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Meal:All Breakfast Lunch Dinner Brunch Dessert Party Picnic Snack

Diet:All Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Gluten-free Dairy-free High-protein High-fiber

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Pear salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Pear salad

Pear salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including peel and slice five sweet, ripe pears, sprinkle with fine sugar, and add a little ma.

Pea salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 2

Pea salad

Marion Harland’s original method for Pea salad, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Potato Mayonnaise, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato Mayonnaise

A portable historic recipe using very small baked potato, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Potato salad (No. 1), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato salad (No. 1)

Potato salad (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cut cold-boiled potatoes into tender slices and mix with them two raw white onions, .

Potato salad (No. 2), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato salad (No. 2)

A page-cited historical picnic recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Oil Dressing I, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Oil Dressing I

A portable historic recipe using “hard-boiled” eggs, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Chicken salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Chicken salad

Marion Harland’s original method for Chicken salad, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Oil-and-Vinegar Potato Salad with Beets & Egg, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

20 min prepserves 6

Oil-and-Vinegar Potato Salad with Beets & Egg

A mayonnaise-free picnic salad from 1910, finished with hard-cooked egg, red beets, chives, and parsley.

Cucumber salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Cucumber salad

Cucumber salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including wash well in cold water.

Cream Dressing II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Cream Dressing II

A portable historic recipe using mustard, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Simple lettuce salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Simple lettuce salad

Simple lettuce salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including while you do this the waitress or butler should set before you the oil, vinegar, pep.

Bean and beet salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Bean and beet salad

Bean and beet salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil a half cupful of small kidney beans.

Oyster salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Oyster salad

Oyster salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including if you can not get these, cut each oyster in half, but do not chop them.

A macedoine salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

A macedoine salad

A macedoine salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including one cup of green peas, boiled and cold, and the same of string beans cut into half-i.

Cabbage salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Cabbage salad

A page-cited historical picnic recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Lenten salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Lenten salad

Lenten salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including fill the center of the dish with cold boiled or baked fish, cut into pieces, and pou.

French Fruit Salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

French Fruit Salad

A portable historic recipe using oranges, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Sweetbreads with celery salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Sweetbreads with celery salad

Marion Harland’s original method for Sweetbreads with celery salad, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

A fruit salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A fruit salad

A fruit salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including pare four juicy, sweet oranges, peel off every bit of the white inner skin from the .

French Dressing, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

French Dressing

A portable historic recipe using salt, drawn directly from Farmer’s public-domain cookbook.

Beet salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Beet salad

A page-cited historical picnic recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Egg salad with boiled dressing, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg salad with boiled dressing

Marion Harland’s original method for Egg salad with boiled dressing, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Parisian French Dressing, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Picnic Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Parisian French Dressing

Parisian French Dressing from the 1910 table, preserved for modern discovery with its original citation.