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Melon Salad

A chilled salad of muskmelons served with French dressing or mayonnaise.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Melon Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Chill the muskmelons on ice for 5 to 6 hours.

  2. Just before serving, cut them open and remove the seeds.

  3. Slice the melon into crescents, discarding the rind and green parts.

Serve

  1. Place the melon pieces in a bowl with bits of ice.

  2. Drizzle with French dressing or mayonnaise.

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

Muskmelons
Provide the sweet, juicy flesh that forms the body of the salad.
French dressing or mayonnaise
Adds fat and tang that complement the sweetness of the melon.

“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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