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Asparagus Salad

A salad made from canned asparagus tips tossed with French dressing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Asparagus Salad

Asparagus Salad

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Drain the can of asparagus tips.

  2. Place the asparagus in cold water, then drain again immediately and wipe dry.

  3. Put the asparagus into a salad bowl and pour French dressing over it.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Asparagus tips
Form the main body of the salad, providing the texture and mild flavour that the dressing coats.
French dressing
Adds acidity, sweetness and fat that season the asparagus and add moisture to the salad.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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