Grandma's Vintage Recipes

This blog is for the posting of Vintage Recipes. I have inherited recipes from both my grandmothers, mother, aunts, etc over the years. I am also a cookbook collector with several old cookbooks in my possession. My goal here is to share with you older recipes that have been lost to many. I hope you will enjoy my blogs and some old memories will be revived by some of the recipes. Note:To save the vintage value of these recipes, I make no changes. You see the original recipe as written.

Friday, November 17, 2023

THE EARLY WALDORF SALAD

This recipe was created just before the 1900s at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. It is still a popular salad today although the original recipe was a simple combination of apples, celery, and mayonnaise, nuts were later added and now other items are often added as well.

1 cup diced unpeeled red apples
1 cup sliced celery
1 cup (or to taste) mayonnaise

In a mixing bowl, combine apples, celery and walnuts. Lightly fold in mayonnaise until ingredients are coated. Makes about 4 servings.