A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894
No. 771
Alligator Pears
Avocats
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Originally from south America. Select the fruit when very ripe, peel off the outer green skin, and cut the pear in slices, range them on a side dish, season with salt, pepper and vinegar, and garnish around with slices of lemon cut in halves.