Salad Encino

"This is a nostalgia salad, circa 1936. Actress Ann Dvorak served this salad to guests at her ranch in the Encino Community of Los Angeles. This simple salad is typical of that era. The recipe is adapted from the book: "What Actors Eat...When they Eat" by Rex Lease. I located the book at the Los Angeles Public Library in their rare book collection."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
2 salads
Serves:
2
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ingredients

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directions

  • Rub a wooden salad bowl with the garlic.
  • Add the cucumber, onion, green pepper, sweet gherkin and tomato to the bowl and mix.
  • Mix the dressing ingredients and combine with the vegetables.
  • Garnish with the red bell pepper slices.

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  1. 5 Stars! Very fresh taste, like a salsa. Used canned diced tomatoes (drained) because out of season. Perfect side for grilled steaks, could add cooked pasta or chickpeas for a variation. Stayed true to the recipe, and was surprized how good it tasted with apple cider vinegar. Made for My 3 Chefs Spring 2008.
     
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I live in a wooded hillside area of Los Angeles where it feels like being out in the country. I grew up in Rhode Island, and came to LA after graduating from URI. I recently retired from my job as an environmental specialist. So now I have time to collect internet recipes. My hobbies & interests are aquatics, shell collecting, my cats, feeding stray cats, home improvement projects and cooking. I love to travel and, years ago, lived in Mexico for several months. My favorite cookbooks are the ones written by Diana Kennedy; they are all great; and I have them all, some signed by her when I was enrolled in her cooking classes. I have a lot of cookbooks; some of my other fave authors and their books are: Madhur Jaffrey (especially World Vegetarian, World of East Vegetarian Cooking and A Taste of the Far East), Faye Levy, Martha Rose Shulman (especially Mediterranean Light, Provencal Light and Mexican Light) and Paula Wolfert.
 
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