Shellfish Salad

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OYSTER SALAD
1 bottle Oysters, 1 Lettuce, Half a Lemon, Mayonnaise or Salad Dressing

Strain away the liquor from a bottle of oysters; put it into a saucepan, and when it boils put in the oysters and cook for five minutes; let them get cold in the liquor. Wash and break up the lettuce and put some of the bottom of a bowl. Strain the liquor from the oysters and mix a little with the dressing, stir in the oysters and spread over the lettuce. Cover with more lettuce and garnish with slices of lemon and red radishes.

LOBSTER SALAD -1
Lobster meat may be either fresh or canned, but, of course, fresh lobster meat is more desirable if it can be obtained.
2 c. lobster meat, 1 c. diced celery, French dressing, Lettuce, Mayonnaise, 1 hard-cooked egg

Chill lobster meat and add the diced celery. Marinate with French dressing, and allow this mixture to stand for 1/2 hour or so before serving. Keep as cold as possible. Drain off the French dressing and heap the salad mixture on garnished salad plates or in a salad bowl garnished with lettuce. Pour mayonnaise dressing over the top, garnish with slices of hard cooked egg, and serve. Sufficient to Serve Six.

LOBSTER SALAD -2
Lobsters are done when they assume a red colour, which will only require a few minutes hard boiling. Remove the skin and bones, pick to pieces with a fork, marinate them, i.e., place in a dish and season with salt, pepper and a little oil, plenty of vinegar and a little onion cut up; then cover and let stand two or three hours. Cut up hard boiled eggs for a border, line the bottom of the dish with lettuce leaves, place the lobster on the dish in a ring. Mayonnaise can be used if desired, but the lobster is excellent without it.

CRAB SALAD -1
Boil three dozen hard-shell crabs twenty-five minutes; drain and let them cool gradually; remove the upper shell and the tail, break the remainder apart and pick out the meat carefully. The large claws should not be forgotten, for they contain a dainty morsel, and the creamy fat attached to the upper shell should not be overlooked. Line a salad bowl with the small white leaves of two heads of lettuce, add the crab meat, pour over it a “Mayonnaise” garnish with crab claws, hard-boiled eggs and little mounds of cress leaves, which may be mixed with the salad when served.

CRAB SALAD -2
Crab meat may be either fresh or canned, but, of course, fresh crab meat is more desirable if it can be obtained.
2 c. crab meat, 1 c. diced celery, French dressing, Lettuce, Mayonnaise, 1 hard-cooked egg

Chill crab meat and add the diced celery. Marinate with French dressing, and allow this mixture to stand for 1/2 hour or so before serving. Keep as cold as possible. Drain off the French dressing and heap the salad mixture on garnished salad plates or in a salad bowl garnished with lettuce. Pour mayonnaise dressing over the top, garnish with slices of hard cooked egg, and serve.

SHRIMP SALAD.
Shrimps may be used in an attractive salad in the manner. Persons who care for sea food find this a most appetising dish. Like lobster and crab, shrimp may be purchased in cans, and so it is possible to have this salad at any season.

First marinate the shrimps with French dressing and then heap them on a plate garnished with lettuce leaves. Add thin slices of hard-cooked egg whites, and place a tender heart of celery in the centre of the plate. If desired, some thin slices of celery may be marinated with the shrimp. Serve with mayonnaise dressing.

PRAWN SALAD
1 pint Prawns, 6 Tomatoes, Mayonnaise or Salad Dressing

Pick the prawns, leaving the skin on a few fine ones for a garnish. Peel and slice up the tomatoes and arrange them on a dish; put over them the prawns, and pour over all some mayonnaise or salad dressing. Place the other prawns round as a garnish with a few lettuce leaves broken up.

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