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Water-cress.—Water-cress is sometimes mixed
with other salad, but when eaten alone requires no dressing,
but only a little salt.
Dandelion Leaf
Salad.—Considering that the root of the dandelion
is so largely used in medicine for making taraxacum, it is
to be regretted that the leaves of the plant are not
utilised in this country as they are abroad for making
salad. These leaves can be obtained in London at a few shops
in the French colony of Soho. The leaves are washed, dried,
placed in a salad-bowl, and dressed with oil and vinegar in
the ordinary way.
Cauliflower
Salad.—The remains of a cold boiled cauliflower
makes a very good salad if only the white part be used. It
can be mixed with remains of cold potatoes, some chopped
blanched parsley should be sprinkled over the top, and it
can be dressed with oil and vinegar in the ordinary way; or
it can be served up with a sauce made from oiled butter
similar to that described for dressing cold asparagus.
Mustard and
Cress.—This is somewhat similar to watercress. When
served alone it is generally dipped in salt and eaten with
bread-and-butter, but it is very useful to mix with other
kinds of salad.
Hop Salad.—In Germany a
very nice salad is made from young hops, which are grown
very extensively in America and Germany, as English brewers
are well aware. The hops are picked when quite young, before
they get leafy; they are then boiled till nearly tender.
They can be dressed in the English fashion with oil and
vinegar, or in the German fashion with vinegar and
sugar.
Onion Salad.—Few people
are aware of what an excellent salad can be made from the
remains of cold boiled Spanish onions. Spanish onions can
generally be bought at a penny a pound. They are mild in
flavour, very wholesome, and contain a great deal of
nourishment. Take a couple of cold boiled Spanish onions,
pull them into leaves after they are quite dry, and dress
them with a very little oil and vinegar.
Italian Salad.—This is
a very delicious salad, met with in Italy. It consists of a
great variety of boiled vegetables, which are placed in a
mould and served in aspic jelly. This latter, however, is
not allowed in vegetarian cookery. A very good imitation,
however, can be made as follows:—First take as many cold
vegetables as you can, consisting of new potatoes, sliced,
and cut up with a cutter into pretty-looking shapes. You can
also take green peas, asparagus tops, cold boiled
cauliflower, French beans, beet-root, &c. These
vegetables should be dressed with a little oil, tarragon
vinegar, pepper and salt, and can be placed in a mould or
plain round basin. This basin can now be filled up with a
little water thickened with corn-flour, hot. When it is
cold, it can be turned out and sent to table in the shape of
a mould.
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