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Russian Salad

A historical recipe from Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly v, by Edward Spencer (1897).

A historical recipe

Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious, by Edward Spencer (1897). Project Gutenberg eBook #43278.

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

Source and licence

From Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly v, by Edward Spencer (1897). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #43278 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43278). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Method

  1. This is a difficult task to build up;
  2. for a sort of Cleopatra's Needle, or pyramid, of cooked vegetables, herbs, pickles, etc., has to be erected on a flat dish.
  3. Carrots, turnips, green peas, asparagus, French beans, beetroot, capers, pickled cucumbers, and horse-radish, form the solid matter of which the pyramid is built.
  4. Lay a stratum on the dish, and anoint the stratum with Tartare sauce.
  5. Each layer must be similarly anointed, and must be of less circumference than the one underneath, till the top layer consists of one caper.
  6. Garnish with bombs of caviare, sliced lemon, crayfish, olives, and salted cucumber;
  7. and then give the salad to the policeman on fixed-point duty.
  8. At least, if you take my advice.