Tomato Salad

Ingredients

• 6 firm, even-sized tomatoes
• 1 tablespoonful vinegar
• 2 tablespoonsful salad oil
• 1 teaspoonful mixed mustard
• 1 teaspoonful chopped chives or parsley
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wipe the tomatoes, remove the stems, and scald them in boiling water for one minute, drain on a cloth, carefully remove the skin, and let cool.

2. 2

   Then cut them into thin slices, and place in a salad bowl.

3. 3

   Prepare the dressing as follows: Put 2 saltspoonsful of salt in a basin, together with 1 saltspoonful of pepper, the mixed mustard, pour in the vinegar and oil, and mix thoroughly with a wooden salad spoon.

4. 4

   Just before serving the salad add the chopped chives or parsley to the dressing, and pour it over the tomatoes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato Salad. 6 firm, even-sized tomatoes, 1 tablespoonful vinegar, 2 tablespoonsful salad oil, 1 teaspoonful mixed mustard, 1 teaspoonful chopped chives or parsley, pepper and salt

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