This section is from the book "The Old And New Cook Book", by Martha Pritchard Stanford. Also available from Amazon: The old and new cook book.
3 lbs. lobster.
1/2 doz. hard boiled eggs.
1 cup mayonnaise. 1 head lettuce.
Break up lobster and add chopped eggs, stir in mayonnaise and serve on lettuce.
2 lbs. cold beef.
1 slice ham.
4 hard boiled eggs.
2 minced cold potatoes.
1 teaspoon celery seed. 1/2 teaspoon minced onion. 1 head lettuce. 1 cup mayonnaise.
Chop up the above and mix with mayonnaise, on lettuce leaves.
Trim okra on both ends, boil until tender. When c serve with french dressing.
6 oranges.
1 lb. picked walnuts.
1 cup mayonnaise. 1 head lettuce.
Peel oranges and slice lengthwise. Chop walnuts, mix with oranges and mayonnaise. Serve on lettuce.
4 doz. oysters.
1 cup chopped celery.
1 head lettuce.
1 cup vinegar.
1/2 cup mayonnaise.
Salt and pepper.
Boil oysters in vinegar for a few minutes, strain and when cold, mix with celery and mayonnaise. Put into a dish with lettuce leaves around.
8 large potatoes.
2 slices chopped ham.
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
1/2 coffeespoon minced onion.
8 tablespoons vinegar. 2 hard boiled eggs. 3 tablespoons olive oil. 1 pinch mustard. 1 teaspoon salt.
Boil potatoes and slice them, then mix with ham, onion, celery, salt and pepper, while hot add 3 tablespoons vinegar. Before serving pour the following dressing over it. Cream eggs with mustard, then add oil and the balance of the vinegar.
2 cans or 3 lbs. fresh boiled salmon.
1 head lettuce.
1 doz. olives cut fine.
1/2 teaspoon salt.
1 cup mayonnaise.
2 hard boiled eggs.
1 tablespoon capers.
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
1/2 cup celery cut fine.
Mix salmon with olives, celery, hard boiled eggs, salt, pepper and capers. Serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise.
1 qt. boiled picked shrimp. Or 2 cans shrimp. 4 sliced tomatoes. 1/2 cup minced celery. 3 hard boiled eggs sliced.
1 head lettuce. 1 cup mayonnaise. 1 doz. stoned olives. 8 drops tobasco. 1 teaspoon salt.
Mix shrimp with celery, tobasco and salt, put in dish alternately with tomatoes and olives. Serve with mayonnaise, hard boiled eggs and lettuce.
1 bunch boiled asparagus.
2 boiled potatoes, sliced. 1/2 onion sliced thin. 1/2 teaspoon cayenne peppei
1 head lettuce, 1 bunch chopped celery. 1/2 pt. boiled peas. 1 teaspoon salt.
Chop up the vegetables, except peas, mix together. Serve on lettuce leaves, with french dressing.
 
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