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French Salad

From The southern cookbook (1912).

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A historical recipe

The southern cookbook, by S. Thomas. [from old catalog] Bivins (1912).

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. two tablespoonfuls of vinegar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • 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. Cut three anchovies, a shallot, and some parsley small ;
  2. put them in a bowl with two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one of oil, a little mustard, and salt;
  3. When well mixed, add by degrees some cold roast or boiled meat, in the very thinnest slices ;
  4. put in a few at a time, they being small ;
  5. not exceeding two or three inches long ;
  6. shake them in the seasoning, and then put more ;
  7. cover the bowl close ;
  8. and let the salad be prepared three hours before eaten.
  9. Garnish with parsley, and a few slices of the fat.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From The southern cookbook (1912), printed page 179, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/southerncookbook00bivi

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.