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Raw Tomatoes

Thinly sliced raw tomatoes served chilled with ice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Raw Tomatoes

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice the tomatoes thinly, with or without peeling them.

  2. Place the sliced tomatoes in the refrigerator.

  3. Before serving, lay bits of ice over the tomatoes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Provide the fresh, juicy body and flavor of the dish; they are the main component.
Ice
Keeps the sliced tomatoes cold and firm as they are served, adding a chilled, refreshing quality.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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