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.

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Meanings

nounperfection salad (countable and uncountable, plural perfection salads)

plural perfection salads

  1. UScountableuncountablecookingA 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.

Origin

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.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perfection salad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfection%20salad.

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