Vegetables Lettuce Salad

lettuce salad
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:

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2 large lettuce heads​

1 tsp. salt​

½ tsp. pepper​

3 oz. salad oil​

2 oz. English, or 1 oz. French vinegar​

tarragon & chevies, or water or mustard cress​

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Instructions:

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Take two large lettuces, after removing the outer leaves and rinsing the rest in cold water, cut lengthwise in four or six pieces, rub into a bowl and sprinkle over them--​

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1 teaspoonful salt.​

½ teaspoonful pepper.​

3 ounces salad oil.​

2 ounces English, or 1 ounce French vinegar.​

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Stir the salad lightly in the bowl until well mixed. Tarragon and chevies, or a little water or mustard cress.​

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-- Mrs. E. T.​

 

[donna]

I am going to make the lettuce salad. My husband loves all kinds of salads.