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What is origin of name Salad-Magunday
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Richard Wright
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On 24 Jan 2005 16:45:45 GMT,
(ASmith1946) wrote:
>>Mary Kettilby's book of receipts (3rd ed. of 1724) has a recipe with
>>the title "To make a Cold Hash, or Salad-Magunday".
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>Richard:
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>Do you know if this recipe is also in the first edition?
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>Salmagundi was a composed salad thought to have originated in either France or
>Italy in the sixteenth century. A reference to the dish salmigondin is found in
>a French text dated 1546. As noted in the OED, Thomas Blount in 1674 reported
>that it was an Italian "dish of meat made of cold Turkey and other
>ingredients."
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>Andy Smith
It is in Part 2 of the 3rd edition, which includes recipes not in the
1st edition. Can't tell you whether the recipe was in the 2nd edition,
though.
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