The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

Salads and Salad Dressings

12 recipes in this part of The Metropolitan Cook Book.

Potato Salad

teaspoon pepper Few drops onion juice 1 tablespoon finelyminced parsley About 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon vinegar Cut potatoes…

Egg Salad

1. Cut the whites of hard-boiled eggs into eighths lengthwise, arrange on lettuce to simulate the petals of a flower. Put yolks through…

Deviled Eggs

Cut hard-cooked eggs crosswise or lengthwise, remove yolks, mix with vinegar and seasoning, or with boiled dressing. Refill yolks in the…

Chicken Salad

Remove bones and gristle, fat and skin, from cold, cooked meat. Cut meat into -inch cubes and mix it with an equal amount of celery which…

Cheese and Nut Salad

cup sweet cream 1 tablespoon melted buttercup chopped nuts cup chopped pimento cup chopped olives Mash the cheese, moisten with cream and…

Other Cheese Combinations

Grate raw carrots and combine them with cottage cheese in the proportion of half carrot and half cheese. Season with mayonnaise, form into…

Macedoine Salad

1 cup cooked string beans 1 cup cooked carrot strips 1 cup cooked potato cubes chopped parsley 2 tablespoons finely- Shredded lettuce…

Cold Slaw

Finely shred cabbage, soak 1 hour in cold water and drain. Mix shredded cabbage with salad dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves. Finelychopped…

Waldorf Salad

1 cup nut meats Salad dressing to moisten Cut slice from tops of green or red apples; scoop out the inside pulp; leaving just enough to…

Fruit Salad

pound malaga grapes 4 slices pineapple, cubed 12 walnuts Mix fruit and serve salad dressing on top, or add fruit salad dressing to moisten…

Fruit Salad Dressing

2 eggs 1 cup whipped cream cup sugar Beat 2 eggs, add sugar, pineapple and lemon juice. Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly until…

Mayonnaise Dressing

1 teaspoon powdered sugar teaspoon mustard, 1 tablespoon lemon if desired 1 cup olive oil juice 1 tablespoon vinegar Mix the salt and…

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