perfection salad
perfection salad noun: a terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.
Noun
perfection salad (countable and uncountable, plural perfection salads)
- A terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.
Forms of perfection salad
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Origin of perfection salad
Coined by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA, for a submission to a magazine recipe contest sponsored by gelatin maker Knox in 1904.
Questions about perfection salad
- What does perfection salad mean?
- Perfection salad means a terrine or jello-style vegetable loaf made with lemon vinaigrette flavored gelatin, filled with a chopped garden salad or green salad, popular in the United States during the early and mid 20th century.
- What part of speech is perfection salad?
- Perfection salad is a noun.
- What is the plural of perfection salad?
- The plural of perfection salad is perfection salads.
Words near perfection salad in the dictionary
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