Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

• two cucumbers
• a couple of young lettuces
• lightly with salt
• oil
• vinegar
• seasoning

Method

1. 1

   Peel and slice cucumbers thinly, sprinkle with salt, press to remove moisture.

2. 2

   Mix with cleaned and torn lettuces.

3. 3

   Dress with oil, vinegar, and seasoning.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cucumber salad and stewed cranberries. Quenelles. Take three-quarters of a pound of lean veal, and cut it in long thin slices, scrape with a knife till nothing but the skin remains, put it in a mortar, pound it ten minutes, or until in a puree, pass it through a wire sieve (use the remainder in stock) , then take half a pound of good fresh beef suet, which shred and chop very fine, put it in the mortar and pound it, then add three ounces of panada (made as under) with the suet, pound them well together, M3 Panada. BANQUETS OF THE NATIONS and add the veal ; season with half a teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of pepper, half that of nutmeg, work all well together, then add two whole eggs and the white of one by degrees, continually pounding the contents of the mortar ; when well mixed take a small piece in a spoon, and poach it in some boiling water, and if it is delicate, firm, and a good flavour, it is read, for use. If you require some very delicate, add a teaspoonful of white sauce, or even thick melted butter, you can vary the flavour by the addition of a little chopped parsley, eschalot, mushroom, etc. Have two dessertspoons, fill one of them with the forcemeat, dip the other spoon into boiling water, and with it remove the forcemeat from the first spoon and slip it from that into a buttered saucepan, pro- ceeding thus till you have as many as you require ; then cover them with some second stock, and boil them about ten minutes, or until firm, and they are ready for use. These may be used as an entree with a sauce. The flesh of rabbit, fowl, hare, pheasant, black game, rabbit, partridge, pigeon, grouse, etc., may be cooked the same way. Put two-thirds of half a pint of water into a stewpan holding a quart, with nearly an ounce of butter ; when boiling, stir in a quarter pound of flour ; keep it moving over the fire till it forms a smooth and toughish paste. Take it out of the stewpan, and when cold use it where directed. 144 FINLAND Cucumber Salad. Remove the green skin from two cucumbers, and cut into very thin slices, which place on a plate and sprinkle lightly with salt ; put another plate on top and press out the moisture, after which mix with a couple of young lettuces which have been carefully cleaned, and plucked into small pieces. Pour over a plain dressing of oil, vinegar, and seasoning

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