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Scientific cooking with scientific methods

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
280 SCIENTIFIC COOKING. place on lettuce leaves to form four sections. Mask each section with Mayonnaise. Garnish two sections with smoked salmon cut into small pieces, one with finely cut whites of hard-boiled eggs, and the remaining one with hard-boiled egg yolks forced through a strainer. Make lines of sprigs of parsley to outline the sections. Tomato Salad with Horseradish. Peel, chill, and cut crosswise twice good, solid to- matoes; they want to have as few seeds as possible. The Acme tomato is good for making salads. Arrange on lettuce leaves and dress with horseradish sauce. This is nice to serve with oysters. Tomato Jelly Salad. One quart of tomatoes stewed and strained.. Sea- son with salt, cayenne, powdered sugar, and add two tablespoons of granulated gelatineTomato Jelly Salad dissolved in hot water. Pour into small cups or dariole moulds just enough to serve one person. Unmould on leaves of let- tuce, and garnish with ]\Iayonnaise dressing. Cucumber Jelly. Grate enough cucumbers to make two cups full. Press through strainer to remove the seeds. Add one tablespoon of granulated gelatine soaked in one-half cup of cold water and dissolved in one-half cup of boil- ing water, one teaspoonful of onion juice, salt.and pep- per, two tablespoons of vinegar, and a little cayenne. Color with leaf green, strain and mould, chill, and serve with a tomato Maj^onnaise. The cucumber can be moulded so as to leave a well for the tomatoes, or you can scoop out the cucumber from the center and form one, using the jelly you scoop out to garnish the salad SALADS AND SALAD DRESSING. 281 with. For tomato Mayonnaise, color the Mayonnaise with tomato puree. Egg Salad. Use six hard-boiled eggs, cut in halves lensrthwise. Remove the yolks. Put through a potato-ricer, season highly with mustard, salt and pepperCucumber Jelly, and moisten with olive oil until they can be formed into balls the size of the original yolk. Refill whites, and dress with French dressing, with onion juice added. Waldorf Salad. Use equal quantities of finely cut apples and crisp celery, mixed with one-third as many chopped nut meats. Moisten with a Mayonnaise dressingWaldorf Salad. Serve in cups made of red apples, by removing a piece from top, and scoop out center. Garnish with curled celery, and tops with slices of red apples cut the long ways and rubbed with piece of lemon to keep from discoloring. Grape Salad. Remove seed from white grapes and one-half cup English walnut meats, and pulp from one grape-fruit, and a few cherriesGrape Salad. Dress with whipped cream sea- soned with juice from the grape-fruit, salt and paprika. Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with the cherries. Brazilian Salad. 'Remove seeds from Malaga grapes cut in halves. Add equal amount of fresh pineapple cut in cubes and same amount of tender celery cut fine. Add one-half the quantity cf Brazil nuts broken in piecesBrazilian Salad. Mix thoroughly, and season with lemon juice and whipped cream. 282 SCIENTIFIC COOKING, Banana Salad. Pare bananas, and scrape off all the stringy sub- stance. Cut lengthwise into four strips, and cut the strips into cubes. Dress immediately with a French dressing, with plenty of paprikaBanana Salad. Lemon juice is the best acid for the banana salad. Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with shredded red and green sweet pep- pers. This is a fine salad to serve with veal. Orange Salad for Duck. Orange Salad for Duck