—— salad.—For this freshly boiled, but cold
beetroot may be used, mixed with either a vinai-
grette or a mayonnaise dressing; or else the beet
may be prepared thus: Boil a blade of mace, ½ oz.
of root ginger, and 1 drachm of scraped horseradish,
in enough vinegar to thoroughly cover the sliced
beet when laid into it, then lay in the beet and put it