Cheese, Salad, or Mock Crab
Product Description
This recipe is taken directly from the book, "Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery" by Marion Harland. Published in Toronto by Rose Publishing Company, circa 1900.
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Cheese, Salad, or Mock Crab.
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1/2 lb. pickled shrimps.
1/4 lb. good old cheese.
1 tablespoonful salad oil.
1 teaspoonful cayenne pepper.
1 teaspoonful salt.
1 teaspoonful white sugar.
1 teaspoonful made mustard.
4 tablespoonfuls celery or onion vinegar.
Mince the shrimps and grate the cheese. Work into the latter, a little at a time, the various condiments enumerated above, the vinegar last. Let all stand together ten minutes before adding the shrimps. When this is done, stir well for a minute and a half and serve in a glass dish, garnished with lemon, or (ir you can get one) in a clean crab-shell.