Cranberry Salad

I know many of you readers here in the States are getting ready for Thanksgiving, so I thought I would post this recipe for cranberry salad that appears in my book "Handwritten Recipes." I haven't tried it myself, so I make no promises:

Cranberry Salad


1 cup cranberries (cut or ground)
1 cup sugar
1 small package of lemon Jell-O
1 cup hot water
1 cup pineapple juice

Combine and chill in bowl until syrupy.

Add:

1 cup chopped celery
1 cup pineapple, drained
½ cup chopped nuts

Pour into mold and serve.

Found in "How I Cook It" by Virginia McDonald. Published by Frank Glenn Publishing, 1949.

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Condensed Milk Salad Dressing

Recipe for "Nanna's Condensed Milk Salad Dressing"

Beat one egg until thick

Add 1 tsp. dry mustard, 1 T salt, 1/4 tsp. pepp. 1/2 tsp. paprika.

Now add 3/4 c vinegar, 1 can condensed milk and 1/4 c melted olea.

Beat - do not cook

Found in "Echoes of Bats and Men" by Donald R. Griffin. Published by Anchor Books, 1959.

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French Kraut

French Kraut

1 head cabbage - chop
1 green peppers
1 red pepper
2/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp celery seed
1 tbl whole allspice

Boil - cover cabbage

Found in "McLeod's Folly" by Louis Bromfield. Published by World, 1948.

Anyone else think of... ok, I can't think of any famous French-Germans. Google was no help.