The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
February 27th : RED CABBAGE AND CELERY SALAD
An excellent winter salad may be prepared with the above-named vegetables.
Tear away the outside leaves of a red cabbage, and cut thin slices from it, till you have half filled your salad bowl ; pour vinegar over the cabbage, and let it stand for half an hour.
Five minutes before you require to serve, shred celery into a plate ; into another pour off the vinegar from the bowl, and mix it with oil, salt, and Cayenne; return the mixture to the bowl, put in the celery, stir all well together, and you will find this a very piquant relish at a season when other salads are scarce.