Bird's-Nest Salad

Ingredients

• 1 small cream cheese
• 1 tb, finely chopped nuts
• cabbage
• French dressing

Method

1. 1

   Mash the cheese, season, and make into 12 egg-shaped balls.

2. 2

   Roll them in the chopped nuts.

3. 3

   Drain cabbage thoroughly and mix with French dressing.

4. 4

   Place on individual plates in shape of nests and put 3 cheese balls in each.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The practical cookbook (1917) by Margaret W. Howard, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bird's-nest salad. Additional ingredients: I small cream cheese, i tb, finely chopped nuts. Use cabbage as a founda- tion, preparing as directed (p. 16), Mash the cheese, season, and make into 12 egg-shaped balls. Roll them in the chopped nuts. Drain cabbage thoroughly and mix with French dress- ing. Place on individual plates in shape of nests and put 3 cheese balls in each. Lettuce may be used on the plates if desired. Pineapple salad. Additional ingredient : 8 maraschino cherries. Cut slices of canned pineapple so as to give a fan- shaped appearance to the outer edge. Arrange on lettuce leaves and season. Quarter the cherries and use for garnishing the slices of pineapple. Pour sweet French dressing

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