Perfection Salad
From julesong 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 8
A family recipe dating back to the early part of the 20th century, by my great-grandmother. I have a tendency to think of this as Grandpa's salad, because he always prepared it for us. My mom and sister still make it for our holiday family gatherings, although now we usually use sugarfree Jello. Read more (I've recently discovered that Perfection Salad is not something unique to our family - there are a lot of old recipes on net for it. They're generally similar to the one below.) Prep time doesn't include refrigeration. See less
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water shopping list
- 1 (3 ounce) package lemon Jell-O gelatin shopping list
- 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup cold water shopping list
- 1 cup finely diced celery shopping list
- 1 cup finely shredded cabbage shopping list
- 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes shopping list
- 2 tablespoons chopped pimiento shopping list
- mayonnaise (Best Foods, Helmann's, or Vegenaise) shopping list
How to make it
- Pour boiling water over jello in bowl.
- Stir until jello is disolved.
- Stir in vinegar, veggies, salt, and cold water.
- Pour into mold, chill until firm.
- Serve unmolded on chilled plate, topped with a generous dollop of mayonnaise (family tradition of the last 30 years or so demands that you use Best Foods mayo brand - *never* Miracle Whip).
- If preferred, use 1/2 cup celery and 1 cup grated carrot.
- You can use sugar-free jello for a diabetic/lowcarb version of Perfection Salad. Sometimes lemon jello is difficult to find - we've sometimes used lime instead.
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