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Chicken Salad Dressing

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Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Chicken Salad Dressing

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Yolks of six eggs well beaten. One-half pint of melted but- ter, or its equivalent in oil, three tablespoons of mixed mustard, salt and pepper to taste. Two teaspoons of celery seed. Mix thoroughly, then add three-quarters of a pint of strong vinegar, place on the stove, stirring constantly until thick like boiled custard.

  2. Mrs. Phebe M. Jewett. CREAM SALAD DRESSING.

  3. One cup of milk brought just to boil, yolks of two eggs well beaten, stirred into the milk, two tablespoons flour mixed in cold milk, one tablespoon of sugar, one small teaspoon of salt, one small teaspoon of mustard, pinch of red pepper, lump of butter size of an egg, one-half cup of vinegar.

  4. Mrs. Phebe M. Jewett. CREAM SALAD DRESSING.

  5. Put two cups of cream into a farina kettle to heat ; when hot add a piece of butter the size of a walnut ; stir into a little cold cream three teaspoonfuls of mustard, four of sugar, two of salt and a quarter of cayenne pepper ; beat four eggs light and add to this mixture, which must be made very smooth. When the cream is hot add the egg mixture and cook like boiled cus- tard, being careful to remove from the fire before it curdles. Strain through a sieve and add while hot two-thirds cup of vinegar, beating until cool. One-half cup of cream whipped and added just before using is an improvement.

  6. Mrs. A. H. Thompson, Topeka, Kan. COOKED SALAD DRESSING.

  7. Yolks of two eggs, two tablespoons olive oil or butter, two tablespoons sugar ; salt, pepper, mustard,, grated nutmeg ; stir constantly over a slow fire ; when thick add half cup cream.

  8. Mrs. H. Kerckhoff.

  9. SALADS. 73

  10. MAYONNAISE FOR TOMATO JELLY salad, etc.

  11. Yolks of two raw eggs, yolks of three hard-boiled eggs, half teaspoonful of mustard, one gill of olive oil, dash of cayenne pepper, vinegar and salt to taste.

  12. Mrs. William S. Cross. MAYONNAISE DRESSING.

  13. Drop the yolk of one egg into a bowl, add one tablespoonful of salt and even tablespoonful of sugar; drop oil slowly drop by drop and stir briskly until it thickens, then can be dropped faster till it hardens, adding oil till you have the quantity de- sired ; pour in the juice of one or two lemons slowly, beating briskly until it is thoroughly mixed, and sour enough to suit the taste ; add half a teaspoonful of onion juice if desired.

  14. Mrs. George»H. Wadleigh. SALAD DRESSING.

  15. Pour slowly seven tablespoon fuls of boiling vinegar over the yolks of four well beaten eggs, beating all the time. Re- turn to the stove; add butter the size of an egg, one table- spoonful of flour mixed with a little water, pepper, mustard, and a little sugar and salt. When boiled until quite thick let cool, and just before serving add a pint of whipped cream.

  16. Miss Elisa Bonsall. SALAD DRESSING.

  17. Half cup vinegar, three eggs beaten to a cream with two ta- blespoonfuls of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of very thick cream (sour cream will answer), half teaspoonful of mustard and a little salt. Bring vinegar to a boil, mix other ingredients and stir into the vinegar, cook to a thick custard, taking care that it does not curdle. While hot stir in a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Beat in a little whipped cream before serving.

  18. Mrs. Ferry, Sierra Madre. FRENCH SALAD DRESSING.

  19. One pinch salt, one-half pinch pepper, mix thoroughly with two tablespoonfuls vinegar and one and a half tablespoonfuls of salad oil. Pour over salad and serve immediately.

  20. h. c. w.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1121Calories
31 gProtein
49 gFat
140 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Celery Seed1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saladnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Landmarks Club. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,169 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Celery + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,667 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, milk, flour, sugar, vinegar, cream, olive):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, milk, flour, sugar, vinegar, cream, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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