14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 29,1967 For the Farm Wife and Family By Mrs. Kkhard C. Spence, Food Editor The Salads The Thing! Cold, fiesh and crisp are the key words foi tasty salads, unless, of course, they are meant to be served hot like German potato salad or some soil of hot slaw. Salads aie becoming moie and more important in meal planning because they taste good, add color and are nutiilious Salads aie good the year aiound for the texture they add to meals, especially a gieen salad Praclicallv all salads stait with greens, whether mi\ed togethci or used as a bed for olhei types ot salads Uncooked vegetable leaves make a lefieshing salad or salad bed Spinach, kale, celeiy leaves, beet and tin nip tops Swiss chaid and dandelion gieens aie rich in vitamins and add a zesty tang With the vanety of leafy vegetables and other vegeta bles on the market today, theie is no such thing as an ordinal y salad All gieens have a per sonality of then own This might be crispness like icebeig lettuce or tenderness like bibb lettuce Romame and leaf let tuce add distinctive flavor, spinach adds a dark green col or and escaiole the light green SUPER Self Service SHOES 2750 Columbia Ave. Lancaster Lane. 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Others feel these color ful. chopped vegetables add much to the enjoyment of the salad. Whatever the combination of foods, fiesh salads lend them selves in as many ways as the imagination can create dishes to serve Salads are also easy to prepare. _ SPENCE Remember to fit the salad to the meal For a hearty meal, seive a light salad and foi a light meal, seive a heaity sal ad To retain salad freshness, Concrete Blocks Metal Windows :s 354-2114 keep preens well chilled be fore preparing and keep the salad chilled before serving. ORANGE-BANANA SALAD WITH FRESH CITRUS DRESSING large oranges, peeled large bananas Fresh Citrus Dressing" Salad greens cup chopped pecans or walnuts tablespoons chopped water cress or parsley Slice peeled oranges into cartwheels. 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