This section is from the book "Mrs. Allen's Cook Book", by Mrs. Ida C. Bailey Allen. See also: The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat.
3 cupfuls cold boiled lobster, diced
1 cupful diced celery
2 tablesooonfuls olive oil
1 tablespoonful vinegar Salt and pepper Mayonnaise Lettuce
Mix together the lobster, celery, oil and vinegar, and then add mayonnaise to moisten. Chill, arrange on lettuce leaves and garnish with mayonnaise; dust with powdered parsley.
Prepare Lobster Salad according to the preceding recipe. Fill small scallop shells with the mixture, pour a little mayonnaise over the top, and garnish with capers, figures cut from pimentoes and parsley.
2 cupfuls pounded cooked lobster meat 2 teaspoonfuls mayonnaise dressing 1 cupful heavy cream
2 tablespoonfuls granulated gelatine
Few grains salt and pepper
3 cupfuls cooked oyster plant Additional mayonnaise Lettuce
Soften the gelatine in water to cover; then melt it over steam. Add the seasoning and mayonnaise to the lobster and fold in the cream and gelatine. Pour into a border mould and chill. Unmould on lettuce leaves and fill the center with the oyster plant, mixed lightly with French dressing. Serve with additional mayonnaise.
Crab meat, salmon, or tuna fish may be substituted for the lobster. In the two last cases one-half table-spoonful lemon juice should be added to the mixture.
 
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