Salmon Salad with Cucumber Sauce in 1920

Dixon Evening Telegraph, Dixon, Illinois July 14, 1920, page 3

Salmon Salad

• 2 cups boiled salmon
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon parsley minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon granulated gelatin
• 1 – 2 cup boiled salad dressing

Dissolve gelatin in 1 – 4 cup cold water. Add 1 – 2 cup boiling water. Mix all ingredients, adding salad dressing last. Fill individual molds and set aside to chill and solidify. Serve in lettuce with cucumber sauce.

Cucumber Sauce

• 1 cup chopped cucumber
• 1 – 2 teaspoon salt
• 1 – 2 teaspoon parsley
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 3 – 4 cup whipping cream

Soak cucumber in ice-water for two hours. Peel and chop very fine. Add salt, parsley and vinegar. Mix well. Whip cream and combine with cucumber just before serving.