Name: Salsify, or Vegtable Oyster
Ingredients: fresh salsify roots; cold water

Salsify, or Vegtable Oyster

Ingredients

fresh salsify roots
cold water

Directions

Select fresh and unshriveled salsify roots.
Wash and scrape the roots well.
Drop the cleaned roots into cold water to prevent discoloration.
Soak the roots in cold water for at least 30 minutes before scraping for easier cleaning.

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.