—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28, 1961 6 For the Farm Wife and Family The Art Of Salad Making by Mrs. Richard C. Spence A main dish salad is a meal in itself —hearty and nu tritious Such a salad is usually built around meat, fish, eggs, or cheese In combination with salad greens and a zesty dressing. However, a light main course salad may be just a generous serving of canned fruit topped with cottage cheese or sherbet. Menus featuring main dish salads may be planned for luncheon, supper, or dinner MAIN DISH SALADS They’re perfect for spur-of the moment meals too, since preparation and service are so easy. A general pattern for a main dish salad goes like this hot soup, the salad of your choice, a bread ac companiment, dessert, and bevel age Because canned meats are so often used for main dish salads, remember these tips. For easy slicing of canned meats, chill well, remove, both ends from the can, push the contents out m one piece and" slice as desired Canned meats may be cut several houis ahead of serving if the slices are tightly wrapped and refrigerated Cube, sliv er, or slice these meats and add to tossed green salads, potato, macaroni, or cabbage salads. Serve muffins, biscuits, or yeast breads often, using a packaged mix as a time-sav er. Vary bakery hard rolls and French bread with_ garlic butter, a topping, of grated cheese, or a sprinkling of poppy seeds SALMON 'N FRUIT LUNCHEON PLATE SALMON SALAD. Com- Make your tires 1 £= S £ b||3 £saa cs s* with |)PQ trtad which give you quicker starts, jaf tf stops, better control under hazardous road conditions. B. F. Goodrich Prince & Vine Streets, LANCASTER Phone EX 2-2196 Open Friday Night 'Til 9 FOR HIGHEST MUSIC FIDELITY Stereophonic Consoles -, | | t tl tll 1 11 1 1 | J<| a , CHATEAU: Authentk Provincial Styling in Carv ed Frmtwood Lancaster's Exclusive Dealer Click’s Audio Sales 2320 HOBSON ROAD. SMOKETOWN EX 3-7242 Closed Mon; Open Tues. to Sat. 9-5; Friday 9-9. Open other evenings by appointment One b“ock north of State Police barracks, then one mile oast on Hobson Road bine the following: One 1-lb. can salmon, drained and flaked; V 2 cup each, chopped celery and sweet pickles; 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper, Vz teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and Vs cup mayonnaise. Chill. 4 servings. MOLDED PEARS: Dis solve 1 package lime-flavor ed gelatin in 1 cup hot wa ter; add 1 cun gingerale Chill until slightly thicken ed Arrange pear halves, cut side up, in rows in a flat pan Pour in gelatin; chill until firm Cut so each piece con tains a pear half. - 'Arrange a generous serv ing of Salmon Salad and a Molded Pear in lettuce cups Garnish with potato chips, pickle fans, and watercress. SPECIAL OCCASION MEAT PLATTER DEBILED HAM MOUSSE; So'ten 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in Vi cup cold water; dissolve over hot water. Blend % cup mayonnaise CHAIN SAW SERVICE CENTER New & Used Snavely's Farm Service NEW HOLLAND EL 4-2214 sirs •>/ - ' Wi More Big Eggs POULTRY TRIBUNE for January, 1961, sug gests a Goal —based on 15 Random Sample Test averages—of 245 eggs per Ren per year. The free fo'der shows that Hi-Cash birds DID BETTER THAN AVERAGE! May I hand you or ’ mail you'a copy? FROM This magazine also suggests marketing goals. Sell 97% of eggs produced and sell 95% of eggs as grade A or better. Hi-Cash egg-type Pullets also will help' you get the QUALITY that enables you to make more money from a flock. Drop in! Let’s talk it over before you buy PuF.ets. WEAVER’S HATCHERY with 2 3-ounce cans deviled ham, IVfe teaspoons grated onion, Vfc cup, chopped celery, ery, Vk cup' chopped green pepper, and V* cup chopped sweet pickles. Pour mixture into a pint mold; chill until firm. Unmold Deviled Ham Mousse In the center of a large serving plate; surround with water cress. Arrange slices of canned corned beef and pairs of Vienna sausage around tire Mousse. Serve with iced pineapple juice. TOMATO ASPIC WITH CABBAGE SLAW TOMATO JUICE ASPIC: (For an eight-inch ring mold make three times this basic tomato juice aspic recipe). Soften 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in V 4 cup cold toma to juice Heat -% cups toma to juice to a boil. Add 1 tea spoon grated onion, 1 tea spoon salt, & softened gela tin, stirring until the gelatin is dissolved. Pour into indi vidual molds and chill until firm. 4 servings Unmold a Tomato Juice Aspic Ring -on a serving plate. Fill the center with cabbage slaw to which corn ed beef, cut in cubes, has been added Garnish with salad greens Other fillings are cottage cheese, potato salad, egg, chicken, or sal mon salad VIENNA'D MACARONI SALAD VIENNA’D MACARONI SALAD: Cook 1 8-oz. pack age elbow macaroni just un til tender. Drain, blanch in cold water, and - drain thor oughly. Combine with 1 cup chopped celery, 1 cup chop ped sweet pckles, 2 table spoons grated onion, and 1 can Vienna sausage cut into thin slices Blend 1 cup may KILL RATS! Use RAT KAKES! -i H , * *■ Phone Ephrata RE 3-0885 R. D. 4, LITITZ. PA. If* A * '.>■< £ ; it "* * % 4. M ' onnaise with 2 tablespoons juice from pickles, 1 tea spoon salt, and V* teaspoon pepper. Add to macaroni mixture. Chill. 6 servings. Heap Vienna’d Macaroni Salad on salad greens in the center of a large serving plate. “Spoke” Vienna saus ages over the top. Arrange halves of deviled eggs a round the salad. ACCOMPANIMENT SALADS Accompaniment salads, eaten with the main course, are probably the most pop ular and most often served of all salads. Sometimes an accompaniment salad is used to garnish a main course serving platter; occasionally it is served as a first course appetizer. All of these sal ads are made in small to middle-sized portions, and keyed in flavor, color, and texture to the rest of the menu. They are easily varied by the dressing;' topping or garnish, thus may be adapt ed to many dinner, or supper menus. Accompaniment salads may be served several ways. Crisp tossed salads or canned fruit or vegetable arrange “Prompt Bail Bond Service’’ BUHRMAN'S CONVENIENT PARKING LOTS Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post Office Next to Western Auto Store 115 East King Street Norman A. Buhrman, 228 N. 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