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This section is from the book "Christopher House Guild Cook Book", by Christopher House Guild. Also available from Amazon: The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life.
"The imaginary relish is so sweet that it enchants my sense."
Troilus and Cressida
1 large can Hawaiian pineapple, cut in small cubes 1 cucumber, cut in cubes 2/3 package Knox's gelatine soaked in 1 cup cold water
Juice 6 lemons 3/4 cup sugar mixed with juice of lemons and pineapple
Mix gelatine with heated juice; allow to cool; when it starts to thicken add pineapple and cucumber cubes, a few pieces red and green cherries, cut in small strips; put in mould to cool; individual are prettiest, served on lettuce with mayonnaise dressing, to which whipped cream is added at the last moment. -Mrs. Osborn
On a lettuce leaf place a slice of Hawaiian pineapple (canned) ; pour over the pineapple 2 or 3 spoons French dressing (oil, vinegar, salt and red pepper, etc.) ; on the pineapple make a ring of rather dry cottage cheese or cream cheese put through the ricer; say a maraschino cherry or mint cherry in the center and serve quite cold with any kind of wafers. - Mrs. Curtis
Put on plate a leaf of lettuce, a slice of pineapple and on top of pineapple put 1/2 Bartlett pear; fill the center of pear with pecan nuts and put a spoonful of fruit salad dressing on top of nuts; also a cherry. Use canned fruit.
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
Juice 1 large lemon 1/3 cup water
Beat all together and cook in double boiler until it thickens; add a pinch of salt. Before using add 1/2 pint whipped cream. - Mrs. Peaks
3 bananas 1/4 cup grated cocoanut
3 oranges
Mix together and serve in banana skins with mayonnaise.
1 lb. dates
2 dozen almonds
2 tablespoons grated cocoanut
1 lemon
1 bunch parsley or watercress
Cut dates in strips, blanch and brown almonds, chop fine and add to dates, mix with boiled dressing, sprinkle with grated cocoanut and garnish with parsley or cress and lemon cut in slices and then in eighths.
2 large grape fruit, peel and extract the quarters; 1 cup English walnuts, cut small. Arrange on lettuce, cover with French dressing and garnish with Malaga grapes.
2 cups shredded pineapple 1 cup celery, cut into dice
1 pimento, cut small
Mix with mayonnaise cream dressing. Serve ice cold on lettuce and garnish with nut meats; or serve in apples peeled and scraped out.
Pare 2 or 3 large grape fruit and divide into lobes; free these from seeds and skin, then arrange 4 or 5 lobes grape fruit together with a thin strip green pepper between each lobe. Put a wreath of water-cress around that and serve with French dressing. - Mrs. Peaks
Select good halves canned pears, arrange on crisp head lettuce; sprinkle with chopped candied ginger; top with cream salad dressing and put cream cheese through a ricer over the halves. Serve very cold.
 
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