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Salad Dressing

From The exhibition cookery book, 1900
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This recipe was extracted from The exhibition cookery book (1900) by Expert chef, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

salad dressing, which is prepared with a small quantity of double cream, in addition to the usual ingredients used for salad dressing. 107. TOMATO SALAD. Cut some firm ripe tomatoes into slices, lay them in a salad bowl with a few thinly-cut rings of Spanish onion, sprinkle with chopped parsley, season with pepper and salt and a pinch of moist or castor sugar. Dress with tarragon or malt vinegar and oil, serve with a bottle of salad dressing. The onion rings may be omitted if not cared for. 108, POTATO SALAD. Cut some cold cooked potatoes into thin slices, put them in a salad bowl, mix with one part of vinegar, two of salad oil, a little chopped chives and parsley, and a small quantity of chopped capers ; season with pepper and salt. Mix carefully, so as to incorporate all the seasoning. Garnish with stoned olives, mixed pickles, and slices of hard-boiled egg- 109. EGG SALAD. Boil the eggs hard, steep them in cold water to get cool, remove the shell, and cut them into slices. Place in a salad bowl or deep dish, season with salt, pepper, oil, vinegar, and a little chopped parsley, and serve. 5 8 THE EXHlEiTlON COOKERY BOOK. no. SALAD DRESSING. The following ingredients prepared in the proportions stated make an excellent dressing for vegetable salads: — Three yolks of hard-boiled eggs, rubbed through a sieve; one dessertspoonful of mustard ; one dessertspoonful of salt; four dessertspoonfuls of Worcester sauce or mush- room ketchup ; four dessertspoonfuls of salad oil ; four dessertspoonfuls of vinegar; and one teaspoonful of white pepper
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