DIY History | Transcribe | Szathmary Culinary Manuscripts and Cookbooks | Julie M. Clagett cookbook, June 1, 1886

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& pour in a salad bowl. Chop the whites of 5 hard boiled eggs, & add to the celery with a little pepper & salt. slice the yolks in thin slices, lay carefully over the salad, pour over a plain dressing & garnish with celery leaves.
Sardine. Mash the oil from 12 sardines, remove the skin & bone, Put a head of crisp lettuce leaves in a bowl, chop up 2 hard boiled eggs, add the sardines to the lettuce, sprinkle with the egg, pour over a plain dressing. A nice way to use color [illegible] mince the onion, add 1/2 as much bread crumbs, season with pepper, & [illegible] herb you fancy, with a little celery seed. Add 1 wine glass of [illegible] or good beef extract. Put the ingredients in a mould, pour over it sufficient dissolved gelatine to nearly cover, Strain for 1 hour. set aside to cool, & turn out.
Vinegar for every day use. To 1 gal. water, add 1 lb brown sugar. boil & skim, when cold add a slice of toasted bread spread with good lively yeast.

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& pour in a salad bowl. Chop the whites of 5 hard boiled eggs, & add to the celery with a little pepper & salt. slice the yolks in thin slices, lay carefully over the salad, pour over a plain dressing & garnish with celery leaves. Sardine. Mash the oil from 12 sardines, remove the skin & bone, Put a head of crisp lettuce leaves in a bowl, chop up 2 hard boiled eggs, add the sardines to the lettuce, sprinkle with the egg, pour over a plain dressing. A nice way to use color [illegible] mince the onion, add 1/2 as much bread crumbs, season with pepper, & [illegible] herb you fancy, with a little celery seed. Add 1 wine glass of [illegible] or good beef extract. Put the ingredients in a mould, pour over it sufficient dissolved gelatine to nearly cover, Strain for 1 hour. set aside to cool, & turn out. Vinegar for every day use. To 1 gal. water, add 1 lb brown sugar. boil & skim, when cold add a slice of toasted bread spread with good lively yeast.