Cook. I checked all the other recipes here, and each one is a little different in one way or another. THIS is the real deal. I got the recipe from the chef at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC where the recipe originated. If you want the same one served there that was made famous there....this is it. Skip to Next Recipe.
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1 cup water 1 cup red wine vinegar 1 tsp. sugar Juice of 1/2 lemon 2 1/2 tbs. salt 1 tbs. ground black pepper 1 tbs. Worcestershire Sauce 1 tsp. English mustard 1 bead garlic, chopped 1 cup olive oil 2 cups salad oil Blend together all ingredients except oils.
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You need pure, lean meat for salad. Combine 2 1/2 cups of the cubed meat with 1 cup of chopped raw celery and blend with mayonnaise to taste. Pile on a bed of romaine or Boston lettuce and garnish with any or all of the following: tomato quarters, slcied hard-cooked egg, capers, pimiento strips, stuffed olives.
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This Friday (June 17) marks the 39th anniversary of the break-in of the Democratic National Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and somehow this scandal gave birth to a peculiar recipe: Watergate Salad.
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Combine three tablespoons finely chopped parsley, three tablespoons sliced green onion, two tablespoons chopped chives or tops of green onions, one two-ounce can anchovy fillets, one cup mayonnaise, one tablespoon tarragon vinegar, two tablespoons lemon juice, one-fourth teaspoon salt and dash of pepper.
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Just like my Grandma use to make is what I hear everytime I make this salad.. It is great for big gatherings and light enough to serve on hot summer days.. Sometimes, if I have maraschino cherries, I cut them in half and place on top of the prepared salad..
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Take one cup mayonnaise dressing, mix, with one-half cup whipped cream, add small amount of Tarragon vinegar, one-half teaspoonful of Imperial Sauce, then chop one hard boiled egg, one green pepper, one pimento, one pinch chives, mix well together and squeeze the juice of one lemon before serving.
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A very excellent recipe for Russian Dressing is as follows: Get a large bowl and mixer, then beat yolk of 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of mustard and 1 of salt, a dash of paprika and 1/2 cup vinegar. Mix up well and, while mixing, add 1 pinch olive oil and continue mixing until thick.
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Kraft Foods debuted its bright green instant pistachio pudding mix in the 1970s and promoted a recipe using the pudding mix called Pistachio Pineapple Delight. It's believed that a crafty editor at a Chicago newspaper reprinted the recipe but renamed it Watergate Salad, and the new name stuck. Watergate Salad is not too pretty to look at (based on my personal experience, though the yummy appearance of the above photo is an exception).
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While Kraft takes no credit for the name Watergate Salad they did rename the former Pistachio Pineapple Delight and maintain the recipe on their website here, in case you'd like to give it a whirl.
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where did watergate salad get its name
Watergate Salad got its name in 1970.