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Mayonnaise Dressing

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Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mayonnaise Dressing

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 2 yolks of eggs, 1 cup olive oil, 1 tsp. salt, \ tsp. cayenne, \ tsp. mustard, \ tsp. sugar, 1 tbs. vinegar, 1 tbs. lemon juice. Add the seasonings to the egg yolks and mix well. Add the oil, drop by drop, stirring constantly in the same direction with a wooden spoon or silver fork. When thick, add lemon juice and vinegar, a few drops at a time. If the dressing curdles, take another egg yolk and add the curdled dressing to it, then the remainder of the oil. Note: Set the bowl on ice while making the dressing and chill the eggs and oil thoroughly, before using.

  2. GERMAN POTATO SALAD. Put on to boil the day before, small potatoes with the jackets on. Do not cook too much. Next day peel and slice rather thin. Fry out some fat bacon and to § cup fat add 1 large onion sliced. Do not cook brown. Add J cup sharp vinegar. Add about 1 qt. of the sliced potatoes, a little salt and pepper. Mix gently until the potatoes are well covered with fat and look shiny. They should be a little sour. If not acid enough add more vinegar. Serve hot with frankfurt sausage or redhots. Mrs. T. F. Quinby.

  3. SHRIMP SALAD. 1 can shrimp, J medium cabbage, 1 onion, 1 small head celery, 1 tsp. salt. Remove the shrimp from the can or fresh shrimp, and cover with boiling water. Let stand until cool, drain and place on ice. Shave the cabbage very fine and then with sharp knife cut across until it is very fine. Cut the celery very fine, chop the onion. Place on the ice. When the shrimp is cold break in small pieces and add to the other ingredients. Toss all together with a fork.

  4. DRESSING. 6 yolks of eggs, \ cup vinegar, 1 roundkig tsp. dry mustard, \ cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. extract of celery, dash of red pepper. Mix the mustard with the sugar, salt and pepper, add the vinegar gradually, when smooth pour over the eggs and beat well. Cook with the bowl in a dish of hot water stirring constantly until thick. When cold, thin with 1 cup of cream, add the extract of celery. Mix with the shrimp and cabbage, etc., and serve on lettuce. This salad will not be a success without the celery extract.

  5. Mrs. Lockerby.

  6. GRAPE FRUIT SALAD. 6 grape fruit, 3 lemons, J cup sugar, 1 box gelatine. Put 1 cup of water over gelatine and let stand a few minutes. When ready to use set dish in hot water and dissolve the gelatine without adding any more water. Scrape the center and juice from grape fruit, having grape fruit in very small particles, add juice of the lemons and sugar, then put the dissolved gelatine into the above and mold with hole in center and fill the hole with mayonnaise dressing. Or can be served in individual molds with dressing.

  7. Mrs. Thomas M. Partridge.

  8. TOMATO AND MUSHROOM SALAD. 6 large mushrooms, 6 medium tomatoes, 1 tbs. butter, J tsp. celery salt. Peel tomatoes and put on ice to chill. Peel and break in good sized pieces 6 large mushrooms, saute them in butter for 3 minutes adding 2 drops of onion juice and J tsp. celery salt, and dash of paprika; chill thoroughly; scoop out the inside of tomatoes to which add the mush- rooms; mix with mayonnaise and fill the tomato cases, put- ting a spoonful of mayonnaise mixed with whipped cream on top of each. Serve on lettuce leaf. Mrs. Lockerby.

  9. Equal parts of celery, apples and figs. Serve on a lettuce leaf with a rich cream dressing. Mrs. E. W. Ensign.

  10. FRUIT SALAD. A nice salad may be made from crisp lettuce leaves; pineapple cut in diamond shape, 1 lb. Cal. green grapes, 2 bananas sliced, walnuts. Pour over mayonnaise dressing, decorate with whipped cream and cherries.

  11. Mrs. R. W. Cranston.

  12. FRUIT SALAD. 3 oranges, 3 bananas, 3 apples, § can pineapple. Squeeze juice of 1 lemon and sprinkle sugar over fruit. This serves 12 people.

  13. POTATO CUCUMBER SALAD. 10 boiled potatoes, sliced very thin; 3 small cucumbers; 3 sticks of celery sliced; 6 cold boiled eggs; 1 small onion, grated. Put into a dish a layer of potatoes, cucumbers, celery, egg and sprinkle of onion until used.

  14. Mrs. J. R. Hughes. •

  15. DRESSING. Beat 3 eggs well, 1 tbs. melted butter, 1 tbs. suffar, 1 tsp. salt, f tsp. mustard, stir until smooth and add 1 cup vinegar. Cook in double boiler, stirring until smooth. When cold add § cup sweet or sour cream beaten before serving, pour over the salad.

  16. TOMATO JELLY SALAD. In a sauce pan put \ can of tomatoes, 1 bay leaf, 4 cloves, \ tsp. salt, 10 drops onion juice, simmer 15 minutes, and press through a sieve, add \ box of gelatine which has been soaked in | cup of cold water and stir until it dissolves. Pour into wet molds. Serve on lettuce with salad dressinsr.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

869Calories
21 gProtein
27 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 20 of 24 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 20 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Fruit Saladnot in our table0
Fruitnot 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 Ramblers' club, Minneapolis. [from old catalog]. 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. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Celery + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the grape

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cream, onion, celery, vinegar, egg, potato):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Grapethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cream, onion, celery, vinegar, egg, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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