SALAD

Salads were formerly confined to a few raw green herbs, but to-day they cover a wide range, practically all kinds of food being so served. They deserve yet more general recognition, for they offer a great diversity of food combinations that are very appetizing and particularly wholesome. They are especially valuable for the minerals and vitamins carried by the green leaves, roots, and fruits so freely used as components (see the general article on Foop Vauvugs). For their enjoyment, the best materials are, however, absolutely nece ary. Neither the tastine nor the food value of any combination is proof against the havoc that can be wrought by poor oil or vinegar. Lettuce is generally accorded the first place as a salad-plant, but among the numerous other po ibilities offered to us by nature and horticulturists are many whieh excel it in flavor and adaptability. Prominent among a great number suitable for use either separately, or in combinations, are raw articles such as borage, celery, chicory, chives, cre es, cucumbers, dandelion, endive, fine-chopped mint, mustard-plant, nasturtium leaves and blo oms, minced voung onion-tops, parsley, petsai, tomatoes, and nearly all kinds of fruits; and cooked articles such as artichokes, asparagus, beets, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, oyster-plant, sea-kale, chicken, erab, crayfish, lobster, salmon, shrimps, tuna, and veal. Brawn Sprouts (which see) are to most people a novel and pleasing addition. It is not nece ary to confine oneself to any special plant or other food or any set formula—almost any young erisp leaves of herbs or vegetables, aromatic or otherwise, can be made into a tasty salad if properly mixed with oil and vinegar and seasoned with salt and pepper and the addition of a little fruit or left-over cooked vegetables or meat, cut in small pieces, will render it a dish worthy of anyone's appetite! Meats, such as lobster, crab, and chicken, should be picked or eut into pieces about the size of small dice. They should never be minced. @@PAGE SALAMI. See Sausaces.