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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mayonnaise sauce is the most suitable for all fish salads. It is made as foUows : — Beat the yolks of two raw eggs until thick. Add a salt-spoonful of salt, a salt-spoonful of pepper, a salt-spoonful of mustard, haK a pint of oil, and a quarter of a pint of vinegarMayonnaise Sauce. After the salt, i^epper, and mustard, the oil should be added, in drops at first, and afterwards in tea-spoonfuls, and the sauce should be beaten a minute between each addition. After every six tea-spoonfuls of oil put in a tea-spoonful of vinegar. WTien finished, the sauce should have the appearance of thick cream. Taste it before serving, to ascertain if the seasoning be agreeable. If the mayonnaise is made before it is to be used, it should be kept in a cool place. Time, an horn- to prepare the salad. Probable cost, from 3s. to 5s. Suflicient for a dozen persons. Lobster Salad (a German recipe), — Arrange the lobster and the salad as in the last recipe. Boil two eggs until quite hard. Let them get cold, then cut the white part into slices, and lay them on the top of the salad, with a table- spoonful of bruised capers. Rub the yolks smoothly with the back of a spoon ; mix with them a raw egg, well beaten, a tea-spoonful of mixed mustard, salt, pepper, and sugar, a shallot finely minced, and four table-spoonfuls of salad-oil. The oil must be added in very small quantities at first, and the mixture well beaten between each addition. When well mixed and quite smooth, add one table-spoonful of tarragon vinegar, and, if the sauce is not sufficiently acid to suit the taste, add another spoonful of white wine vinegar. Toast tliree slices of the crumb of bread, cut them into small triangular pieces, butter them, spread a little caviar upon them, and put them round the salad. Pour the sauce over, and serve. Time to prepare, an hour. Probable cost, 3s. to os. Sufficient for six or eight j^ersons. Lobster Salad Dressing.— Sauce mayonnaise, as given in the last recipe but one, is the most suitable di'essing for lobster salad. LOB ( 390 ) LOB When oil is not liked, a dressing may be made as follows :— Take the yolks of three eggs, which have been boiled hard and allowed to become cold. Eub them in a bowl with the back of a silver spoon until quite smooth. Add one tea- spoonful of mixed mustard, half a salt-spoonful of pepperLobster Salad Dressing, one table- spoonful of cream, and a table-spoonful of vinegar. Beat together until thoroughly mixed. A few drops of oil may be added or not. Time, a quarter of an hour to prepare. Probable cost, 6d. Sufficient for two or three persons.