Copper Pennies Salad

Now I want to show y'all a little salad I hadn't made, and it seems like a hundred years

It's called Copper Pennies. It got its name because it looks like a brand new penny

And rather than just taking strips of carrots to a picnic, this is a great way to have that

wonderful sweet vegetable. Now I've got some chopped right here. I'm going to just finish

that off. Needed a couple of more. And I'm going to slice them kind of thin. And you'll want to get

them cut all the same size so that they'll cook evenly. All right. I'm going to take these carrots

and I'm going to toss them into the boiling water that's had a little salt put in it

and I'm gonna cook these for about five minutes. I don't want them to cook very long

I don't want them like mush. All right, so I'm gonna let these come back to a bowl

and while those are cooking, I'm gonna come over here in this other pot

and I gonna make the marinade that these wonderful sweet little carrots are going in I going to start with a vegetable oil This is about a cup of oil

And some sugar. This is about a cup of sugar. And some vinegar

See, this is about a cup of vinegar. and I'm going to bring this to a bowl

and let that sugar dissolve in there. I'm going to add a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of dried mustard, and a teaspoon of black pepper

I'm just going to mix this up. Now I've got one more ingredient to add to it, and that's a can of tomato soup

And that's going to turn that a pretty kind of coppery color

Okay our carrots are ready I going to take these over here and strain them If I can do this without disturbing Gertie

Don't mind me, girl. Just don't expect me to buy you any dog biscuits when the check comes in

All right. All right, I've drained those good. Now I'm just going to toss them back in the bowl

I love this spatula. We just all match an orange spatula, orange carrots, orange shirt, orange lipstick

And it was all a pure accident. All right, now I'm going to take our marinade and pour that over our carrots

I'm gonna dump in some diced green peppers and some sliced onion

And I gonna put this in the refrigerator and let all those flavors marry together This will last in your refrigerator for up to six weeks Isn that great

All right, so I'm going to just put this in the refrigerator. Why don't I pull out that copper penny salad that I made earlier

And let's see how it turned out. Like I said, it's been years since I made this

And this is just a nice, different way to eat them. This kind of thing, as those other flavors go into that carrot, it'll just get better and better

Mmm. The tomato soup is such a nice flavor for those carrots

This kind of salad you could package in the little throwaway containers that you get from

the grocery store. You can fill it full of your foods. They stack very nicely

And when you're done eating, throw them away and you have nothing to haul home