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Summer Salad

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Beeton's household management, by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton (1907).

United Kingdom

Known as a British 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. Printed in United Kingdom: that says where the book was made, not where the dish comes from.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 2 handfuls of mustard

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. Ingredients.
  2. — 2 or 3 lettuces shredded, 2 handfuls of mustard and cress, 1 2 radishes sliced, £ a cucumber sliced, salad dressing (see recipes for same).
  3. Method.
  4. — Place a little salad dressing at thj bottom of a salad-bowl, put in the lettuce, etc., and serve when well mixed.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
Source public domain per archive.org metadata; unverified
Credit

From Mrs. Beeton's household management (1907), printed page 1105, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsbeetonshouse00beetuoft

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.