Salad Cream

[ordinarygull Profile Website]

This is on the list of things I was sure I hated, but I've just found out that I don't after a visit to my elderly aunt in her caravan.

I was sure I had a recipe for this somewhere (possibly Gary Rhodes) but can't find one (I've not googled as I'm interested in what you all come up with)

Question is though, if I was to make salad cream would it be an improvement on the shop varieties, or is bottled salad cream just something that is so unique and mass produced that you cannot possibly reproduce it at home?

[kari49 Profile]

hiya frances, i have the gary rhodes recipe i also hadone by a lady called susan goode, i will see if i can find it, i did make it once, it was ok, but i must admit i do prefer the bottled variety the more vinegary the better! hope you find what you are looking for karen

[Sakkarin Profile]

On impulse, your post prompted me to try this recipe from an old Beeb thread. Halved the quantities, and substituted white pepper, white vinegar and ordinary sunflower oil to keep it light and cheapo, but it ended up too white, so I added a few specks of industrial yellow food dye.

It took about 15 minutes start to finish, and it certainly smelt like salad cream while it was cooking. Made about 3/4 pint, I don't know why anyone would want to make it in the full quantities in the recipe!

I will give a proper verdict when it has cooled. Now to find some luncheon meat, boiled eggs, lettuce and tomato to go with it.

http://www.greenchronicle.com/connies_c ... _cream.htm

[Les Mains]

I will give a proper verdict when it has cooled. Now to find some luncheon meat, boiled eggs, lettuce and tomato to go with it.

Huh? No cucumber? No mustard and cress? No pickled beetroot? Fine salad that is...

[Joanbunting Profile]

Pickled beetroot essential - how else can you get all the colour to run into everything else?

p.s. As some of your Northern posters will confirm. It is not possible to make a cheese savoury stottie without "real" salad cream!!

[Binky Profile]

Would that be Shirley Good(e) and not Susan? I had a book of hers once. She was considered a 'frugal cook' so making salad cream at home would be one of her recipes for sure.

[kari49 Profile]

i agree about the beetroot joan! i have never tried cheese savoury with salad cream though? maybe one to try! actally i like chips covered in cheese which is melted and topped with salad cream nom nom! karen

[kari49 Profile]

i stand corrected binky karen

[Sakkarin Profile]

I have rarely thrown away cookbooks (and with over 300 maybe I should!), but I am afraid that "frugal cook" one ended up in the bin!

P.S. I'll just check that, in case I kept it as my "worst ever cookbook" specimen...

[ordinarygull Profile Website]

If you didn't keep it, which one was kept as worst ever cookbook?? - that would be a good thread actually!!

[Sakkarin Profile]

And here it is in all its pale and insipid glory!!!!

And I even snuck in a bit of beetroot and cress...



P.S. will answer the cookbook question later

[kari49 Profile]

that looks lovely! enjoy! karen

[mark111757 Profile]

in the green chronicle recipe, i see that it calls for mustard powder....is that as in colemans mustard or the mild/tame stuff we have here in the states???

thanks for clearing that up!!!

cheers!!

[cherrytree Profile]

We had the conversation about cheese savoury on the Old Board. I think salad cream is an essential constituent of this northern delicacy. Since the correspondence on there and all the tips about it I have perfected the recipe and it is a real hit. I have only used Heinz -don't know what any rival makes would be like.

[Sakkarin Profile]

Definitely proper Colmans type maxi strength mustard!

P.S. Did anyone notice my silly little weeny plate of salad, with quails eggs and baby cherry tomatoes? I thought it was rather cute

[mark111757 Profile]

would love to try quails eggs...especially delia's haddock and quail egg pie but trying to find them is like trying to find hens teeth here in the states.....

tho having just said that i found this that was interesting....

http://wadleyquailfarm.com/quail_eggs_f ... ption.html

even tho they are not fresh or recently cooked, why would tinned eggs not work--

http://www.efooddepot.com/products/asia ... ml#product

thanks and cheers!!!

[ordinarygull Profile Website]

I was just admiring how perfectly cooked your eggs were... didn't notice they were teeny ones!!

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Salad cream? Ermm, the other day, I added a tsp or so of (colman's) mustard, a tsp (or so) of sugar, extra vinegar and a weeny pinch of turmeric to some mayonnaise. Looked right and tasted pretty close!

[Global_Worming Profile]

Definitely proper Colmans type maxi strength mustard!

P.S. Did anyone notice my silly little weeny plate of salad, with quails eggs and baby cherry tomatoes? I thought it was rather cute

I like the classic 60's gravy boat

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

very dainty, Sakkarin.
Ham, egg and ? .... where are the chips?

Didn't James Martian have a salad cream recipe?