Celery Salad
A historical recipe from Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen, by Janet Ross.
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A historical recipe
Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen; or, How to cook vegetables, by Janet Ross .
Project Gutenberg eBook #69370.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: raw egg. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.
Also printed in: Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen (1900).
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.
Cook safely
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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Cut the white stalks into small pieces and add half a pint of sauce Mayonnaise (see Sauces, p. 123) to every pound of celery. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, mix well with the sauce, and serve the dish trimmed with the green leaves of the celery.
Music from Italy
20 recordings, free to play here.
La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
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2:51
La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
2:51
Tarantella - Air Force Strings - United States Air Force Band
2009 · 1:42
Ballu Seriu Tenores di Bitti Mialinu Pira
2013 · 4:33
Boccerini Op11 n°5 G275 Satz3 Minuett
3:37
Bevagna Festa
2007 · 10:37
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, II. Adagio
4:18
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, I. Allegro e con presto
3:50
Pietro Domenico Paradisi - Toccata dalla Sonata VI in La maggiore
2013 · 3:12
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, III. Allegro
3:25
Una furtiva lagrima (1902)
1902 · 3:25
Enrico Caruso, L'elisir d'amore, Una furtiva lagrima
1911 · 4:21
Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell' amore (Rigoletto) unrestored
1907 · 3:46
Caruso et al - È scherzo od è follia - unrestored
c. 1859 · 3:45
20091104 Alisa Weilerstein and Sujari Britt - Boccherini's Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement Allegro moderato
2009 · 3:18
La bohème, O Mimì, tu più non torni (Caruso, Scotti)
1907 · 3:05
Vivaldi - Motet for Soprano and Orchestra - 1. Larghetto
2006 · 7:27
Laudate pueri
2000 · 7:36
Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa
2007 · 5:58
Deus in adiutorium
2000 · 2:14
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8 - 2. Larghetto e spiritoso
2008 · 3:53
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Cuisine Tuscan
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