Ingredients:- 1 hen
lobster, lettuces, endive, small salad (whatever is in season), a
little chopped beetroot, 2 hard-boiled eggs, a few slices of cucumber.
For dressing, equal quantities of oil and vinegar, 1 teaspoonful of
made mustard, the yolks of 2 eggs; cayenne and salt to taste; 3
teaspoonful of anchovy sauce. These ingredients should be mixed
perfectly smooth, and form a creamy-looking sauce.
Mode:- Wash
the salad, and thoroughly dry it by shaking it in a cloth. Cut up the
lettuces and endive, pour the dressing on them, and lightly throw in
the small salad. Mix all well together with the pickings from the body
of the lobster; pick the meat from the shell, cut it up into nice
square pieces, put half in the salad, the other half reserve for
garnishing. Separate the yolks from the whites of 2 hard-boiled eggs;
chop the whites very fine, and rub the yolks through a sieve, and
afterwards the coral from the inside. Arrange the salad lightly on a
glass dish, and garnish, first with a row of sliced cucumber, then with
the pieces of lobster, the yolks and whites of the eggs, coral, and
beetroot placed alternately, and arranged in small separate bunches, so
that the colours contrast nicely.
Note. A few crayfish make a pretty garnishing to lobster
salad.
The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small
Island n THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES, Linda Greenlaw returns from her
years of
adventure to Isle au Haut, the island that has been the Greenlaw home
for five generations. There are only 70 year-round residents on the
island, 10 of whom are Greenlaws. In describing her first year as a
lobsterman, the author explores themes of love, family, and the pursuit
of a simpler life. In particular, she discusses working with her
father, who is her helmsman, and their relationship - what they learn
about lobstering and each other. The book contains many vivid, and
sometimes hilarious, stories of life on Isle au Haut and the characters
who live there. THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES also describes the ongoing
battle between Isle au Haut lobstermen and the Stonington lobstermen.
This is the war that is referred to in the title, and it is this
conflict that provides a narrative arc for the book. The book
integrates material on topics ranging from the secret ingredient in
Linda's mother's lobster casserole recipe to island lore. In addition
to these kinds of lighter items, THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES includes a
harrowing section on three young island residents killed in a boating
accident. As in THE HUNGRY OCEAN, Linda Greenlaw displays Tom Clancy's
genius for describing equipment, Jimmy Breslin's flair for a yarn, and
a wonderfully real voice, sometimes contemplative, often cranky, always
all her own. Click
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