Florence White

Potato Salad Dressing

Miss Acton, 1845

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Florence White

Published 1932

  • About

Miss Acton calls this the poet’s receipt for salad dressing and adds ’as this salad is the result of great experience and reflexion it is hoped young salad makers will not attempt to make any improvement on it.’

Ingredients

  • potatoes
  • A teaspoonful mustard
  • 2 teaspoonfuls salt

Method

  1. Two well-boiled potatoes passed through a sieve.
  2. A teaspoonful mustard; 2 teaspoonfuls salt; essence of anchovy.
  3. About ¼