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Picnic

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil eight eggs hard, throw into cold water.

PicnicLunchPescatarianStovetopPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep15 min
Est. cook25 min
Est. serves4
Total40 min
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  • Boil eight eggs hard, throw into cold water;
  • Make a cup of mayonnaise and rub into it four sardines that have been skinned and mashed to a paste.
  • Halve the eggs, lay them on crisp lettuce leaves and pour a spoonful of the sardine mayonnaise over all.

Historical transcription

Source method

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    Boil eight eggs hard, throw into cold water; peel and lay in the ice. Make a cup of mayonnaise and rub into it four sardines that have been skinned and mashed to a paste. Halve the eggs, lay them on crisp lettuce leaves and pour a spoonful of the sardine mayonnaise over all.

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