Beet Salad

Ingredients

• salad dressing
• sliced, cubed or chopped cold boiled beets
• Dandelion greens
• shredded lettuce
• string beans
• any cold cooked beans
• cold potatoes
• turnips
• carrots
• parsnips
• cauliflower
• minced parsley
• Spanish onions
• cold macaroni
• chopped hard-boiled eggs
• red or white cabbage
• any cold fish, fowl or meat
• sliced cucumbers
• minced chervil and tarragon
• sliced, chopped, grated or the juice of onion
• celery or celery root
• brussels sprouts
• asparagus tips
• green peas
• nuts of any kind

Method

1. 1

   Add salad dressing to sliced, cubed or chopped cold boiled beets, either fresh or pickled, and any of the following ingredients desired: dandelion greens, shredded lettuce, string beans, any cold cooked beans, cold potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips or cauliflower, minced parsley, Spanish onions, cold macaroni, chopped hard-boiled eggs, red or white cabbage, chopped, any cold fish, fowl or meat, sliced cucumbers, minced chervil and tarragon, sliced, chopped, grated or the juice of onion, celery or celery root, brussels sprouts, asparagus tips, green peas, or nuts of any kind.

2. 2

   Serve on lettuce, endive, cress or dandelion leaves, or in beet cups, made by cutting a slice from the top of boiled beets and scooping out the pulp.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 303. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEET SALAD.— Add salad dressing to sliced, cubed or chopped cold boiled beets, either fresh or pickled, and any of the following ingredients desired: Dandelion greens, shredded lettuce, string beans, any cold cooked beans, cold potatoes, turnips, carrots, parsnips or cauliflower, minced parsley, Spanish onions, cold maca- roni, chopped hard-boiled eggs, red or white cabbage, chopped, an}' cold fish, fowl or meat, sliced cucumbers, minced chervil and tarra- gon, sliced, chopped, grated or the juice of onion, celery or celery root, brussels sprouts, asparagus tips, green peas, or nuts of any kind

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