San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-05
Table Talks
Dinner Menu
By Alice IRWIN
Veal Outlet
Baked Potatoes
Squash
Ginger Ale Salad


Chocolate Cake
The very name ginger ale salad" is
alluring Oh a midsummer day. and
promise you that you will find the
product as attractive as its name indi
Gates. ] have suggested it as a part
of this dinner menu, but it is mos
appropriate for company luncheon
or to provide the main dish in after
noon refreshments.
Salads prepared with gelatine have
the distinct advantage Of requiring
little last minute attention, which
makes them a boon to the average
hostess. who must do her entertain.
ing without the assistance of a maid
While there is no dish which ranks
higher in my list of salads than fruit
salad, fruit salad which has stood an
hour before it is served seems to me an
utter impossibility. Nodded salads
need only to be turned out on lettuce
leaves, topped with some sort Of salad
dressing and they arc ready to serve.
For the ginger ale salad two table
spoons graduated gclatinc are soaked
| for five minutes in onc-half cup cold
water and then dissolved by placing
the tin cup containing the gclatine in
Il pan of hot water. The SOftenCd and
dissolved gclatinc takes the form of a
heavy liquid, about like olive oil. 1T
| is then turned into one and Omc-half
cups ginger ale and two tablespoons
lemon juice, and two tablespoons sugar
arc added. When this mixture has
begun to set fruit is added. Three
cups are the required amount and any
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diced canned pineapple, one cup orange
juice and pulp and one cup seeded
white grapes. This combination goes
into cold individual molds to chill.
Two discoveries which | have found
invaluable when preparing salads and
desserts with gclatine arc: Put the
molds, which must be of tin or alumi-
nun, as glass or china is not ready
conductor Of heat, on top Of the ice and
have them thoroughly chilled before
you put hot Eclatinc mixture. This
makes it solidify quickly and turn out
readily. In the winter. when you do
not have ice, allow the molds to remain
in cold water until ready for use.
To remove gClatinc from mold.
wiring your dish cloth out from hot
water and hold it for moment around
the mold. | find this much better than
dipping the mold in hot water. as that
is quite likely to melt the outer layer
of golatine and spoil the layer of the
mold
II you are featuring ginger ale salad
in your refreshments for an after.
noon bridge or sewing party, serve
with
CREAM DRESSING.
Two eggs, onc-Quartcr teaspoon
paprika, four tablespoons lemon
juice, half teaspoon salt, one tea.
spoon sugar, one cup whipped
cream.
Beat eggs until light; add dry in
gradients well mixed: stir in lemon
juice. Cook over hot water until
thick. Cool. and when ready TO serve
add whipped cream.
A recipe similar to this was sent TO
me recently by one Of our readers who
asked me to try it. She recommended
it as the best salad dressing she had
ever eaten. 1t was good. but it called
for four tablespoons sugar. where this
recipe calls for one teaspoon. Salad
dressings are intended to be- a bit
sharp, to have that delicious tang
which lemon juice or tarragon vinegar
gives: when much sugar is used this
dressing becomes merely sweet sauce.
You may prefer it that way If you are
making one dish combine the functions
of salad and dessert