The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-30
NOVEL TOMATO SALAD
SOME SUGGESTIONS THE HOUSE.
WIFE WILL APPRECIATE.
Icy Goodness, Careful SHINING and
Marinating Are Essentials Of Good
SaIad-Some Recipes Worth
Ones Cons Iteration.

The essentials Of good tomato
salad are icy GOODNESS. careful skin.
ming, and marinating. Prepare early
enough in the day TO keep in the re
| trigerator for three hours before using,
and for half an hour at the end soak
| In thick emulsion of French dress.
| Ing, though mayonnalsc Is 10 be used
ON the salad proper.
| II tomato skins easily do not put
/ II in hot water With some varieties
this will be possible. especially If tho
tomato be very cold and "A sharp knife
Is used The usual custom Is to pour
/ boiling water over the tomatoes, let
stand half minute, then peel with
blunt silver knife and put at once on
the ice.
Tomatoes take tho flavor of their
| dressing so much better when sliced
that many salads are prepared in sec
tons. cut in lengthwise pieces, four or
1 six to tomato, according to size.
Serve on nest Of lettuce or arrange
us border around shredded lettuce
/ with narrow outer border Of white
lettuce hearts. Dot with mayonnaise,
| The whole tomato is 30 hard TO eat
that It is more often used as cup
. than any other way. The filings are
I endless and various odds and ends OF
vegetables can be utilized
Especially good is one OF cold peas
/ highly seasoned with plenty OF butter
and mixed with a few capers. Cold
corn dressed with plenty Of butter
cayenne. salt, and little whipped
cream makes a novel filling and served
with rich mayonnaise Is excellent
Cold spaghetti cut into small pieces
and dressed with n highly spiced to
mato sauce looks pretty and tastes
good in 4 tomato cup. or the paste can
be dressed with cream sauce and
mixed with grated parmesan and
chopped pimolas,
Shrimps and shredded green pep.
/ pers make All artistic filling, or green
peppers and shredded celery. Equal
ly effective are asparagus tips and
tiny pearl onions.
Remnants OF chicken can be made
into nice salad filling by running Il
through chopper. then season highly,
and mix TO paste as for sandwich
filing with a little whipped cream. Dot
the top with anchOyles or shredded
green peppers.
Minced ham mixed with mayOunaiso
Is aa good IN tomato cups 40 It is on
rroutoup or sandwiches. n hard
boiled egg yoIk Is run through
vegetable press aud dotted over tho
top Of the cup 70 makes a pretty col
prinE.
Another good filing consists Of Tiny
button onions. boiled until soft, made
icy cold and mixed with mayOnnOisc.
This liz far less painful to the bysland.
or than the shredded onion so often
used
A novel salad Is a small tomato. cut
almost through in lengthwise sections.
with minced cress peeping from the
cuts. The tomato is only cut enough
80 II Will hold together aud the CrCsp
Is marinnted In French dressing. Tho
tomato Is then set on round OF
canned pineapple. which rests on
tender lettuce leaf, the whole being
garnishcd with mayonnaise.
A delicious salad Is made from sec
lions Of tomatoes marlnated In French
dressing. served on lettuce leaves and
sprirkled thlckly with very crisp ba-
con, cut into small shreds Mayor
nalse can be passed