The Art of Living in Australia: Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

Pull the celery to pieces, wash it, and cut into small pieces; shred up some lettuce and lay it at the bottom the dish. Stir the celery into the dressing and lay it on the top of the lettuce. Cover with more lettuce, and serve. SARDINE SALAD * 1/2 tin Sardines--4d. * * 2 Eggs--2d. * * 1 Lettuce--1/2d. * * Salad Dressings--4d. * * Total Cost--101/2 d. * Split the sardines open and remove the bone. Break some of the lettuce into a bowl, lay on this the sardines. Chop up one of the eggs and sprinkle over them, pour on the dressing. Cover with the rest of the lettuce, and garnish with the other egg cut in slices, and a little watercress or beetroot. OYSTER SALAD * 1 bottle Oysters--1s. * * 1 Lettuce--1d. * * Half a Lemon * * Mayonnaise or Salad Dressing--4d. * * Total Cost--1s. 5d. * Strain away the liquor from a bottle of oysters; put it into a saucepan, and when it boils put in the oysters and cook for five minutes; let them get cold in the liquor. Wash and break up the lettuce and put some of the bottom of a bowl. Strain the liquor from the oysters and mix a little with the dressing, stir in the oysters and spread over the lettuce. Cover with more lettuce and garnish with slices of lemon and red radishes. BLUE COD SALAD Any remains of smoked blue cod that may have been left from a meal make an excellent salad either with just a simple dressing of oil and vinegar and a lettuce, or with a mayonnaise or salad dressing. Follow the directions for fish salad, but do not put any salt, as the fish is usually salt enough. ITALIAN SALAD * 1 Salt Herring * * Cold slices of Meat * * 1 teaspoonful Mustard * * 1 Beetroot--1 1/2d. * * 4 tablespoonsful Oil--1d. * * 3 tablespoonsful Tarragon Vinegar * * 1/2 oz. Capers * * 3 Boiled Potatoes--2d. * * Total Cost--4 1/2d. * Wash the herring in