Woolworths Lunch Counter Ham Salad Recipe (2024)

Ingredients

  • 1 slice baked ham, 1 in. and diced * shopping list
  • 1/4 cup celery, finely diced shopping list
  • sweet pickle relish shopping list
  • salad dressing (not mayonnaise), as needed shopping list
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste shopping list
  • 4 slices whole wheat bread, toasted shopping list
  • 2 lettuce leaves shopping list
  • potato chips shopping list

How to make it

  • * It is important to dice ham..DO NOT chop or grind it
  • Add celery, then add enough pickle relish and salad dressing to suit taste
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper
  • Mix well
  • Spread ham salad onto two of the toasted whole wheat bread
  • Top with lettuce
  • Place last toast slices on top
  • Cut each sandwich diagonally
  • Serve with chips.
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    " It was excellent "

    notyourmomma ate it and said...

    I remember our Woolworth's counter fondly too. It was a special treat to have a real soda fountain drink and a grilled cheese. Love the memory and the recipe.

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  • grandmacooks 15 years ago

    The old lunch counter recipes are great!

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  • greekgirrrl 15 years ago

    What's woolworth's??

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    " It was excellent "

    luvshk ate it and said...

    How cool. I have never had this at Woolworth's but my son's great grandma used to make this for us for lunch all the time. I never got her recipe, but this sounds like I remember. Will definitely be making - and of course you've got to have potato chips ! Thanks wynne.

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    " It was excellent "

    linebb956 ate it and said...

    How funny.... I worked at Woolworths in the mid 60's... One of my first jobs.. Worked the counter and the CANDY counter.. with the roasting nuts! Yummmmy. I love this salad..

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  • pat2me 15 years ago

    Sure does bring back memories! Don't forget the ice cream soda to go with it!

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    " It was excellent "

    zena824 ate it and said...

    Yummy!!!! brings back memories..

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  • theresal 15 years ago

    That is tooooooo funny! I remember woolworths, I really remember the ice cream for 25 cents. Black walnut ice cream.

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    " It was excellent "

    jett2whit ate it and said...

    You talkin' ta me?!! Woolworths and the counter was so much fun! I loved going to sit at the counter and having a "Shirley Temple"!!

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  • gadandi 15 years ago

    Boy! This brings back some fun memories! Thanks for the post...I must try it to see if it's just the memory, as you said, or the actual ham salad :)

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    " It was excellent "

    rml ate it and said...

    Ok, you have to tell me what kind of salad dressing....and brand :)

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    " It was excellent "

    mrspotatohead ate it and said...

    Awesome! I worked at Woolworth's in Cosmetics when I was a kid (not too long before they unfortuneately closed), and used to eat at the lunch counter on Fridays when I got paid - great post!

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  • desertgal 15 years ago

    I loved going to woolworths what a great post!

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Reviewed by 11 people

  • Awesome! I worked at Woolworth's in Cosmetics when I was a kid (not too long before they unfortuneately closed), and used to eat at the lunch counter on Fridays when I got paid - great post!

    mrspotatohead in Minneapolis loved it

  • Ok, you have to tell me what kind of salad dressing....and brand :)

    rml in loved it

  • You talkin' ta me?!! Woolworths and the counter was so much fun! I loved going to sit at the counter and having a "Shirley Temple"!!

    jett2whit in Union City loved it

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Woolworths Lunch Counter Ham Salad Recipe (2024)

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Ham salad is similar to chicken salad, egg salad, or tuna salad. It is prepared with cooked, cold ham along with vegetables, relish, and mayonnaise. It is then chilled and served cold directly from the refrigerator.

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Historically, ham salad was made from left over deli or canned ham in Western Pennsylvania. Meat markets offered a deli meat that was chopped ham which was called chipped ham that was thinly sliced to order. The leftover ends was then chopped up and made into a salad the same way tuna.

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As part of the Boar's Head All Natural* Collection, the pork is humanely raised** with no added hormones or antibioticsꝉ, fed a vegetarian dietꝉ, and there are no added nitrites or nitrates‡. *No artificial ingredients, minimally processed.

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Why is ham salad pink? ›

Chill for at least one hour prior to serving. (My mom tipped me off that the way that they were able to get the grocery store version of this dish to look so beautiful, pink and fresh is that they add beet juice to it! So I add a bit of red food coloring if I am serving it on a buffet so that it looks more appealing.

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Cato the Elder wrote about the "salting of hams" in his De agri cultura tome around 160 BC. There are claims that the Chinese were the first people to mention the production of cured ham.

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But in fact, the word does come from English origins. More specifically, it comes from the Old English word hom, which refers to the back part or “hollow” of the knee. It wasn't until the 15th century that the word “ham” was used to describe the cut of meat, and it's been all uphill from there!

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What is deli ham made of? ›

Ham is cured pork leg. To preserve it for long periods, pork was traditionally dry cured – rubbed with a salt mixture then smoked and left to slowly air-dry and mature. Today, it's usually wet cured, which means it's treated with a salt and sugar based solution before cooking.

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It's rich in protein and several beneficial nutrients. However, regularly eating processed meats like ham may increase your risk of certain cancers. Thus, it's best to limit your intake and stick to fresh, less processed types of ham as part of a balanced diet.

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"I grew up only knowing this by Ham Salad which is what my Mom and local Deli's up North called it. She said it was the "Poor Man's Ham Salad" which never contained any ham, just bologna, but giving it the wonderful flavor and color of what could have been ham.

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