Sea Dream Salad - 1930s

1 package Lime Jell-O

1 cup warm water

1 cup grated cucumber

1 Tablespoon vinegar

1 teaspoon onion juice

Dash of cayenne

1/2 teaspoon salt

Dissolve Jell-O in warm water. Add cucumber, vinegar, onion juice, cayenne, and salt. Force through sieve. Turn into mold. Chill until firm. Cut in squares and serve on crisp lettuce. Garnish with mayonnaise. Serves 6.

Source: 48 New Jell-O Recipes, copyright 1932, General Foods Corp.

Orange Cup Salad - 1925

1 grapefruit
3 oranges
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup pineapple, cut in small pieces
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Peel grapefruit. Remove pulp separately from each section, discarding all the membrane. Cut in pieces. Cut oranges in halves and remove pulp, being careful to keep in as large pieces as possible. Save the skins for salad cups. Mix the fruit, add sugar and lemon juice. Chill. Serve in the orange skins with Fruit Salad Dressing and garnish with Maraschino cherries.

Fruit Salad Dressing:

1/2 teaspoon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1 egg yolk
2 Tablespoons vinegar
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup whipped cream

Mix the mustard, salt, pepper and paprika. Add egg yolk and mix well. Add one tablespoon vinegar. Add the oil gradually, beating constantly with an egg beater or silver fork. As mixture thickens, add remainder of vinegar. Fold whipped cream in lightly.

Source: Heinz Book of Salads, copyright 1925, H.J. Heinz Co.

Dandelion Salad - 1925

Select the young tender leaves of dandelion, wash carefully, drain and put in the ice box in a cheese-cloth bag to become crisp. Pile lightly on salad plates and serve with Tarragon Dressing. Dandelion may also be used as the foundation for other vegetable salads.

Tarragon Dressing:

1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon paprika
3 Tablespoons Heinz Tarragon Vinegar
3/4 cup Heinz pure olive oil
1 hard cooked egg, chopped very fine

Mix the salt, sugar, and paprika together. Add vinegar and oil and beat thoroughly, or put all the ingredients into a glass jar, screw top on tightly and shake thoroughly.

Recipe taken from: Heinz Book of Salads, copyright 1925 by H.J. Heinz Co.