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Pour a quart of best vinegar on three ounces of scraped horseradish, an ounce of minced eschalot, and one drachm of cayenne; let it stand a week, and you will have an excellent relish for cold beef, salad, etc, costing scarcely anything. Horseradish is in highest perfection about November.
 
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