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Picnic

Hot potato salad

Hot potato salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including into a frying-pan one-fourth of a pound of bacon, cut into dice.

PicnicLunchStovetopPublic domainHistoric recipeSource transcription
Est. prep15 min
Est. cook10 min
Est. serves4
Total25 min
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  • Put into a frying-pan one-fourth of a pound of bacon, cut into dice;
  • Add one-half as much vinegar as fat, a few grains of salt and cayenne and one-half as much hot stock as vinegar.
  • Remove the skins and slice hot into the frying-pan enough to take up the liquid.

Historical transcription

Source method

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    Put into a frying-pan one-fourth of a pound of bacon, cut into dice; when light brown take out and sauté in the fat a small onion cut fine. Add one-half as much vinegar as fat, a few grains of salt and cayenne and one-half as much hot stock as vinegar. Have ready the potatoes boiled in skins. Remove the skins and slice hot into the frying-pan enough to take up the liquid. Add the diced bacon, toss together and serve.

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