A Waldorf salad consists of julienned Julienne is a food preparation in which state a food item is cut into long thin strips. Common items to be julienned are carrots for carrots Julienne or celery for Céléris Remoulade apple The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching 3 to 12 metres tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged simple ovals 5 to 12 cm long and 3–6 centimetres and celery Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae commonly known as celery or celeriac (var. rapaceum) depending on whether the petioles (stalks) or roots are eaten, chopped walnuts Walnuts are plants in the family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees, 10–40 meters tall (about 30–130 ft), with pinnate leaves 200–900 millimetres long (7–35 in), with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya) but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family, grapes A grape is the non-climacteric fruit, botanically a true berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, and grape seed oil. Grapes are also used in some kinds of confectionery, and mayonnaise Mayonnaise is a thick condiment. White or yellowish-white in color, it is a stable emulsion of oil, egg yolk as an emulsifier and vinegar or lemon juice with salt and, in France, sometimes mustard as a flavoring, whereas in Spain (and Minorca) it is made using the same ingredients, but specifically olive oil as the oil, and never with mustard or a mayonnaise-based dressing. The salad Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: green salads; vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They include a mixture of cold or hot foods, often including raw vegetables and/or fruits was first created around 1893 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City (the precursor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel This article is about the historic Manhattan hotel. For announced hotels and projects, see Chicago Waldorf-Astoria, Beverly Hills Waldorf-Astoria and Orlando Waldorf-Astoria. For information on other Waldorf-Astoria hotels, see The Waldorf=Astoria Collection which opened in 1931)[1].
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Recipe creator
Although Oscar Tschirky, who was the maître d'hôtel The maître d’ in a suitably staffed restaurant or hotel is the person in charge of assigning customers to tables in the establishment and dividing the dining area into areas of responsibility for the various servers on duty. They may also be the person who receives and records reservations for dining, as well as dealing with any customer, is usually given credit for creating the recipe, there are conflicting stories about who actually created the salad. Oscar Tschirky also claimed credit for several other dishes served at the Waldorf, including Eggs Benedict Eggs Benedict is a dish that consists of a half of an English muffin, topped with ham or bacon, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce. (An alternative theory is that it was created by the Waldorf Lunch System, an early 20th century lunchroom chain—starting in the 1920s, the company logo was an apple.) In 1896 Waldorf Salad appeared in "The Cook Book by 'Oscar of the Waldorf'". It is traditionally served on lettuce Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. In many countries, it is typically eaten cold, raw, in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and in many other dishes. In some places, including China, lettuce is typically eaten cooked and use of the stem is as important as. Dried fruit Dried fruit is fruit that has been dried to remove some of the fruit's moisture, either naturally or through use of a machine, such as a food dehydrator. Raisins, prunes, and dates are examples of popular dried fruits. Other fruits such as apples, apricots, bananas, cherries, cranberries, figs, kiwi, mangoes, pawpaw, peaches, pears, persimmons, is often added — usually chopped dates or raisins.
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References
- ^ "The History of Waldorf Salad". Kitchen Project. http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Waldorf_Salad.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
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Categories: Cuisine of New York City | Salads
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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:21:06 GM
Toss all ingredients. Serve on . salad. greens if desired.
