834. +Watermelon Salad.+-- Cut a watermelon in two, remove the seeds
and break the red part into pieces with a silver fork; put it in
layers in a glass dish, sprinkle each layer with sugar and place the
dish on ice for 2 hours; when ready to serve pour over 1/2 pint
claret. If objected to the wine may be omitted.
835. +How to Serve Watermelon.+-- Cut a watermelon in half
lengthwise; then cut each half first in two and then into long
pieces about 2 inches in thickness; arrange the pieces nicely on an
oblong plate and serve. The melon should lay for several hours on
ice before being cut, as it is not nice unless cold.
836. +Plum and Peach Salad.+-- Choose 1 dozen large egg plums, cut
them in two and remove the pits; pare and quarter 1/2 dozen large,
ripe peaches and put them in layers alternately with the plums in a
glass dish with 1 cup sugar sprinkled between; place the dish on ice
for 1/2 hour before serving.
837. +Orange and Cocoanut Salad.+-- Pare and cut some nice oranges
into pieces and remove the seeds; put a layer of the oranges
sprinkled with sugar into a glass dish, then a layer of freshly
grated cocoanut and next a layer of apple or currant jelly; then
oranges again; continue in this way until the dish is filled; place
the dish on ice for 1 or 2 hours and serve. If not handy the jelly
may be omitted.
838. +Peach and Pear Salad.+-- Pare and cut into fine slices 4 large,
ripe Bartlett pears; pare and cut into quarters 1/2 dozen large, ripe
peaches; put them with the pears into a glass dish with a layer of
whipped cream and sugar between and serve at once.
839. +Peach Salad.+-- Pare and cut 1 dozen peaches into quarters, put
them into a glass dish, sprinkle sugar between and over them and
place the dish on ice for 1/2 hour before serving.
840. +Banana Salad.+-- Cut the fruit into slices, put it into a glass
dish with sugar sprinkled between, squeeze over some lemon juice and
pour over 1 glass claret; place the dish on ice for 1 or 2 hours
before serving.
841. +Raspberry and Currant Salad.+-- Remove the stems from 1 pound
currants and wash and drain them; also wash and drain 1 quart
raspberries and put them into a glass dish with 1-1/2 cups sugar; cover
and let them stand for 3 or 4 hours before serving.
842. +How to Serve Blackberries.+-- Put blackberries into a colander,
let cold water run over them and set colander for a few minutes into
a dishpan to drain; put the berries into a glass dish with powdered
sugar. Huckleberries are prepared the same way.
843. +Banana and Orange Salad.+-- Remove the skins from 4 bananas and
cut the fruit into slices; pare and cut 1/2 dozen oranges into small
pieces and remove the seeds; put oranges and bananas alternately
into a glass dish with sugar sprinkled between, set them on ice for
1 hour and then serve.
844. +Pineapple Salad.+-- Pare and quarter 1 ripe pineapple, remove
the hard part in center and cut each quarter into fine slices or
dice; pare and cut 1/2 dozen oranges into small slices and remove the
pits; put oranges into a glass dish in alternate layers with
pineapple with plenty of sugar sprinkled between and place them on
ice for 1 or 2 hours before serving. Strawberries with pineapple are
prepared the same way.
845. +Cherry Salad.+-- Remove the pits from 1 pound cherries,
sprinkle with sugar and let them stand for 1 hour; then put them
with 1 pint ripe strawberries and a little more sugar into a glass
dish, set them on ice for 10 minutes and serve.