Cold Slaw

Ingredients

• half a fine white cabbage
• Four tablespoonfuls vinegar
• half-cup milk
• one tablespoonful butter
• one tablespoonful sugar
• one egg
• pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Shred half a fine white cabbage, and pour over it a dressing made as follows: Beat the egg; stir the melted butter, the milk, salt, pepper, and sugar into this.

2. 2

   Put the vinegar boiling hot into it, a little at a time.

3. 3

   Pour the sauce over the cabbage, and let it become ice-cold before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to eat, how to serve it (1891) by Christine Terhune Herrick, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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