Epicurean Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons Mayonnaise (p. 490)
• 1% to 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
• 2 tablespoons grated horse-radish root
• V4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cup heavy cream
• Few grains cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Beat cream until stiff.

2. 2

   Cut and fold in remaining ingredients.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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