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SCOUTIMG FOR GIRLS 
Heat the vinegar in the upper part of double boiler 
over direct heat. Sift the flour, mustard, salt and pepper 
thoroughly. Pour the boiling vinegar gradually upon the 
mixture, stirring constantly. Return to the upper part 
of the double boiler and cook over hot water until the 
mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Add the butter and 
remove from the fire. Chill before using. 
Mayonnaise . — 
1 egg yolk 
2 tablespoons lemon juice or 2 tablespoons vinegar 
y 2 teaspoon mustard 
2/3 teaspoon salt 
Dash of cayenne pepper. 
2/3 cup of oil (olive oil, cotton seed oil or other edible 
oil). 
Have the ingredients chilled. Place the mixing bowl 
in crushed ice. Mix the egg yolk, mustard, salt and 
cayenne pepper. Add a few drops of vinegar or lemon 
juice, then a .teaspoon of oil, drop by drop, until all the 
ingredients are used. Constant beating is necessary 
throughout. 
Fruit and Vegetable Salads . — Good combinations for 
salad are (1) potato and beet, (2) carrot and green peas, 
(3) tomato and celery, (4) asparagus and pimento. Com- 
binations of fruit and vegetables are, (1) apple and 
celery, (2) orange and green pepper. Combinations of 
different kinds of fruit and nuts or cheese are especially 
good. Examples are, (1) pineapple and orange, (2) 
white cherries stuffed with nuts, (3) banana rolled in 
chopped nuts or (4) half pears (cooked or raw) with a 
ball of cream cheese and chopped nuts in the cavity made 
by the removal of the core. 
Magazines which devote a page to cooking usually have 
in their summer numbers pictures of salads from which 
suggestions tin regard to arrangement may be taken. 
