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Peanut Cream Salad

Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1 · Page n42

Editorial context

Published in Caroline C. Shea's compilation of innovative salads for Good Housekeeping, this recipe demonstrates early commercial peanut butter use under the name "peanutine." The rich peanut-and-cream emulsion is brightened with vinegar and seasoned with chopped olives, mustard, salt, and pepper, offered with seasonal greens: delicate lettuce hearts during summer or crisp sliced celery during winter.

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Peanut Cream Salad To two tablespoonfuls of peanutine, add one teaspoonful each of mustard and sugar, and a dash of pepper and salt. Mix well into it two tablespoonfuls of thick cream, and a table- spoonful of chopped olives. Thin with vinegar to taste and pour over the white hearts of lettuce in summer, or over celery, thinly sliced, in win- ter

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Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1
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31
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Public rights statementThis material was originally published in the United States in 1900 and is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Source: Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1, 1900-07-01, page n42, via https://archive.org/details/sim_good-housekeeping_good-housekeeping_1900-07_31_1. Repastory is not affiliated with or endorsed by Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1 or its current owner. Rights may vary outside the United States.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoonfuls peanutine
  • 1 teaspoonful mustard
  • 1 teaspoonful sugar
  • dash pepper
  • dash salt
  • 2 tablespoonfuls thick cream
  • 1 tablespoonful olives, chopped
  • vinegar, to taste
  • lettuce, white hearts
  • celery, thinly sliced

Directions

To two tablespoonfuls of peanutine (or peanut butter), add one teaspoonful each of mustard and sugar, plus a dash of pepper and salt. Mix well with two tablespoonfuls of thick cream and one tablespoonful of chopped olives. Thin with vinegar to taste. Pour over white hearts of lettuce in summer, or over thinly sliced celery in winter.

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Yield
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Names & connections

  • Saladstopic · article category
  • Peanutinebrand · peanut butter brand or trade name

Source context

contributor

Salads

Salads By CAROLINE C. SHEA

Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1 · Page n41 · View context source ↗

Source evidence: Salads BY CAROLINE C. SHEA

menu guidance

Salad Notes and Variations

Cress, nasturtium leaves or blossoms, and mustard leaves may be all used with lettuce. Omit sugar in all the above recipes if so desired.

Good Housekeeping 1900-07: Vol 31 Iss 1 · Page n42 · View context source ↗

Source evidence: Cress, nasturtium leaves or blossoms, and mustard leaves may be all used with lettuce. Omit sugar in all the above recipes if so desired.

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