Salamagundi Salad

Ingredients

• Soak 2 T granulated gelatin
• in 54 c cold water
• dissolve in 1.5 c boiling water
• add 6 T lemon juice
• and 0.5 c sugar

Method

1. 1

   In small moulds, place a layer of pearl onions.

2. 2

   Line the sides with strips of peppers and green beans.

3. 3

   Layer with tomatoes, string beans, and peas.

4. 4

   Mix gelatin with cold and boiling water, add lemon juice and sugar, pour over the salad until it reaches the top of the moulds.

5. 5

   Chill until set, then unmould and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lessons in cooking through preparation of meals (1912) by Eva Roberta Robinson, page 213. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Salamagundi Salad. Sunday Breakfast — Cost Food Units Two Bananas $0.04 200 Eggs soft cooked 068 400 Toast and Butter 038 600 Cream for Fruit and Coffee 062 400 Sugar for Fruit and Coffee 007 2.33 Oatmeal Cookies (1/6 Recipe) 025 478 Total Breakfast $0,280 2,311 DINNER Sunday Lesson 238 SMOTHERED CHICKEN NEW POTATOES SALAMAGUNDI SALAD PEACH PARFAIT CAKE Smothered Chicken Cut a tender fowl into pieces for serving, spread with 2 T butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and arrange in a stewpan. Add i c boiling water, cover, and cook slowly until the chicken is tender. For a young fowl, i h will be 384 LESSONS IN COOKING ample. Longer time will be required for an old one. Add I c cream and 2 c fresh mushrooms cut into small pieces. Recover, cook 10 m longer, thicken the gravy with a roux made of i T butter and i^ T flour, and cook 3 m, stirring all the time. Serve at once. Salamagundi Salad In the bottom of small moulds, or one large mould, place a layer of bottled "pearl onions." Line the sides of the moulds with alternate strips of red and green sweet peppers or pimentoes and green string beans. Over the pearl onions place a layer of sliced tomatoes, then string beans, then a few cooked peas, with sliced tomatoes on top. Soak 2 T granu- lated gelatin in 54 c cold water, dissolve in i^ c boiling water, add 6 T lemon juice

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