This section is from the book "The Myrtle Reed Cook Book", by Myrtle Reed. Also available from Amazon: The Myrtle Reed Cook Book.
Remove the chokes and inner leaves from boiled artichokes, sprinkle with minced parsley, and serve with French dressing.
Mix cold cooked asparagus tips with diced or sliced cucumbers and serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise.
Serve cold boiled asparagus or the bleached canned asparagus on lettuce with French dressing to which have been added chopped olives, pickles, and capers. Onion and mustard may be added to the seasoning.
Season cold cooked beans with tomato catsup and mix with half the quantity of finely cut celery. Sprinkle with minced chives and capers and serve very cold on lettuce with French dressing.
Mix equal quantities of finely cut celery and cooked wax beans and serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise.
Mix cold cooked lima beans with crisp lettuce, sprinkle with chopped mint and serve with French dressing or Mayonnaise.
Slice six cold boiled beets and one Spanish onion. Serve on crisp lettuce with French dressing.
Fill a salad bowl nearly full of crisp lettuce and cover with sliced boiled beets and hard-boiled eggs. Season with grated onion and pour over a French dressing which has been seasoned with minced garlic and tomato catsup.
Chop separately onion, olives, walnuts, and capers. Mix and blend to a smooth paste with lemon-juice. Spread over cold cooked Brussels sprouts. Mix thoroughly and serve with Mayonnaise.
Marinate shredded cabbage in French dressing, drain, and serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise.
Mix two cupfuls of shredded cabbage with half as much celery and season with minced chives and tomato catsup or Tabasco Sauce. Serve on lettuce with French or Mayonnaise dressing.
Boil young carrots in water to which a little sugar may be added. Drain, cool, cut up, and serve on lettuce with French dressing or Mayonnaise.
Mix diced cooked carrots with lettuce and serve with French dressing, sprinkling with minced cress, chervil, chives, or parsley.
Mix cooked cauliflower flowerets with Mayonnaise and serve in red-pepper shells on lettuce with Mayonnaise on top.
Marinate cooked cauliflower flowerets in French dressing, drain, and serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise, Garnish with diced cooked carrots or beets.
Shred crisp celery very fine and serve with French dressing or Mayonnaise.
Mix finely cut celery with sliced sour apple cut into small bits and serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise.
Cut into small bits a large bunch of celery and three-fourths pound of blanched almonds. Serve on lettuce with Mayonnaise.
 
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