629. Salad of Fowl

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (17)
For the salad
For the sauce (alternative)
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Instructions (13)
  1. Proceed as for that of game, so far as the eggs and the salad are concerned.
  2. Have a chicken, which has been previously plain roasted, or in vegetables, and cut it into ten pieces.
  3. Put it into a basin, season with a teaspoonful of salt, quarter ditto of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of oil, one of vinegar, one onion sliced, and a few sprigs of chopped parsley.
  4. Mix them well, and let them remain for a few hours, if time will permit.
  5. Take the pieces of chicken, and place in a dish with salad, as directed for grouse, with the sauce, &c., and serve.
Alternative Sauce
  1. Put into a middle-sized, round-bottomed basin the yolk of two eggs, half a spoonful of salt, quarter of one of pepper, half a one of sugar, ditto of fine chopped onions, ditto of parsley, or of tarragon, or of chervil.
  2. Stir with the right hand with a wooden spoon, while you pour some oil out of the bottle by keeping your thumb on its mouth, so that it runs out very slowly.
  3. When a few spoonfuls are in it, it will become quite stiff.
  4. Pour also by degrees a few spoonfuls of vinegar, and so on until you have made enough for your salad.
  5. Try if the flavor is good and relishing, as the quality of these two last ingredients varies so much, that I must leave it to your more simple and correct judgment.
  6. If you should fail at first, try again until you succeed, and I am certain you will be delighted with the result.
  7. It ought to be made in a cold place, particularly in summer.
  8. Great taste should be observed in the decoration of the border.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
629. Salad of Fowl.—Proceed as for that of game, so far as the eggs and the salad are concerned; then have a chicken, which has been previously plain roasted, or in vegetables, and cut it into ten pieces, put it into a basin, season with a teaspoonful of salt, quarter ditto of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of oil, one of vinegar, one onion sliced, and a few sprigs of chopped parsley, mix them well, and let them remain for a few hours, if time will permit. Take the pieces of chicken, and place in a dish with salad, as directed for grouse, with the sauce, &c., and serve. Nothing is better for ball-suppers than these kinds of dishes; they may be made of all kinds of solid fish, and the sauce is excellent; any kind of cold meat, dressed round with the sauce, may be served for supper or luncheon. It may be served with the same sauce or dressing as for Lobster Salad (or No. 623), or make the following one, which differs a little:—Put into a middle-sized, round-bottomed basin the yolk of two eggs, half a spoonful of salt, quarter of one of pepper, half a one of sugar, ditto of fine chopped onions, ditto of parsley, or of tarragon, or of chervil, stir with the right hand with a wooden spoon, while you pour some oil out of the bottle by keeping your thumb on its mouth, so that it runs out very slowly; when a few spoonfuls are in it, it will become quite stiff; pour also by degrees a few spoonfuls of vinegar, and so on until you have made enough for your salad; try if the flavor is good and relishing, as the quality of these two last ingredients varies so much, that I must leave it to your more simple and correct judgment. If you should fail at first, try again until you succeed, and I am certain you will be delighted with the result; it ought to be made in a cold place, particularly in summer. Great taste should be observed in the decoration of the border.
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