{"id":365,"date":"2009-03-22T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T18:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=365"},"modified":"2010-01-24T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T06:33:41","slug":"pleasant-memories-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Memories Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pleasant Memories Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re only a wanna-be mystic, or if you\u2019re like the chef and think it is still okay to savor some of the earthy sensual pleasures, then this is the salad for you.  <\/p>\n<p>Memories of smokey maple-cured bacon may be decades old for vegetarians, yet they still tug at the taste buds when certain aromas waft through the air.  The olfactory sense strongly connects the past to the future.  This salad recipe is adapted from one served at Wisconsin\u2019s White Gull Inn of the Door County peninsula.  <\/p>\n<p>The smoked string cheese may be difficult to find in other states, but what better reason to travel to Door County than to enjoy fresh-water great-lakes harbors and pick up a package of Baker\u2019s Smoked String Cheese and some Door County dried cherries from peninsula orchards?  <\/p>\n<p>Then, you can take your treasures and memories home with you to extend your vacation.  Make this delicious salad, and the recent past will come drifting back into your senses and give you visions of art galleries, Peninsula Players summer theater, cherry orchards, those wonderful harbors, and Wilson\u2019s perpetual soda fountain at Ephraim.  Don&#8217;t forget the smoked cheese.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t everyone come at once.  The best places on earth are easily spoiled.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Salad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6\tcups mixed salad greens<br \/>\n1\/3 \tcup Balsamic vinegar dressing<br \/>\n1\/2 \tcup dried cherries<br \/>\n1\/2 \tcup toasted pecan halves, broken<br \/>\n1\/2 \tcup smoked, string cheese, torn and chopped<\/p>\n<p>Toast the nuts in a skillet or in the oven, watching them closely to prevent scorching.  Tear the string cheese into strips and chop the strips into 1-inch lengths.<\/p>\n<p>Toss the mixed greens with dressing.  Divide among 4 chilled plates.  Top each with 2 tablespoons dried cherries, 2 tablespoons pecan halves and 2 tablespoons of cheese.    Makes 4 servings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Balsamic Vinegar Dressing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a jar, combine<br \/>\n1\/2 \tcup olive oil<br \/>\n1\/3 \tcup Balsamic vinegar<br \/>\n3\ttablespoons soy sauce<br \/>\n1\ttablespoon Dijon-style mustard<br \/>\n1\ttablespoon snipped fresh parsley<br \/>\n1\tteaspoon ground white or black pepper<\/p>\n<p>Cover and shake until blended.  Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pleasant Memories Salad If you\u2019re only a wanna-be mystic, or if you\u2019re like the chef and think it is still okay to savor some of the earthy sensual pleasures, then this is the salad for you. Memories of smokey maple-cured bacon may be decades old for vegetarians, yet they still tug at the taste buds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/2505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}