There is a Spanish proverb which insists that four persons are indispensable to the production of a good salad — a spend-thrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a counselor for salt, and a madman to stir it all up. (I found this quote in a book from 1853)
We included three books from over a century ago for making salads and dressing.
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1884 Salad and Salad Making
[ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
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1899 The American Salad Book
[ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
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1918 Florida Salads: A Collection of Dainty and Wholesome Salad Recipes
[ digital copy ] [ searchable full text copy ]
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