lettuce or Cream Mayonnaise (p. 491)
Remove skin and fat from meat and cut in cubes or strips. Use
mostly white meat. Mix with dressing and arrange on lettuce
in salad bowl. Garnish with celery tips and capers, if desired.
Chicken and Celery Salad. Use half diced celery.
Chicken and Cucumber Salad. Combine 1 cup chicken,
1 cucumber, pared and cubed, 1 cup chopped nut meats, and 1 cup
small cooked or canned peas. ;
Chicken Salad with Toasted Walnuts. Marinate 114 cups
chicken, 44 cup toasted walnut meats broken in pieces, and 34 cup
celery, cut in small pieces. Arrange on lettuce and mask with
Ravigdte Mayonnaise (p. 491).
INDIVIDUAL CHICKEN SALADS IN ASPIC
Set individual molds in ice water. Put in thin layer of Aspic
Jelly mixture (p. 425). When firm, decorate with yolks and whites
of hard-cooked eggs, cooked as for Harlequin Slices (p. 136), and
truffles cut in fancy shapes, or blanched and halved pistachio nuts.
Cover carefully with aspic. Moisten finely chopped, cooked fowl
* French Dressing, p. 486. Mayonnaise, p. 490.
SALADS D209
with Mayonnaise,* shape in balls, put ball in each mold, and add
aspic to fill. Chill thoroughly. Arrange on lettuce and serve with
Mayonnaise.
CHICKEN AND ARTICHOKE SALAD
14 cup cooked chicken, sliced and 2 tablespoons truffle, cut in
cut in tiny squares small pieces
Chutney Mayonnaise (p. 491) Y% cup cold, boiled potatoes, cut
4 cup artichoke bottoms, cut like like chicken
chicken Cucumber Cups (p. 507)
Lettuce
Mix chicken, potatoes, artichokes, and truffle with Mayonnaise.
Serve in cucumber cups on lettuce.
CHICKEN SALAD WITH CHESTNUTS
1 cup cooked chicken, diced 1 red pepper (seeds removed)
1 cup boiled French chestnuts (p. 458) or 1 pimiento, finely
1 cup celery, cut in small pieces chopped
Mayonnaise *
Marinate chicken and chestnuts. Add celery and pepper and
mix with Mayonnaise.
CRAB MEAT SALAD
1 cup flaked crab meat Mayonnaise *
28 cup celery, cut in small pieces Lettuce
Moisten crab meat and celery with Mayonnaise. Arrange on
lettuce and garnish.
Crab Meat and Tomato Salad. Add 6 small tomatoes,
peeled, chilled, and quartered.
STUFFED EGG SALAD
Cut hard-cooked eggs in halves, lengthwise. Remove yolks,
mash, and season with French Dressing,* Mayonnaise,* or cooked
dressing. Refill whites, using spoon, or force through pastry bag
and tube into whites. Serve on lettuce with dressing.
Stuffed Egg and Chicken Salad. Add to yolks, equal amount
of finely chopped cooked chicken. Add salad dressing.
* French Dressing, p. 486. Mayonnaise, p. 490.
526 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK
PIQUANT EGG SALAD
3 hard-cooked eggs 6 thick slices tomato
Cream Dressing (p. 494) Lettuce
1g cup cucumber cubes Watercress
2 tablespoons chopped sweet Pickle cut in diamond shape for
cucumber pickles garnishing
Cut eggs in half, crosswise. Remove yolks, cut thin slice from
each end of whites to make cup that will stand upright. Mash
yolks, moisten with dressing. Mix cucumber and pickles with
dressing and fill cups. Garnish with yolk mixture forced through
pastry bag and rose tube. Arrange tomato slices on lettuce and
place egg cup on each. Garnish with watercress and pickle.
HERRING SALAD
1 cup cooked salt herring, flaked 14 cup heavy cream, beaten
1 cup cold, boiled potato, cubed until stiff
14 cup finely chopped whites 2 tablespoons Pimiento
of hard-cooked eggs Purée (p. 191)
French Dressing * 1 cup Mayonnaise *
Lettuce