Cardinal Salad Mold – 1950

by | Jun 14, 2013 | Gelatin, Hello Jell-O, Just Recipes, Recipes & Cookbooks | 5 comments

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From A Sampler of Modern Sour Cream Recipes, 1950

 

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5 Comments

  1. Ann
    Ann on June 14, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    A little OT, but seeing the ingredient “dairy sour cream,” and knowing that the post war era was a very, oh shall we say “scientific” one, is there such a thing as *non-dairy* sour cream?

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  2. David
    David on June 14, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    Hmm… That salad mold just doesn’t sound good. Okay, I kind of get that the top layer is like a sour creamsicle with orange rind, and the bottom layer — lemon Jell-O, beets, onion, horseradish, vinegar and celery — I just can’t put together. So once you get your guests to gather around the salad mold adorned with cold-cuts and huge cheese wedges, on the table festooned with bread and butter-curls, WHAT on earth do you do with the salad mold?

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    • David
      David on June 14, 2013 at 9:11 pm

      …Can anyone figure out what’s in the dish next to the butter? Baked apples?

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      • lak
        lak on June 15, 2013 at 9:58 am

        they look like very wan pickle chips to me!

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        • David
          David on June 15, 2013 at 2:50 pm

          Oh, pickles! I think you’re right. Some very wan, peaked pickles indeed!

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