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How we cook in Tennessee ..

1906

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Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Shrimp Salad Dressing. — Two eggs, one wineglass oil to each egg, quarter teacup cream, half saltspoon salt to each egg,, half teaspoon mustard✪ Olive Oil Salad Dressing, half lemon to each egg, capers to taste. In mixing, beat oil into eggs, a drop at a time; then lemon, cream and salt ; lastly the capers. Pour over salad, using salt. Garnish with slices of lemon and whole shrimp. Dressing for Slaw. — Two-thirds cup vinegar, two-thirds cup cream, butter size walnut, one tablespoon mixed mustard, one tablespoon celery seed, pepper and salt to taste✪ Dressing for Slaw. Boil until thick and when cold pour over chopped cabbage. Dressing for Slaw. — One teacup vinegar, one egg, three table- spoons sugar, one teaspoon each of mustard and salt, butter size of egg✪ Dressing for Slaw. Mix well and boil. Dressing for Lettuce. — Half glass vinegar, tablespoon sugar, half teaspoon salt, half teaspoon mustard✪ Dressing for Lettuce. Put on the fire and let come to a boil, pour on to two eggs beaten separately; take off at once. Dressing for Lettuce. — Half cup good vinegar, two table- spoons sugar, yolks two hard boiled eggs mashed to a paste with one teaspoon butter and half teaspoon mustard, two-thirds teaspoon salt. Mix together and pour over shredded lettuce just before it is to be served. — Mrs. H. R. Lancaster. Mayonnaise Dressing. — Yolks of four eggs, half teacup of melted butter, one teaspoon of dry mustard, half teaspoon of salt, mix salt and mustard in a half cup of vinegar, three- quarters of cup of cream, two teaspoons of sugar✪ Mayonnaise Dressing. Beat eggs HOW WE COOK IN TENNESSEE. 91 first, then put in butter and beat till smooth ; add mustard and salt and vinegar and then cream. Set in a pan of boiling water and cook till it thickens. Pour off and set in a cool place. — Mary E. Timberlake. Mayonnaise. — Yolks of four eggs, half cup vinegar, half cup sweet milk, one teaspoon sugar, mustard and salt to taste, but- ter size of an egg, one pint whipped cream. Cook in double boiler until thick, and when cold stir in cream. — Mrs. Thos. Polk. Mayonnaise Dressing. — Yolks of six eggs, two teaspoonfuls of mustard, one teaspoonful of salt, one cup of sugar, one table- spoonful of butter, one cup of vinegar, three cups of butter- milk. Mix cold, then put over the fire. When boiling add one more cup of buttermilk, to which has been added three table- spoonfuls of flour. Cook till thick. — Mrs. P. C. Callahan. Mayonnaise Dressing. — Put in saucepan a lump of butter size of an egg. When melted add one tablespoonful flour, and when smooth add one teacup milk or water ; let come to a boil. Have ready three well beaten eggs, one teacupful vinegar, one teaspoonful sugar, half salt and one scant teaspoonful Cole- man's mustard. Stir in with other ingredients in saucepan, and when it thickens to the consistency of cream, strain and set aside to cool. — Mrs. J. E. Ryley. Mayonnaise Dressing. — One teacup of vinegar, one teaspoon- ful of mustard, half teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, or more if desired. Mix these ingredients, adding a cup of sweet milk and yolks of four eggs. Boil in double boiler until thick, then add half cup of whipped cream. — Mrs. J. C. Edenton. Prepared Mustard. — Take three teaspoons mustard, one of flour, half teaspoon sugar. Pour boiling water on these and mix into a smooth thick paste ; when cold add vinegar enough to make ready for use✪ Prepared Mustard, and serve with salt. Mustard Dressing. — Half box mustard, yolks three eggs, one ✪ Mustard Dressing