Cakes & Ale A Dissertation on Banquets Interspersed with Various Recipes, More or Less Original, and anecdotes, mainly veracious

CHAPTER XIII

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SALADS

Nebuchadnezzar _v._ Sydney Smith--Salt?--No salad-bowl--French origin--Apocryphal story of Francatelli--Salads _and_ salads--Water-cress and dirty water--Salad-maker born not made--Lobster salad--Lettuce, Wipe or wash?--Mayonnaise--Potato salad--Tomato ditto--Celery ditto--A memorable ditto 147-157