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Dr. J. C. Smith family household and medical book, 1840-1860

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tamarinds to flavour it. Strain it off
and let it stand till cold. If the figs
are not large you must take six.
A receipt for Salad.
Two large potatoes passed through kitchen sieve
Unwanted softness to the salad give;
Of ardent mustard add single spam,
Distrust the condiment which bites so soon;
But deem it not, then man of herbs, a fault
To add a double quantity of salt;
Three times the spam with oil of Luxa crown,
And once with vinegar procured from Tenn;
True flavour needs it, and your [pack bigs?]]
The pounded yellow of two well boiled eggs.
Let onion atarus lurk within the bowl,
And scarce suspected, ancinate the whole;
And lastly on the flavoured compound toss
A magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce.
Then, though green turtle fail, though [illegible] tough
And ham and turkey are not boiled enough
Serenely fall, the epicure may say
Tate cannot harm me, - I have dined today - 
N. B. As this Salad is the result of

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tamarinds to flavour it. Strain it off and let it stand till cold. If the figs are not large you must take six. A receipt for Salad. Two large potatoes passed through kitchen sieve Unwanted softness to the salad give; Of ardent mustard add single spam, Distrust the condiment which bites so soon; But deem it not, then man of herbs, a fault To add a double quantity of salt; Three times the spam with oil of Luxa crown, And once with vinegar procured from Tenn; True flavour needs it, and your [pack bigs?]] The pounded yellow of two well boiled eggs. Let onion atarus lurk within the bowl, And scarce suspected, ancinate the whole; And lastly on the flavoured compound toss A magic teaspoon of anchovy sauce. Then, though green turtle fail, though [illegible] tough And ham and turkey are not boiled enough Serenely fall, the epicure may say Tate cannot harm me, - I have dined today - N. B. As this Salad is the result of