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MANGO SALAD
Ingredients
6-8 half ripe mangoes
1/2 cup currants
1/2 cup raisins
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon mixed powdered spices
2 cups vinegar
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon green ginger (grated)

Peel and dice the mango; cook with half the vinegar until soft. Strain through a coarse sieve. Boil the fruit, spices and seasonings in the rest of the vinegar. Combine mango pure with the sugar and add to the spices and seasoning mixture; allow to simmer and cook until thick. Cool and bottle.

AVACADO SALAD
Ingredients
2 avocado pears
1 tomato
1 head lettuce
Pepper and salt to taste
4 oz. peas or cooked beans
2 oz. grated cheese
Salad cream
2 hard boiled eggs
1 medium cucumber
2 tablespoons sour or sweet pickle
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped nuts

Wash lettuce and put in covered bowl in refrigerator to chill, strain peas from stock. Wash and slice cucumber and add salt to taste. Cut avocado pears lengthwise and peel off skin. Place avocados in bowl and sprinkle with lime juice.
Cover. Mix together pickle, cheese, peas and season for stuffing. Fill hollows of avocados. Place 2 wedges of tomatoes in each half. Arrange on a bed of lettuce. Lay cucumber slices of hard boiled eggs on dish around avocados. Dot with salad cream and sprinkle with chopped nuts.