English Salads

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845

Source: Modern cookery for private families
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Ingredients (16)

Summer Salads

Tender lettuces, of which the stems should be cut off, and the outer leaves be stripped away ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
mustard and cress ↝ Mustard greens, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
young radishes ↝ Radishes, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
chives or small green onions ↝ Chives, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
young white leaves of the dandelion ↝ Dandelion greens, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
endive ↝ Endive, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
Half-grown cucumbers sliced thin ↝ Cucumber, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
Young celery alone, sliced ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

Winter Salads

Beet-root, baked or boiled ↝ Beets, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
blanched endive ↝ Endive, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
small salad-herbs which are easily raised at any time of the year ↝ Carrots, raw, salad [Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads]
celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
hardy lettuces ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
any ready-dressed vegetable ↝ Dressing with meat and vegetables [Turnovers and other grain-based items]

Salad Dressing Additions

a rich salad mixture ↝ Carrots, raw, salad [Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads]
Cucumber vinegar ↝ Cucumber salad made with cucumber and vinegar [Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads]

Instructions (12)

Herbs and vegetables for a salad cannot be too freshly gathered.
They should be carefully cleared from insects and washed with scrupulous nicety.
They are better when not prepared until near the time of sending them to table.
Should not be sauced until the instant before they are served.
For summer salads, use tender lettuces (stems cut off, outer leaves stripped away), mustard and cress, young radishes, and occasionally chives or small green onions.
In early spring, young white leaves of the dandelion can be used.
Half-grown cucumbers, sliced thin, can be mixed with other ingredients.
In England, lettuces are cut extremely fine.
The French break lettuces small instead, objecting to the flavour of the knife.
Young celery alone, sliced and dressed with a rich salad mixture, is excellent.
For winter salads, use beet-root (baked or boiled), blanched endive, small salad-herbs, celery, hardy lettuces, and any ready-dressed vegetable.
Cucumber vinegar is an agreeable addition to winter salads.

Original Text

ENGLISH SALADS.

The herbs and vegetables for a salad cannot be too freshly gathered; they should be carefully cleared from insects and washed with scrupulous nicety; they are better when not prepared until near the time of sending them to table, and should not be sauced until the instant before they are served. Tender lettuces, of which the stems should be cut off, and the outer leaves be stripped away, mustard and cress, young radishes, and occasionally chives or small green onions (when the taste of a party is in favour of these last) are the usual ingredients of summer salads. (In early spring, as we have stated in another chapter, the young white leaves of the dandelion will supply a very wholesome and excellent salad, of which the slight bitterness is to many persons as agreeable as that of the endive.) Half-grown cucumbers sliced thin, and mixed with them, are a favourite addition with many persons. In England it is customary to cut the lettuces extremely fine; the French, who object to the flavour of the knife, which they fancy this mode imparts, break them small instead. Young celery alone, sliced and dressed with a rich salad mixture, is excellent: it is still in some families served thus always with roast pheasants.

Beet-root, baked or boiled, blanched endive, small salad-herbs which are easily raised at any time of the year, celery, and hardy lettuces, with any ready-dressed vegetable, will supply salads through the winter. Cucumber vinegar is an agreeable addition to these.

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