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>>>>>> Farm1 wrote:
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>>>>>>> Does any one have a tried and true recipe for Salad Cream please?
>>>>>> Isn't that the same stuff as reduced-fat imitation mayo?
>>>>> I have no idea George since I've only ever tried it once. That was
>>>>> Heinz Salad Cream and it sat in my fridge for some time before I threw
>>>>> it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd bought it for a recipe which I didn't make because the Heinz
>>>>> product was so nasty but it occured to me that it once may have been a
>>>>> home made salad dressing that Mr Heinz decided to reproduce
>>>>> commercially and, IMO, does very poorly.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have found a couple of recipe in Fannie Farmer but not in any local
>>>>> cookbooks so perhaps it is a traditional American recipe?????? I
>>>>> ntoice that resposne have'nt come in fast and furious so perhaps I
>>>>> should just try one of the FF recipes to see if it suits.
>>>> The cookbook that came with Kenwood mixers had a recipe IIRC. Mind you,
>>>> it had mustard in it so it probably ended up tasting like heinz's.
>>> Thank you Graham. I'll check it out if I can find my kenwood book.
>>> Since >> Kenwood is a UK brand perhaps sf is right about it being a UK
>>> recipe.

>> I can probably look through some Kenwood booklets tomorrow, if you would
>> like me to. (I've been sorting ephemera, so they should be findable.)

>
> Well Jean, I dug out my Kenwood book which came with my machine decades ago
> and there is no Salad Cream recipe there. when I looked to see where it was
> printd, it's an austrlaian book because ti only has the Aussie service
> places. I guess they modified it for our market.
>
>> Oh, looking back, I see you want a TNT recipe. Any that I find would not
>> be.

>
> Actually at this stage I'll give any recipe for ti a try out. So far I've
> only found 2 recipes in Fannie Farmer and 1 in "The Enchanted Broccoli
> Forest" (as in Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, NY) called 'Creamy Mustard'
> which must be failry close, and, would you believe, 1 in Larousse but it's
> not thick like the Heinz Salad cream - it's a very liquid dressing.
>
>

What characteristics are you looking for? I can find so many
recipes for this....

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Jean B.