Old-Fashioned Salads

Take a tasty trip back in time with over 400 salad and salad dressing recipes selected from antique cook books printed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this cookbook, you'll find old-fashioned classics, original and unique salad recipes, and a few of the stranger old-fashioned salads no longer found on the modern menu. Scattered throughout the cookbook are antique photos, old ads and old-fashioned salad advice and tips from the original cook books. Visit a local farmer's market and create some delicious salads from history for your whole family to enjoy.

“People who do not eat salads have pimples and blotches and headaches.” –Mrs. Rorer, 20th Century Cook Book (1900)

1880 Turnip Tops - Valuable Cooking Receipts
1887 Creole Dressing - The Buckeye Cook Book
1902 Hot Lettuce Salad - The Great 20th Century Cook Book
1903 Louisiana Salad - The Post-Graduate Cookery Book
1908 Crab Salad Served in Tomatoes - Famous Old Receipts
1909 Cheese Straws - Recipes of the Woman's Club San Mateo
1910 Nut and Tomato Salad Dressing - Vegetarian Cook-Book
1912 Pimento Salad with Cheese Balls - The Golden Rule Cook Book
1914 Mexican Tomato Salad Culinary - Echoes From Dixie
1915 Dandelion Mint Salad - The Nature Cure Cook Book
1916 Baked Bean Salad - From House to House
1917 Codfish Tongue Salad - Mrs. Norton's Cook Book
1918 Salad of Eggplant (Turkish Style)-The International Jewish Cook Book
1922 Cheese Cole-Slaw - Good Housekeeping's Book of Menus, Recipes, and Household Discoveries