Cooking Salsify
Dear Aunt Daisy, A neighbour has asked me how to cook a present of salsify, which she had never even seen before. So I thought some other young Links in the Daisy Chain might like to know, too. I always boil it first, and, when cool, skin it, This prevents the fingers being stained so badly. Having skinned it, cut it up and f add it to a good, fairly thick, white . Sauce. Then put this in a pie-dish, cover with white breadcrumbs, dab with bits of butter, and bake in a good oven till the crumbs are golden brown. This is delicidus. Of course add salt and very
little pepper.
St.
Albans
Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Salsify, also called oyster plant, is a root vegetable, something like a parsnip. It can be served plain boiled, with white sauce, Cut it in rings to cook, if you like, or lengthways, or even leave it whole. It has an oyster-ish flavour,
especially if chopped small and cooked in batter, like oyster fritters. For mock oyster patties add chopped cooked salsify to a good white sauce and fill baked pastry-cases with it. Reheat and serve hot.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 23
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197Cooking Salsify New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 23
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