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from leaf, and wash them very thoroughly; shake them in a 
Salad basket, and dry them lightly on a soft serviette ; then tear 
the leaves into pieces of a proper size ; rub the inside of the Salad 
bowl with a split clove of garlic; put the Salad presently into 
the bowl, dusting it with a little salt, and a little white pepper ; 
next add oil, and vinegar (one tablespoonful of the oil to two 
of the vinegar; mix lightly, and thoroughly with the hands (not 
with fork, spoon, or knife), and let the Salad be served at once 
for immediate use.” As a preliminary to the above, after 
picking away all the decayed, or damaged leaves, the Lettuce 
parts, when well washed, should stand for about fifteen minutes 
in salted water, and then be left for a few hours in fresh water, 
changed at intervals. Likewise for “‘Salade dOrange”’: 
“ Proceed in the same way, but rub the inside of the Salad bowl 
with a split onion, squeezing out the juice as thoroughly as 
practicable; add the Salad, and accompaniments as above ; 
then add a quarter of a clove of garlic (finely minced), a large 
orange freed completely from skin, pith, and pips, and torn 
into small pieces ; mix assiduously, and finally add from three 
to six drops of tabasco, (a sauce made spicy with Jamaica 
Pepper and Clove-Cassia,) mix again, serve, and your guests 
will rise up, and call you blessed.” Gerarde has said about 
the Lettuce: ‘“ Being in some degree laxative, and aperient, 
the Lettuce is proper for hot, bilious dispositions.” And 
Parkinson adds: “Lettuce eaten raw, or boyled, helpeth to 
loosen the belly; and the boyled more than the raw.” 
The Germans wax enthusiastic over the charms of Kertoffelen 
Salade, also over their famous Beetroot Salad, ‘‘ Rotte Ruben 
Salade.” For the Spanish Salad (Gaspacho), this is made with 
bread, and vegetables, the bread-crumbs being soaked in water, 
or broth, and squeezed rather dry in a cloth ; then salt is added, 
also olive oil, some red, or green pimentoes, some tomatoes, and 
vinegar. In Spain this Salad is eaten with a spoon made out 
of an excavated crust of bread, if a permanent spoon is not at 
hand. It should be noted that the vinegar here is a mistake, 
because it would hinder digestion of the starches in the bread ; 
fresh lemon-juice should be substituted. Sir Thomas Browne, 
in Religio Medici, declared: ‘I could digest a Salad gathered 
in a churchyard as well as in a garden. I wonder not at the 
French with their dishes of frogs, snails, and toadstools; nor 
at the Jews for locusts, and grasshoppers; but being amongst 
