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French Fruit Salad

From The real home-keeper (1913).

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A historical recipe

The real home-keeper, by Real Home-Keeper Pub. Co (1913).

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.

  • Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. one head lettuce

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. Two oranges, two bananas, twelve English walnuts, one head lettuce, mayonnaise.
  2. Wash and put the lettuce to crisp.
  3. Peel the oranges, cut into slices, remove the seeds, then cut the slices in small pieces.
  4. Peel the bananas in small pieces.
  5. Arrange the lettuce for individual serving.
  6. Place a layer A mayonnaise.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
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Credit

From The real home-keeper (1913), printed page 64, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/31383021010650

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.