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From Amongst the pots & pans (1899).

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A historical recipe

Amongst the pots & pans, by Aline Ronald-Taylor and University of Leeds. Library (1899).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 4 tablespoonfuls of salad oil

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

  1. Ingredients.
  2. — 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of salad oil, loz.
  3. vinegar, seasoning of pepper and salt, some finely chopped tarragon and chervil.
  4. A salad bowl which has been rubbed with a shallot.
  5. Mix the oil, vinegar, pepper and salt well together, pomover the salad, mix, and on the top sprinkle the tarragon and chervil.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From Amongst the pots & pans (1899), printed page 134, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b21524713

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.