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Potato Mayonnaise

A historical lunch recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

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Gather

Ingredients

  • As needed Very Small Baked Potato
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Vinegar
  • ¾ cup Olive Oil

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Remove and mash the inside of potato. Add mustard, salt, and powdered sugar; add one tablespoon vinegar, and rub mixture through a fine sieve. Add slowly oil and remaining vinegar. By the taste one would hardly realize eggs were not used in the making.

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Where this recipe comes from

Potato Mayonnaise, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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