What makes a salad?
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SOURCE: MY MOTHER'S RECIPE C
FROM : SALLIE KREBS
Good fresh greens plus a fine dressing will give you a salad that's perfect for chicken on Sunday and every other dinner in the week! BY DOROTHY KIRK Food Editor A GOOD salad is a high point of any meal no matter when it makes its appearance. Endive with an herb dressing- one of the simplest- starts a dinner off famously and a nicely dressed green salad is wonderful with or after the main course. In summertime a chef's salad of tossed greens, slivers of meat, cheese and hard-cooked egg is a main course in itself. And any time a salad with chunks of fruit- fresh, canned or mixed- makes an ideal dessert.
Here's help with putting your salad together. When you buy your salad greens look for the perkiest freshest ones your grocer has. Wash greens in cold water. Loosely packed greens like water cress, Boston lettuce, chicory and escarole should be taken apart, washed leaf by leaf. Float whole heads of firmly packed greens in cold water- or hold under faucet. If greens need extra crisping let them stand in ice water about fifteen minutes. Dry greens by draining them on rack or absorbent paper- or by gently shaking or patting in a clean towel.
Chill greens in crisping pan- or in a plastic storage bag- or in a damp cloth. Keep them away from the freezing unit! When you make your salad tear the crisp greens into bite-size pieces- no cutting, please, except for endive and Chinese cabbage. Use a variety of greens (see the list at far right) and sometimes add color with thin slices of radish, carrots and other cooked or raw vegetables, chunks of of fruit. Your favorite French dressing and your salad should be tossed just before serving or- better still- right at the, table.
But- warning!- not too much and not too far ahead or your nice crunchy salad will be very sad and sodden. A good salad dressing is a bit of culinary wizardly that s intensely individual- and the best dressing you can serve is the one that pleases you and your family.
We give you a basic dressing recipe here; you'll want to vary it- to taste! Our basic dressing calls for vinegar or lemon juice. You may prefer lemon juice all the time, then again you might like to switch to a wine vinegar or one of the herb-flavored ones. THIS IS THE BASIC DRESSING Salt, 1 teaspoon Paprika, 1 teaspoon Sugar, ½ teaspoon Dry mustard, ½ teaspoon Pepper, ¼ teaspoon Vinegar or lemon juice, ⅓ cup Salad or olive oil (or part of both), 1 cup Onion, minced, 1 tablespoon Garlic, ½ clove Combine ingredients in a jar with a tight cover, then shake until thoroughly mixed. Chill. Shake it up again and remove garlic just before serving. Makes 1⅓ cups. TO DRESS UP A DRESSING When you add a new seasoning. be sure to give it time to blend in. Start with your basic dressing, then vary it to...
Roquefort- add ¼ cup crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese. Curry- add ¼ teaspoon curry powder. Chili sauce or ketchup- add ⅓ cup of either one. Herb- add 2 teaspoons mixed dried herbs; say, tarragon, basil and marjoram. Anchovy- add 4 (undrained) snipped into small pieces. Chiffonade- add 1 small beet and 1 hard-cooked egg- both finely chopped- to dressing just before serving.
Submitted By SALLIE KREBS On 03-04-95