As part of an ongoing series, we are publishing one recipe every week from Pontiac County Recipes, a collection of kitchen secrets from across the region, published by Pontiac Printshop in 1968.

Our recent rediscovery of this collection has inspired us to recirculate the recipes in this book, by way of this newspaper, through the communities from which they first came to us.

When we have space, we will share the introduction to the book, written by my grandmother and longtime editor of this newspaper, Rosaleen Dickson.

This week we bring you four different salad recipes that make impresively little use of the typical ingredients you may be growing in your garden. Unless you have three packages of Jello ripening on your vine.

As always, if you recognize a recipe from either your grandparents’ kitchen, or from your own, please write to us. We would love to hear about how these recipes have lived on.