Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-06

into one half inch dice, fry slightly, but
not TO n crisp four thin slices of bacon.
Cut the bacon into small pieces and mix
| them with the potato dice; add also three
small cucumber pickles cut into dice sea-
son with pepper and mix thoroughly. Serve
| on cndve leaves and pour over the whole
| a hot dressing made OF the melted bacon
fat made quite sour with vinegar. II seems
| quite probable that the settlers of New
| Amsterdam would be unable to recognize
| this modern version, but without doubt
| they would appreciate the dish, they
were ever known as lovers Of good cookery.
| A salad which seems well fitted for
| winter luncheon dish is a creole salad,
| which is prepared In this way: Boil one
| and one-half cups Of rice in saltod water;
! drain well and season with salt, white
| pepper and cayenne Cut three green pep
| pers and three boiled beets into dice about
| the size OF the rice grains. Chop one onion
very fine aud add with the peppers
| and beets to the rice; mix and
season with three teaspoonfuls OF vine
gar and six teaspoonfuls OF oil. Chill thor
| oughly and serve in green peppers from
which the inside pulp has been removed.
Pile the salad high over the tops OF the
peppers. The white rice, brilliant red Of
the beets and the deep, rich green of the
peppers make a charming color combina-
! tion
The winter luncheon is the most suitable
place for the heavier meat salads which
| should not be served in hot weather and
| are too heavy for dinner salads. Served
here, a salad of this description may well
form the piece de resistance OF the meal.
| They have, too, their economical side, for
leftovers may be utilized. a salad made
from cold pork chops or roast pork, COM
bined with celery, olives, lettuce and may
onnaise dressing is delicious and is some
times mistaken for chicken salad. Cold
veal may be used in the same way.
In small families the roasted fowl some
times hangs on for days, and after a few
appearances the members Of the family
are apt to compare 1t to the phoenix, the
bird of resurrection. This is especially
true of the Christmas or Thanksgiving tur.
key. One way of Disgusting this family
friend is by making into salad. Cold duck
makes an especially fine salad combined
with fruits.
one cup Of cold duck meat cut into small
cubes, one orange cut into small pieces,
with the white part rejected, and one apple
cut into dice. Boil one-haf cup walnuts
for three minutes in meat stock, to which
has been added one bay leaf, two allspce
two cloves and two peppercorns. Drain
walnuts, cut into small pieces and mix
with the other ingredients. Squeeze over
all the Juice of one-fourth of lemon
Serve on lettuce leaves or young celery
tips. Garnsh with walnuts and orange
sections after mixing salad with mayon-
naise dressing
Another hot salad may be made of potato o
and, II desired, may be made at the table
in the chatting dish. To make this, one
pint Of boiled potato cubes are required
Chop together one teaspoonful each o
onion and OF pickled cucumbers or greer
tomatoes In the chatting dish heat two
tablespoonfuls Of butter or salad oil, ado
the chopped onion and pickle and cook unit
the onion is OF light yellow color
Sprinkle one teaspoonful OF salt and on'
saltspoOnful OF pepper over the potato
cubes To the pickle and onion in the disl
add a level teaspoonful OF -four, cook {
minute, then add the potatoes and tos
about until all moisture is absorbed; ther
add three tablespoonfuls of vinegar anc
two beaten eggs mix we'll Sprinkle whole
with parsley, chopped fine, and cook The
eggs quickly over the hot water pan.
With these salads grilled bread, bread ol
cheese sticks may be served. Thin breaC
and butter sandwiches are good or sand
wiches made piquant by the addition of {
little chopped Canton ginger and the ricl
; syrup with It. Water crackers, not thu
, hard kind, spread with n layer Of cream
, cheese and over that layer OF guara ol
crabapple jelly, are much used with salads
| Olives stuffed with anchoyies and put nj
in oil or olives stuffed with sweet pepperi
are suitable salad adjuncts. Caviar sand
wiches are liked by many, Cheese or an
chovy canajes may be served with lunch
7 con salads.