Vegetable Salad (Three portions)
1 tomato
9 slices of cucumber
2 T-chopped onion
1 T-chopped pimento
1 t-salt
¼ t-paprika
2 T-chopped green pepper
2 T-nut meats
3 lettuce leaves
Wash the lettuce carefully and arrange on individual serving dishes. Place upon each lettuce leaf a slice of tomato, three slices of cucumber and one-third of each of the other ingredients. Sprinkle with salt and paprika. Pour the salad dressing over the top and serve very cold.
Bettina Salad Dressing
2 egg-yolks
1 T-sugar
½ t-salt
2 T-flour
¼ C-vinegar
1/3 C-sour cream
2 T-pimento liquor (the juice from the can)
Beat the egg-yolks, add the sugar, salt and flour. Mix well and add the vinegar, pimento liquor and water. Cook in a double boiler until very thick. When cool, add the sour cream, and pour over the salad.
CHAPTER CXLII
THE NEW CAR