Broccoli Salad

1 bunch fresh broccoli - heads only
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 pound bacon - fried crisp and crumbled
1 cup shredded cheddar
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup white sugar
2 Tbsp white vinegar

Mix broccoli, onion, bacon and cheese together
Mix together remaining ingredients in separate bowl and pour over salad
Refrigerate 4 hours before serving. 

Mom Staples Hot Potato Salad

4 cups cooked sliced potatoes
1/4 lb bacon - raw and cut into small pieces
3/4 cup chopped onion
2 Tbsp flour
2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 cup water
1/4 cup parsley, fresh or dried
1 tsp celery seed

Fry bacon until crisp.  Remove from fat
Fry onion in fat until tender.  Remove from fat
Put flour and salt in fat to clear it
Mix egg and remaining ingredients together.  Put in frying pan
Pour hot mixture over potatoes

Meta's Favorite Roquefort Dressing

4 oz Roquefort or blue cheese
squirt of anchovy paste. 
1 clove finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup wine vinegar
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 small carton sour cream

Mix all together in blender or with electric beater.
It will be thin at first, but will thicken as it stands.
Put in closed jar and store in refrigerator. 

Hot Slaw

1/2 cabbage, shredded
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1/4 cup cold water
1 tbsp butter or bacon drippings
1/4 cup hot vinegar (hot as in heat, not spice)
1/2 tsp salt

Mix egg yolks, cold water, butter, vinegar and salt.  Cook in double pan over hot water, stirring constantly until thickened.  Add cabbage and serve.

Mrs. Lutner's Piccalilli

1-15 mediume sized pickle cubes
1 chip basket green firm tomatoes
4 large green peppers
4 large onions
4 medium peppers (for color)
1 whole bunch celery
1 large head cauliflower

Slice and cup up all vegetables and soak in ice water. 
Pour in colander and drain water. 

Add the following to a sauce pot and heat well - Do Not Boil!
5 1/2 cup vinegar
5 cups sugar
2 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp whole cloves
(put mustard seed and whole cloves in cloth bag - you will be removing them later)
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 cup salt

Add cut up vegetables to canning jars.
Add vinegar sauce
Seal in jars - boil in water 15-20 minutes.

Joy's German Potato Salad

3 cup diced cooked potatoes
4 slices bacon
1 onion, diced
1/4 cup vinegar
2 Tbsp water
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp parsley

Chop bacon and fry
Brown onion in fat
Add vinegar, water, sugar, salt and pepper.
Allow to boil
Add to potatoes and parsley
Serve warm. 
If too runny, thicken with a little flour/water mixture. 

French Dressing

1 can tomato soup
3/4 cup vinegar
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup oil
2 tsp salt (scant)
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp minced onion

Put in blender.

Salad Dressing

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp flour
2 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
2 heaping Tbsp mayonnaise
1/4 tsp mustard

Mix sugar, flour and eggs.  Beat well
Add in vinegar, water and salt.  Add to sugar mixture. 
Boil until thick.
Remove from heat and add mayonaise and mustard. 
Beat well.
Let cool. 

Steak Salad Dressing

2 heaping tsp corn starch
6 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
4 Tbsp water
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 slices bacon - chopped and fried

microwave 2-3 minutes. 

Grams' notes:  Joy puts together lettuce, hard boiled eggs, cucumbers, tomatoes, french fries and steak. Then she adds the warm dressing. 

I remember using spinach instead and boy - was that good!