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German Potato Salad

A historical recipe from The Golden Rule Cook Book, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912).

A historical recipe

The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six hundred recipes for meatless dishes, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912). Project Gutenberg eBook #55555.

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Source and licence

From The Golden Rule Cook Book, by Sharpe, M. R. L. (Maud Russell Lorraine) (1912). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #55555 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55555). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Boil 6 medium-sized potatoes, and after draining shake them over the fire a moment or two to dry;
  2. then peel and slice while warm, and cover at once with a dressing made of 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 saltspoon of black pepper, 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley, 1 chopped onion, 5 tablespoons of oil, and 3 tablespoons of vinegar.
  3. Mix and let stand on ice for an hour or so, then put with crisp lettuce leaves in a salad bowl, and garnish with chopped boiled or pickled beets.