The Washington times., 1909-04-11

Miss A. ]. Baker. of 1750 Columbia
road. is the winner Of the salad recipe
contest. The recipe entered by her and
selected by NJ. Ernest Deshayes as the
best Of the thousand or more submitted
TO his judgment is printed here for the
benfit of all the women readers of The
Times
Miss Baker was presented with the
order emitting her to a SIS Easter hat
in any of Washington stores. and q
pair OF gloves at Kings Palace.
II had already secured an Easter bon
net" said Miss Baker. laughingly, but
I am much prouder of this one because
! won it in The Times contest
The more you consider il, the more
satisfied must you become that NJ Des-
hayes was correct when he said:
This salad is appetizing. 1t is at
tractive and il IS wholesome. In a word
it is an exceptionally good salad.
Originality Desirable.
THE writer of the recipe shows orfgi-
nality. I regret TO state that in the
many good recipes for salads submitted.
this element was not as conspicuous as
] had hoped for. There were many good
chicken and lobster and potato salads,
but there was no sufficient distinction
about any one TO make 1t preferable TO
another.
I'm this connection it is worth noting
that the salad which won admits Of
satisfying an unlimited variety of
tastes; chicken, sardines, lobster,
shrimp, or whatever is dssiredr being
permissible in the hollow whites of The
hardboiled eggs. They might be en-
ployeu ali in the same salad. one white
holding an individual chicken salad,
another lobster, and so on.
Some of the recipes submitted were
80 extremely simple as 10 be hardly
worthy OF consideration. the alleged
salad resolving itself finally into nothing
more than a hardboiled egg or a little
lettuce and vinegar.
Bad Combinations.
Then there were some preparations
that did not appeal to me. as. for in
stance, where cheese and vinegar were
ingredients, or wnen the writer OF the
recipe, seeking "A decorative effect at
the end added cream, forgetting that
earlier vinegar or something else had
been given, a combination that would
be good for no one but the doctors.
The recipes for some of the fruit
salads were so meagre that they
amounted 70 nothing more than q
dessert. and could not be considered as
salads.
I desire to compliment the majority
Of the writer's OF the recipes submitted.
however. upon their excellent judgment.
AS in previous contests, / regret that
! had MT the opportunity to award
many more prizes
Send Good Recipes.
Among those deserving Of special
mention, NJ. Deshayes said. were the
recipes submitted by the following:
Mrs. II. j. Murray.
Mrs. John Poole.
Mrs. 4. J. carlson
Mrs. I. J. Straight
Mrs. II. G. Jackson.
Miss Susie Todd.
Miss Fritze Maskay.
Miss J. J. Morgan.
Mrs. w A. Hettinger.
Augusta Magruder.
N. r. $. Hardy.
Mrs Alfred l. Talbot.
Louise Marie Losee.
Mrs W. l. Rairigh-
Mrs. NJ. V. Beuner.
Mrs John Mcmahon.
Miss May Lambert.
Mrs. Bent. Sinsheimer.
Mrs. Cora G. SigOUrney.
Mrs. L krauss.
Mrs. T. Camden Allen.
Miss n. =. Clark.
Mrs. Katie Denny.
Mrs. +. Q. Uddor.
Mrs. W. .. Green.
T. Frances Rodoffer.
Mrs. J. ]. Neagle.
Mrs NJ. Alice Mills.
Mrs. Frank A. Huston.
Airs. Emma J.. Page.
Mrs. Dulany.
Miss X. = Babcock.
Mrs Lillian s. Easby-Smith.
To each Of these Mr.. Deshayes would
gladly have given some prize.