With a Saucepan Over the Sea

Adelaide Keen went abroad with a notebook and came home with the recipes — cocka leekie from Scotland, petite marmite from Paris, the maids of honor of Richmond — each dish tagged with the country that gave it.

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Lobster and Oyster Plant Mousse

(Paris.) Boil, pound, and press through a sieve the flesh of a lobster, add 1 tablespoonful of mayonnaise, the same of melted aspic jelly, and 1/2 pint of whipped cream. Pour into a border mould and set on ice to harden. Boil and cut into dice sufficient salsify to fill the centre when turned out, and mix it with some mayonnaise dressing. Serve cold.

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