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California Salad

A grape is a fruiting berry of the deciduous woody vines of the botanical genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making wine, jam, juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil. (Wikipedia)

During the months in which California grapes can be found in the market, a very delicious salad can be made by combining them with grapefruit and oranges. Either Malaga or Tokay grapes may be used.

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 1-1/2 c. grapes
  • 2 oranges Salad
  • 1 grapefruit
  • Lettuce
  • Salad Dressing

 

Steps:

  • Prepare the grapes by washing them in cold water, cutting them into halves, and removing the seeds.
  • Remove the sections from the oranges and grapefruit in the way previously directed, and cut each section into three or four pieces.
  • Mix the fruits and drain carefully so that they contain no juice or liquid.
  • Pile in a heap on salad plates garnished with lettuce and serve with any desired dressing.

 

 

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Apple and Celery Salad

 

If an excellent winter salad is desired, apple and celery salad should be selected, for both celery and apples are best during the winter months. As they are very similar in color, they are not especially appetizing in appearance when combined for a salad, but they make a very popular combination with most persons.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. diced apples
  • Boiled salad dressing
  • 1 c. diced celery
  • Lettuce

 

Steps:

  • Prepare the apples and celery as short a time before serving as possible, but if it is necessary that the apples stand for any length of time, sprinkle them with a little lemon juice and water to keep them from turning brown.
  • Just before serving, mix them with the salad dressing.
  • Place on salad plates garnished with lettuce and serve.

 

Sufficient to Serve Four.

 

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Apple, Date and Orange Salad

The combination of fruits required by the accompanying recipe is an easy one to procure in the winter time. Apple and date salad is a combination much liked, but unless it is served with a rather sour dressing, it is found to be too bland and sweet for most persons. The addition of the orange gives just the acid touch that is necessary to relieve this monotonous sweetness.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. diced apples Lettuce
  • 3/4 c. dates, seeded Salad dressing
  • 2 oranges
  • Lettuce
  • Salad Dressing

 

Steps:

  • Peel the apples and dice them into fine pieces. Wash the dates, remove the seeds, and cut each date into six or eight pieces.
  • Prepare the oranges as directed for preparing oranges for salad, and cut each section into two or three pieces.
  • Just before serving, mix the fruits carefully so as not to make the salad look mushy, pile in a neat heap on garnished salad plates, and serve with any desired dressing.

 

Sufficient to Serve Six

 

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Summer Mix Fruit Salad

Any agreeable combination of fruits which may be obtained during the same season will be suitable for summer mix salad. The combination given in the accompanying recipe includes strawberries, pineapple, and cherries. However, pineapple and cherries may be used alone, or strawberries and pineapple may be used without the cherries, or red raspberries may be used to garnish such a salad.

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 c. strawberries, cut into halves
  • 3/4 c. pineapple, cut into dice
  • 3/4 c. sweet cherries, seeded
  • Lettuce
  • Fruit-salad dressing

 

Steps:

  • Prepare the fruits just before serving.
  • Put them together, place on salad plates garnished with lettuce.
  • Serve with the fruit-salad dressing.

 

 

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Mixed Fruits

 

The combination of fruits given in the accompanying recipe makes a very good salad, but it need not be adhered to strictly. If one or more of the fruits is not in supply, it may be omitted and some other used. In case canned pineapple is used for the salad, the juice from the fruit may be utilized in making a fruit salad dressing.

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 grapefruit
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 banana
  • 2 apples
  • 2 slices pineapple
  • Salad dressing
  • Lettuce

 

Steps:

  • Prepare the grapefruit and oranges according to the directions previously given.
  • Slice the banana crosswise into 1/4-inch slices and cut each slice into four sections.
  • Dice the apples and cut the pineapple in narrow wedge-shaped pieces. Mix the fruit just before serving.
  • Add the salad dressing, which may be fruit-salad dressing, French dressing, or some other desirable salad dressing, by mixing it with the fruit or merely pouring it over the top.
  • Serve on salad plates garnished with lettuce leaves. Place a maraschino cherry on top.

 

Sufficient to Serve Six.