Salad (Lobster)
Origin: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- 1 Lobster
- 4 tablespoonfuls Plain vinegar
- 3 Eggs
- Chilli vinegar
- 1 teaspoonful Mustard
- 2 tablespoonfuls Salad oil
- Cayenne
- Fresh lettuces
Instructions
- Pick all the meat out of a lobster.
- Beat well the yolks of 2 new-laid eggs, beat in some made mustard, and, continuing to beat, drop in the salad oil.
- Add any flavouring that may be preferred, a taste of chilli vinegar, some plain vinegar (4 tablespoonfuls), and the soft part of the lobster.
- Moisten the remainder of the lobster with this sauce and lay it at the bottom of the bowl.
- Cut up the lettuce, rolling it in the dressing, and put it over the lobster.