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Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Arrange lettuce leaves on a plate. Have a ripe tomato peeled and cooled. Lay on lettuce leaves. Run a sharp knife across the middle of the tomato, cutting it nearly in two, then crosswise, so that the four quarters fall back, yet hold together underneath. Drop a teaspoon of mayonnaise into the center of the tomato, and serve. COMBINATION SALAD No. 1 Lay crisp lettuce on a platter. Arrange over it peeled and quartered tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, a few sprigs of parsley, and serve with mayonnaise. Sliced green onion may be added if desired. COMBINATION SALAD No. 2 Sliced tomato Sliced radishes Sliced cucumber Lettuce Sliced green onion French dressing Pare the vegetables, slice very thin, and put into a bowl. Tear the lettuce into large pieces, add to the vegetables, and set on ice if available. Just before serving, pour over enough French dress- ing to season, using it scantily. (USE LEVEL MEASUREMENTS FOR ALL INGREDIENTS.) jgl SCIENCE of FOOD and COOKERY POINSETTIA TOMATO Select a small ripe tomato, wash, and wipe with a cloth. With a sharp-pointed knife, cut through the skin, from the stem end, across the tomato, dividing the skin into about 8 parts, so as to resemble poinsettia leaves. Run the blade of a penknife under each leaf, and pull it back on the plate, until all the leaves lie on the plate, and attached to the tomato stem. Cut the tomato cross- wise the same as for lettuce and tomato salad, and serve with mayonnaise. TOMATO SALAD FRANCAIS Pour boiling water over medium small ripe tomatoes, and drain immediately, covering with cold water. Remove the skins from the tomatoes, hollow out carefully, and fill until well rounded with a mixture of chopped celery, finely diced cucumber, and tomato, sea- soned with mayonnaise and chopped parsley. Serve on a lettuce leaf. STUFFED TOMATO Prepare the same as above, and use as a filling, chopped celery, finely chopped walnuts, and the solid part of ripe tomato chopped, seasoned with mayonnaise and chopped parsleyStuffed Tomato. TOMATO MEXICANA Mix finely chopped bell pepper, olives, parsley, and a sprinkle of onion, in a bowl, and spread this over thick slices of raw tomato. Serve with mayonnaise, on a lettuce leafTomato Mexicana. TOMATO EN SURPRISE Scald and peel a tomato. Cut off a liberal slice from the blos- som end, which must be kept for covering. Hollow out the center of the tomato, and turn upside down in a dish to drain. Cut cooked asparagus tips into }^-inch lengths, season with mayonnaise, and refill the cavity in the tomato. Cover with the slice of tomato, and serve on a lettuce leafTomato en Surprise. CUCUMBER SALAD AU NATURAL Select well shaped, green-colored cucumbers. Wash, and wipe dry. From the blossom end, cut un,der the skin with a sharp knife, almost to the opposite end, but leaving fast at the stem end, thus making four green leaves of the skin, the length of the cu- l82 (USE LEVEL MEASUREMENTS FOR ALL INGREDIENTS.) SCIENCE of FOOD ancC COOKERY