This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Cut the cucumber to the shape of small cassolettes or bar-quettes, blanch and marinade them.
Garnish with a preparation composed of a puree of salmon mixed with fillets of herring and chopped, hard-boiled eggs in equal quantities.
Sprinkle a little grated horse-radish over the garnish.
 
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