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Alabama Salad

A historical recipe from Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907).

A historical recipe

Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #52800.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors, by Maria Willett Howard (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #52800 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52800). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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United States. Associated with United States by a place in its title: alabama (confidence 0.65). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 2 onions 4 cucumbers ¾ cup sour cream ¼ cup vinegar Chop onions very fine.
  2. Pare and slice cucumbers, sprinkle with salt, cover with ice water and let stand one hour.
  3. Drain, add onions, sprinkle with cayenne, and dress with cream and vinegar mixed together.
  4. Serve on lettuce leaves.