Apologies for the light posting. But the folks at the Awl have the solution to your sodden summer -- terrible salad. The Guardian offers a peek at Elizabeth David's library, complete w/ unflattering annotations (she did not think much of Waverly Root, for instance. David identifies "Italian Salad" from the Belfast Women's Institute Club cookbook, as the most revolting recipe ever devised:
Italian salad
1 pint cold cooked macaroni
½ pint cooked or tinned pears
½ pint grated raw carrot
French dressing to moisten
2 heaped tablespoons minced onion
½ pint cooked or minced string beans
Mix the chopped macaroni and vegetables; moisten with French dressing, flavouring with garlic if liked. Serve on a dish lined with lettuce leaves. Decorate with mayonnaise and minced pimento or chives.
The Awl comment thread is worth it for the competitors for this dish in terms of revoltingness, including a grape dish that sounds suspiciously like one once brought to my house.
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