Boiled Salsify

Ingredients

• two bunches of salsify
• a quart of cold water
• a tablespoonful of lemon juice
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a tablespoonful of butter

Method

1. 1

   Remove the tops from the salsify and cover with cold water.

2. 2

   Scrape clean and drop into a bowl with cold water and lemon juice.

3. 3

   When ready to cook, drain and boil in clean water for 50 minutes, adding salt after 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Drain and season with salt, pepper, and butter before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 270. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quart of cold water and a table- spoonful of lemon juice into a bowl. Scrape the salsify perfectly clean ; and as each piece is finished, drop it into the liquid in the bowl, which will keep it white. VEGETABLES. 517 When ready to cook the salsify, drain it carefully and put it into a clean stew-pan with boiling water enough to cover it. Boil for fifty minutes, adding a teaspoonful of salt at the end of the first half-hour. At serving- time drain the plant thoroughly, and season it with salt and pepper and a table-spoonful of butter

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.