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Endive Salad

A historical recipe from The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917).

A historical recipe

The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #51542.

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 The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #51542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51542). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 1 head endive, French salad dressing, 4 hard cooked eggs, 1 pint boiled potatoes, sliced.
  2. Wash and dry endive picked off the green outer leaves and use only the light-colored feathery leaves.
  3. Arrange on salad dish with white leaves in center.
  4. Place eggs, cut into quarters lengthwise, around carefully, and mix with potatoes and pour over all French dressing.