Lettuce Salad
From Royal Victoria cook book, 1900
Serves 4
Recipe attributed to Mrs. McIntosh.
Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Royal Victoria cook book (1900) by Ont.). Woman's Auxiliary Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
LETTUCE SALAD DRESSING.—The yolks of 2 hard- boiled eggs, 2 teaspoons sugar, small teaspoon salt, 1 tea- 62 SALADS AND SALAD DRESSINGS. spoon mustard, and rub to a paste. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and fill up with rich, sweet milk. Mrs. JAs. VAIR. STUFFED TOMATOES.—Seald and peel 6 tomatoes, slice off the stem end and scoop out the seeds before stand- ing the tomatoes on ice for 2 hours. Chop 1 small onion, a bunch of cress and sinall bit of parsley rather fine. Pour over this any salad dressing and fill in the tomato shells. Serve on a lettuce leaf. GEORGIE MCOoNKEY. CABBAGE SALAD—For oNE BIG CABBAGE—-One cup sugar, 1 dessertspoon mustard, 1 large spoon butter, 1 ego, 1 tablespoon flour, 2 cups vinegar. Have vinegar hot but not boiling. Then add rest and bring to a boil, stirring all the time. BEET SALAD.—One quart boiled beets, 1 quart raw cabbage, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup horseradish, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper and a pinch of cayenne. Cover with vinegar. DRESSING FOR CABBAGE SALAD.—One teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon mustard, 4 cup vinegar, $ cup sugar, pinch of pepper, small piece of butter, 1 egg, mix, beating the egg well. Cook until thick, stirring all the time. LETTUCE SALAD.—Line a salad dish with curly lettuce leaves. In another dish have shredded a quart of leaves (after being shredded); add 3 of a cup of crushed nut meats—any kind will do—and 3 hard boiled eggs
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