Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-08-18
General Woods Salad.


This 10 q recipe for salad that 10 woven
in with the history Of the United States,
having been invented for the delecsation
Of General Leonard Wood, while he was
making the last practise march over sne
leland of Jolo, In tho Southern Philip
pines, that took place before tho war
with the Moros broke out.
In the matter of "bresking out" ohol'
era had got ahead OF the war, and there
were strict orders issued prohibiting the
eating of all uucooked green stun, SUCH
as lettuce and cucumbers. Now dining
was almost the only diversion possible
in that isolated army post, and . dinner
without salad 10 like q garden without
a flower. The substitution OF canned
as paraeus or string beans served with
mayonnaise, was the only thing lott tnat
was possible, so they were used till they
became impossible because OF vain repe'
tition such AZ the heathen use.
Then General Wood arrived with Ills
troops for the practise march, and
mere captains wife got ahead of all the
others in inviting him to dinner. &c
accepted, and with Mrs. Captain's TIL
umph came the awful question, "Whai
hall the salad be?"
ANY other woman 10 the post would
have answered with simple II despair.
ing, "Well, it's got to be either canned
asparagus or string beans" But this
woman was extra email and bad drop
of Irish blood, 80 the fact that beans
and asparagus we're the only apparent
possibilities did not make 1t necessarily
follow that she was going to set either
of them before General Wood.
The dining hour and the General ar
rived. Everything was perfect, soup,
fish, fowl, and roast. But General
Wood was used to perfect food, so biz
attention was attracted to his hostess
aud her family rather than to the din
ner. Then came the salad. 1t wal
served on individual plates, and Mrs
Captain never quivered an eyelash while
the white clad Filipino servitor placed
il.
The General did not glance at it par
ticularly till the first bite was being
tested by his palate. Then consciou,
look came over his face, and he looked
from plate to hostess and back again
ouderingly.
1t wasn't long till the plate was empty
and when 1t was General Wood boweC
to his hostess, the salads inventor, ane
said, "Mrs. Blank, that was salad t.
dream about"
This ia what 1t was: Two or three o.
the big fat cucumbers that were going t.
waste because of the ban on raw greer
things were taken, peeled, one end Gu
off and saved, the seeds carefully scoopee
out and thrown away, and the shells re
naming soaked in cold salt water. Their
a stuffing was made of red and greer
sweet peppers, celery, hard boiled egg,
little white meat OF chicken, . pickle
green onion top, and salt. This wa
minced and stuffed into the cucumbers
the ends were fastened on with bits o.
straw to keep the stuffing in, and tn,
cucumbers were laid on pie pan will
holes punched in it, the pan placed on
tin can that stood in a deep kettle (aI
improvised steamer that any army woman
will recognize), covered close, ant
steamed till tender. When done the!
were carefully removed-for they arr
fragile-and chilled as cold as ice woult
make them. Then they were cut In thicl
slices, and laid on the plates with
mound of mayonnaise on each slice.
Delicious? Yes. And you don't have t
60 to the Philippines or wait for chol
era siege to try it. The stufing may b
made according to each housewives par
ticular ideas about stufing, but the rec
sweet peppers should be one ingrsdien
as they make such pretty spots OF color