Foods and home making

How are some gelatin salads prepared ? A salad containing uncooked carrots, canned pineapple, lemon juice, and lettuce has so many virtues that they may be listed. 1. The salad tastes very good. 2. It looks unusually inviting. (The colorful carrot and lettuce help to make it good-looking.) 3. It is very rich in vitamins and other nourishing substances. Let us see what a wealth of vitamins it contains : Vitamins A B C G (Seep. 600 ' Carrots, young, uncooked + + + + + + + + + Pineapple, canned . . . + + + + + + * Lemon juice + + + + + + + + Lettuce + to + + + + + + + + + You surely will want your family to have this excellent salad. Let us learn how to make it. The basis for this salad is lemon jelly. A recipe for this is on page 439. Grated raw carrot and shredded pineapple arp added to the jelly. When any solid material is added to a plain gelatin mixture , it should not he added while the gelatin mixture is hot. The latter shoidd be allowed partly to cool. Then the solid material may he added. If the jelly is put in a cold place at once, the solid material will not settle to the bottom. It will be uniformly mixed through the gelatin. Salads and Desserts for Dinner 44 1 PINEAPPLE-CARROT SALAD 1 cup shredded canned pineapple f cup grated raw carrot 1 recipe lemon jelly (see page 439) Lettuce Carefully drain the sirup from the can of pineapple. Put the siru) in a measuring cup. Add water to make i-| cups — the amount of boil- ing water used in the lemon-jelly recipe. Use this mixture of pineapple sirup and water instead of plain water in making the jelly. After preparing the jelly set it aside to cool. When it is cool and is slightly stiff, add the shredded pineapple and grated carrot. Stir. Pour into jelly molds. Put in a refrigerator or other cold place to chill and stiffen. When ready to serve, unmold and place on a bed of crisp and dry lettuce leaves. Serve with mayonnaise (page 291) or cooked dressing (page 292). Yield: 8 servings. TOMATO-JELLY SALAD 2 cups canned tomatoes 1 slice onion 1 clove 2 pepper corns 2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons sugar \ teaspoon paprika tablespoons gelatin £ cup cold water 1§ cups celery, cut in small pieces Lettuce Put the tomatoes, onion, spices, and salt in a saucepan. Cover ; let the mixture boil gently for 15 minutes. Add the sugar and paprika. Remove from the flame. Mix the gelatin with the cold water. Add this mixture to the hot tomatoes. Stir until the gelatin is dissolved. Press the mixture through a wire strainer. The tomato pulp should be pressed through the strainer. Set the gelatin mixture aside until it is cooled and is slightly stiffened. Add the celery. Pour into molds and set aside to stiffen. Serve on a bed of lettuce. The salad may be garnished with stuffed olives. Serve with salad dressing. Yield : 6 servings. Why is a gelatin dessert suitable for dinner ? At the close of an elaborate dinner, a light dessert, i.e., one not too rich in either fat or sugar, is desirable. Suet puddings, pie, and some kinds of cake make better desserts for a light meal than for a heavy one. Gelatin desserts often contain fresh fruit juices or solid fresh Dinner 442 fruit. There is no more suitable dessert for a heavy meal than fruit. If gelatin contains fruit or fruit juice, it is especially appropriate for a dinner dessert.