Fruit Salads Recipe

Ingredients for Fruit Salads Recipe

• Fruit Salad

Instructions

1. Cut equal quantities of orange, pineapple, banana, and mellow apple into small dice.
2. Season with fruit sauce or cream mayonnaise, and serve on a lettuce leaf.
3. A few ripe strawberries when in season are a good addition.
4. Fruit Basket
5. Select medium sized, well colored oranges.
6. Hold an orange between the thumb and the first finger, letting the side of the orange rest on the table.
7. With a small, pointed knife, start in the middle of the orange, and run the blade about 2 inches into the center, then again and again, all the way around, in such a manner that the orange will part in two halves, leaving the edge ruffled with small points of peel, like the teeth of a coarse saw.
8. Run the point of a knife around each half, near the peel; then with a teaspoon, dip out the fruit in one piece.
9. Cut the orange center into small cubes, to which add equal quantities of diced banana and pineapple, and a few ripe strawberries if available.
10. Add fruit sauce to season, and fill the orange shells, having them well rounded with fruit.
11. Serve on a white plate, with three small orange leaves or a lettuce leaf for garniture.
12. Fruits and Nuts
13. 1 cup diced oranges
14. 1 cup diced bananas
15. 1 cup diced pineapple
16. Chopped walnuts
17. Mix the fruits, and season with fruit sauce.
18. Dish up on a lettuce leaf, and sprinkle chopped walnuts over the top.
19. Waldorf Salad
20. 1 cup diced sweet apple
21. 1 cup finely diced celery
22. A little chopped parsley
23. 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
24. Cream mayonnaise
25. Dice the apples first, and mix with mayonnaise, so as to keep them from turning a dark color.
26. Mix all the ingredients except the walnuts, which must be added just before serving, to prevent the salad from turning dark.
27. Serve on a lettuce leaf.
28. Apple and Banana Salad
29. 2 cups diced sweet apple
30. 1 large banana cut through lengthwise and sliced
31. 6 dates finely shredded
32. Fruit sauce or cream mayonnaise
33. Mix the ingredients and serve on a lettuce leaf.
34. Princess Salad
35. 1 cup seeded cherries
36. 1 cup pineapple cut in large dice
37. 1 cup marshmallows cut into dice
38. 1 cup shredded walnuts
39. Fruit sauce or cream mayonnaise
40. Mix all the ingredients except the walnuts, which should be added just before serving.
41. Serve on lettuce leaves.
42. Prune and Peach Nut Salad
43. Soak large sized dried prunes for twenty-four hours in cold water, drain, and dry off the moisture.
44. Remove the pits and cut the prunes into quarters or eighths.
45. Add an equal amount of coarsely chopped pecan nuts, blend with a little cream mayonnaise, and serve on a lettuce leaf.
46. Apple and Pimento Salad
47. 1 cup finely sliced sweet apple
48. 1/2 cup hearts of celery, chopped fine
49. 2 pieces pimento diced fine
50. Cream mayonnaise
51. Mix all the ingredients and serve on a lettuce leaf.
52. Crown Prince Salad
53. Line a small plate with crisp lettuce.
54. Take slices of orange, and dispose around the side of the dish.
55. Fill in with sliced banana, pineapple cut into large pieces, orange cut likewise, and ripe strawberries.
56. Pile the fruit high and pipe whipped cream on top and sides with a pastry bag, to represent a crown.
57. Ribbon Apple Salad
58. Select small, fine-grained red apples.
59. Core and pare, leaving the skin in the shape of a ring near the stem end of the apple.
60. Remove some of the inner portion of the apple, being careful not to break the shell.
61. Fill the cavity with equal quantities of finely diced celery and apple, seasoned with cream mayonnaise.
62. Put a small funnel of crisp lettuce in the top of the apple, into which drop a teaspoon of dressing.
63. Serve on apple leaves or a lettuce leaf.
64. Stuffed Date Salad
65. Remove the pits from washed dates, fill each date with half a walnut meat, and press together.
66. Put into a salad bowl, and wet with lemon juice.
67. Serve on a lettuce leaf.
68. Raisin Salad
69. 1/2 cup seeded raisins, sliced
70. 1 cup finely diced apple
71. Prepare the raisins first, then the apples.
72. Mix and season with cream mayonnaise.
73. Serve on a lettuce leaf.