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Waldorf Salad

Recipe No. 449 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Salads. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Salad

Serves Approximately 25 pounds, 100 servings, five mess kit spoons (4 ounces) each.

Recipe No. 449 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Salads. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Ingredients

  • Lemon juice — ½ pint (⅓ mess kit cup)
  • Apples, diced — 14 pounds (14 No. 56 dippers)
  • Celery, diced — 12 pounds (12 No. 56 dippers)
  • Salt — 1 ounce (2 mess kit spoons)

Lettuce — 6 heads

  • Mayonnaise or salad dressing — 1 quart (1 No. 56 dipper)

Directions

  1. Sprinkle lemon juice over diced apples to prevent discoloration.
  2. Combine apples, celery, and salt.
  3. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise or salad dressing (recipes Nos. 459 to 484).

Notes

SCALED TO 8 SERVINGS (the original is ÷12.5): Lemon juice — 1¼ tbsp Apples, diced — 1 lb 2 oz Celery, diced — 15⅓ oz Salt — about ½ tsp Lettuce — ½ heads Mayonnaise or salad dressing — 5 tbsp

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 449, Salads. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.