Title: Summer Prawn Salad
Categories: Salad Seafood
Yield: 8 Servings

1	lb	Cooked fresh prawns
MARINADE
3	tb	Salad oil
3	tb	Vinegar
3	tb	Lemon juice
1/2	ts	Salt
SALAD INGREDIENTS
1/2	c	Diced celery
3	md	Sized tomatoes; peel&quarter
2	md	Sized heads lettuce; torn in coarse pieces
3		Hard-cooked eggs; diced
1/2	c	Sliced sweet pickles
DRESSING
1	c	Mayonnaise
3	tb	Catsup
2	tb	Chili sauce
2	tb	Finely chopped green pepper
1	ds	Paprika
		Salt & pepper ~~

Remove shells and black vein from prawns. Combine marinade ingredients and pour over prawns. Chill for several hours. Reserve a few prawns for decoration. Toss remainder with other salad ingredients. Place in a large, lettuce-lined bowl and garnish with remaining whole prawns.

Combine dressing ingredients and mix well. Pass the dressing with the salad.

from "Sunset Cook Book of Favorite Recipes", 1949, edited by Emily Chase

typed and posted by teri Chesser 10/96

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