Les Achards

Les Achards is another popular hors-d’œuvre. It is composed of all kinds of vegetables, well washed and peeled, and cut in very small pieces. The vegetables generally used are carrots, cabbage, French beans, cauliflower, the palm-tree cabbage, or that of the coconut tree. The vegetables are all soaked separately in salted water for 24 hours. They are then thoroughly drained, and put in alternat