In article >,
(Charlotte L. Blackmer) wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >Is the bread supposed to be soggy when the salad is served? Samantha
> >Demidavicius made this at the Calgary Cook-In in 2001 and it was
> >wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I'm thinking I'll bring it to a
> >meeting on Monday night.
> >
> >The bread I'm intending to use has a dense crumb.
>
> Hey! My name in lights!
>
> It's supposed to be moistened, not soggy. It does get a bit soggy if it's
> held.
>
> With nice juicy summer tomatoes I'd start with only a small bit of the
> dressing (quarter to half).

Great. Thanks.

> Toss after about half an hour and see how it's doing - add more if
> you need to. The bread I usually use has a fairly dense crumb as
> well.

>
> The leftover dressing is great on other salads (try it on blanched green
> beans).

I will! I bought more green beans this morning. Farmer had a second
planting that's just being picked for the first time. Nice. Young and
not overdeveloped and tough. I made another batch of green bean soup
yesterday with the end of last week's buy.

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