Salad

Ingredients

• the lettuce
• three eggs
• a spoonful of water
• two of oil
• salt
• powdered sugar
• make mustard
• vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Pick the lettuce and soak in cold water.

2. 2

   Change the water if it's warm.

3. 3

   Just before serving, cut the lettuce small.

4. 4

   Boil three eggs for twelve minutes, cool, shell, and mash the yolks with a spoonful of water and two of oil.

5. 5

   Add salt, powdered sugar, mustard, and vinegar.

6. 6

   Pour over the salad and garnish with sliced egg whites.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The English-Chinese cookery book (1890) by J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer (James Dyer) 1890- Ball, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SALAD. PICK the lettuce over, and lay it in cold water. If the weather is very warm, change the water before dinner time, and add ice. Just befoie it is served, cut it small, and prepare the dressing in the following manner. Boil three eggs twelve minutes, and throw them into cold water ; remove the shell, and take out the yolks ; mash them tine in a spoonful of water and two of oil ; add salt, powdered sugar, make mustard and vinegar

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