Pompeian Salad Recipes

An olive-oil importer's 1920 salad book, from the years when a salad was still an argument that had to be won.

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Pompeian Mayonnaise

Mix a teaspoonful dry mustard, one half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful sugar and a pinch of red pepper with a teaspoonful of…

Pineapple Salad

Mix shredded pineapple with finely-cut celery and broken English walnuts. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise made without mustard…

Anchovy Sauce

(For fish.) Work a teaspoonful of anchovy paste with two teaspoonfuls of Pompeian Olive Oil until very smooth; then work in, a…

Bernais Sauce

(For steak, filet mignon, cold meat or tuna fish.) Mix thoroughly four yolks of eggs, four tablespoonfuls of Pompeian Olive Oil…

Olive Oil for Health

PURE olive oil-such as Pompeian Olive Oil-is something more than a food substance. It has valuable medicinal properties which, as…

Stuffed Tomatoes

Peel sound tomatoes, and scoop from stem end a part of center. Place them on ice and just before serving fill with celery cut…

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