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Sardine salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Picnic Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Sardine salad

Sardine salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including drain the oil from a box of sardines and squeeze three drops of lemon juice on each .

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Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Picnic Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise

Egg salad with sardine mayonnaise, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil eight eggs hard, throw into cold water.

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Lobster salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Picnic Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Lobster salad

Lobster salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including have ready one-third as much celery as you have lobster, cut into half-inch lengths.

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Oyster salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Picnic Cited source
Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Oyster salad

Oyster salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including if you can not get these, cut each oyster in half, but do not chop them.

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Lenten salad, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe
Picnic Cited source
Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Lenten salad

Lenten salad, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including fill the center of the dish with cold boiled or baked fish, cut into pieces, and pou.

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