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Tomato Salad

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 6

Use fresh and sound tomatoes.

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TOMATO SALAD. Peel and slice twelve good, sound, fresh tomatoes; the slices about a quarter of an inch thick. Set them on the ice or in a refrigerator while you make the dressing. Make the same as “ Mayonnaise,” or you may use “ Cream dressing.” Take one head of the broad-leaved variety of lettuce

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