Dressing for Cold Slaw

Original Recipe

Beat up two eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, add a piece of butter the size of half an egg, a teaspoonful of mustard, a little pepper, and lastly a teacup of vinegar. Put all of these ingredients into a dish over the fire and cook like a soft custard. Some think it improved by adding half a cupful of thick sweet cream to this dressing; in that case use less vinegar. Either way is very fine.

Ingredients

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  • 2 eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar
  • 1 piece of butter the size of half an egg
  • 1 teaspoonful of mustard
  • 1 little pepper
  • 1 teacup of vinegar
  • 1 dish over the fire and cook like a soft custard
  • 1 cupful of thick sweet cream to this dressing

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Beat up two eggs with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, add a piece of butter the size of half an egg, a teaspoonful of mustard, a little pepper, and lastly a teacup of vinegar.

  2. 2

    Put all of these ingredients into a dish over the fire and cook like a soft custard.

  3. 3

    Some think it improved by adding half a cupful of thick sweet cream to this dressing; in that case use less vinegar.

  4. 4

    Either way is very fine.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book , Cabbage Salad (1887)