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French Fruit Salad

From Hanover cook book (1922).

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A historical recipe

Hanover cook book, by Hanover Library Association, Hanover, Pa (1922).

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. 1 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. 2 oranges, 2 bananas, 12 English walnuts, 1 head lettuce, and mayonnaise.
  2. Wash and put the lettuce in cold water.
  3. Peel the oranges, cut into slices, remove the seeds, then cut the lettuce into small pieces.
  4. Peel the bananas and cut crosswise into thin slices.
  5. Crack the nuts and break the meats into small pieces.
  6. Arrange the lettuce for individual serving, place a layer of bananas, then oranges, then bananas in each lettuce cup, and dress with the mayonnaise.
  7. Garnish with the nuts and serve.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
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Credit

From Hanover cook book (1922), printed page 91, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/hanovercookbook00hanorich

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.