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then lay a Turnip or some other hard thing for a Standard 

 in the middle of the Sallad, let it be formed like a Castle 

 made of Paste washed over with the Yolks of Eggs and within 

 it a Tree made in like manner and coloured with green Herbs 

 and stuck with flowers ; you must also have annexed to it 

 twelve supporters round it, sloping to it, and fastened to 

 the Castle; then having made four rings of Paste, each 

 bigger than the other, the Biggest must compass the Castle 

 and reach within three inches of the Feet of your supporters ; 

 the second must be within two inches of that, and so place 

 as many as you think convenient and according to the size 

 of your dish, that they may be like so many Steps, one above 

 another, then place one sort of your salad round on the 

 uppermost Ring, and so on till you come to the Dish, laying 

 a several sort on every one; then place all your Pickles 

 from the Sallad to the Brim of the Dish each by itself, then 

 garnish your Dish with all things suitable to the Season. 

 These grand Sallads are only for great Feasts. Remember 

 that in Autumn your standard ought to be the Resemblance 

 of a Castle carved out of Carrots and Turnips ; in the winter 

 a tree hung with Snow, in Summer a green Tree. From 

 The Receipt Book of John Nott, Cook to the Duke of Bolton, 

 1723- 



SALLAD FOR WINTER. Take a hard cabbage, and with 

 a sharp knife shave it as thin as possible and serve it up 

 with oil, mustard and vinegar. 



Or else take corn sallad and Horse radish scrap'd fine, 

 dish it handsomely and serve it with oil and vinegar. Mrs. 

 Glasse, The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, 1784. 



BROCCOLI IN SALLAD. Broccoli is a pretty dish by way of 

 Sallad in the middle of a table. Boil it like asparagus; 

 lay it in your dish, beat up with oil and vinegar and a little 

 salt. Garnish with nasturtium buds. Ibid. 



To MAKE A GRAND SALLET FOR THE SPRING. Your 

 Gardener, or those that serve you with herbs, must supply 

 you with all manner of Spring-Sallets, as buds of Cowslips, 



