Shell French chestnuts and boil them fifteen minutes or until soft. Remove the skins, and when cold serve them upon lettuce with a French dressing.

CHESTNUT AND WALNUT SALAD may be made by mixing the nuts prepared, as above, in equal quantities and serving with a French dressing.

French Fruit Salad

One head of lettuce; one dozen English walnuts; two dozen white grapes, large and firm; three bananas; two oranges; half a pint of mayonnaise.

Peel the oranges, divide into lobes, and cut each lobe into three pieces, removing the seeds. Skin with a very sharp knife the white grapes and seed these (this is the only tedious part of the preparation). Shell and halve the walnuts and slice the bananas with a silver knife. Arrange the fruit on the lettuce, • rejecting all leaves but the crispest and most delicate. Cover all with mayonnaise dressing and serve ice-cold.