FRENCH SALAD DRESSING

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (9)
  1. Stir a saltspoonful of salt and half as much pepper into a large spoonful of oil.
  2. When the salt is dissolved, mix with them four additional spoonsful of oil.
  3. Pour the whole over the salad.
  4. Let it be well turned.
  5. Add a couple of spoonsful of tarragon vinegar.
  6. Mix the whole thoroughly, and serve it without delay.
  7. The salad should not be dressed in this way until the instant before it is wanted for table.
  8. The proportions of salt and pepper can be increased at pleasure.
  9. Common or cucumber vinegar may be substituted for the tarragon.
Original Text
FRENCH SALAD DRESSING. Stir a saltspoonful of salt and half as much pepper into a large spoonful of oil, and when the salt is dissolved, mix with them four 141additional spoonsful of oil, and pour the whole over the salad; let it be well turned, and then add a couple of spoonsful of tarragon vinegar; mix the whole thoroughly, and serve it without delay. The salad should not be dressed in this way until the instant before it is wanted for table: the proportions of salt and pepper can be increased at pleasure, and common or cucumber vinegar may be substituted for the tarragon, which, however, is more frequently used in France than any other. Salt, 1 spoonful: pepper, 1/2 as much; oil, 5 saladspoonsful; tarragon, or other vinegar, 2 spoonsful.
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