Salamagundy

A traditional salad dish for which there are recipes dating from as early as the fifteenth century from several parts of England. It was often served in London where the vegetables could be bought at Covent Garden. This recipe is from Hampshire. It was intended as a centrepiece on the supper table or for the second course of a dinner. It was always set out on a very large dish or platter with a small raised dish in the middle. Either a small plate was placed on an inverted bowl or a cakesta