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Sweetbread and Cucumber Salad II

Parboil a sweetbread, adding to water a bit of bay leaf, a slice of onion, and a blade of mace.

Parboil a sweetbread, adding to water a bit of bay leaf, a slice of onion, and a blade of mace. Cool, and cut in small cubes; there should be three-fourths cup. Add an equal quantity of cucumber cubes. Beat one-half cup thick cream until stiff; add one-fourth tablespoon granulated gelatine soaked in one-half tablespoon cold water and dissolved in one and one-half tablespoons boiling water, then add one and one-half tablespoons vinegar. Add sweetbread and cucumber, mould, and chill. Arrange on lettuce leaves, and serve with French Dressing.

Ingredients

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  • 1 sweetbread
  • 1 bit bay leaf
  • 1 slice onion
  • 1 blade mace
  • cucumber
  • 0.5 cup thick cream
  • 0.25 tablespoon granulated gelatine
  • 0.5 tablespoon cold water
  • 1.5 tablespoons boiling water
  • 1.5 tablespoons vinegar
  • lettuce leaves
  • French Dressing

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Parboil a sweetbread, adding to water a bit of bay leaf, a slice of onion, and a blade of mace.

  2. 2

    Cool, and cut in small cubes; there should be three-fourths cup.

  3. 3

    Add an equal quantity of cucumber cubes.

  4. 4

    Beat one-half cup thick cream until stiff; add one-fourth tablespoon granulated gelatine soaked in one-half tablespoon cold water and dissolved in one and one-half tablespoons boiling water, then add one and one-half tablespoons vinegar.

  5. 5

    Add sweetbread and cucumber, mould, and chill.

  6. 6

    Arrange on lettuce leaves, and serve with French Dressing.

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