Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-11
HarrisOn's Salad Recipe,

6AsTRoNoMIc HORROR AND AN INSULT TO ALL
EPICUREs.
From the Spirit Of the Times.
When we first read the awful concoction pub
ished as President-elect Harrisons private
recipe for dressing lettuce salad we promptly
exclaimed: ''Some enemy hath done this!' But
when the terrible report was officially verified
by Lie Halford, editor of the Indianapolis
journal and Harrison's private secretary, we
began to despair, not so much of the republi-
can party as Of the republic Shades of Sydney
Smith, whose rhymed recipe is dear to all
epicures, and of Sam Ward. who was more ten
der of head Of lettuce than of his own repu-
tatlon, what must be your emotions when you
learn that the people of this great country
with the best things in the world to eat and
the best people in the world to eat them. have
chosen for their President, by decisive cleo
toral majority, a Hoosier who deliberately pre-
pares salad with the following indescribable
compounds: "For each person four tablespoon
fuls OF oil and a little more, one and a-half of
vinegar, tablespoonful of salt. one of black
pepper, two OF dry mustard, and pinch of red
pepper. The dry materials mix first, then put
in the oil, and lastly the vinegar. Add shred
Of garlic and pinch of celery salt"
One might as we'll take a sweet little baby
from its monthly nurse, pour four tablespoon
fuis OF oil. one and half of vinegar, o spoon
full Of salt and another of black pepper down
its innocent throat; clap two dry mustard plas-
tiers upon its stomach; perfume its hairless
head with garlic, apd powder its soft flesh with
celery salt and then expect it not to die of suf-
location and disgust as to infict the same I'M
relenting crueltiesupon lettuce salad. The
reporters say that sometimes Gen. Harrison
prefers to serve watercresses with this dressing;
but watercress. the peppery Welshman of the
salad world, would resent the outrage, although
1t is capable OF enduring much rougher treat
ment than the lettuce. All gastronomy, an
cient or modern, is violated either by the in
gradients of Gen. Harrison's composition or
by the amount Of them which he dictates.
No wander that Chauncey N. Depew, when
interviewed on the subject, disguised himself
with an agonized smile and painfully muir
INJURED: 81 cannot criticise the President-elect;
shall never eat salad again" No unrecon-
strncted democrat impatient of defeat, could
have invented diabolicai machine more dan
gerous to Gen. Harrisons popularity than this
frightfui recipe.
One tablespoonful Of oil-not four-for each
person il the true gastronomic rule. In France
one extra spoonful Ia added pour le bon Dieu
who blesses the salad. BE a spendthrift with
the oil" says the ancient recipe; but flour
tablespoonfuls and little more" is reckless
extravaganza. "Be a miser with the vinegar"
One tablespoonful il enough for four persons
Take a tablespoonful Of salt and another Of
black pepper-but not too much pepper-and
mix these we'll with the vinegar; Then add
the best qualities Of the lettuce, as in cos
tune Of pure white lovely bride seems more
lovely, will be more complete. Mustard in
such salad il terrible. It would be like at
firing youthful bride In yellow silk. Gen.
Harrison must have been thinking of Welsh
rarebit. Red pepper Is superAuous. Garlic
could no more be used with lettuce than as q
maiden's perfume. Celery salt 10 an sbomina-
ton unknown TO epicures, except to further
spoil bad oysters. Gen. Harrison may make .
good President when his time comes, but he
will never make good salad unless his ideas
are thoroughly reformed.