This section is from the book "The People's Cook Book", by Jennie Taylor. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
Beat the yolks of eight eggs, and add one cup of sugar, one table-spoonful of mustard, salt and pepper; mix; boil three cups of vinegar, to which add a cup of butter, and while boiling pour over the mixture, and mix thoroughly; bottle and set in a cool place, and use when needed.
Take the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs; add one-half teaspoonful mixed mustard, and mix to a paste with a silver fork; then add slowly, mixing carefully, about one-half cup of vinegar, one teaspoonful of sugar, and salt to taste; cut the lettuce with a sharp knife, and pour the dressing over it; garnish with hard-boiled eggs.
The yolk of one egg, raw; stir into this all the olive oil it will hold, in as fine a stream as possible. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and mustard.
Mix three tablespoonfuls of olive oil and one tablespoonful of scraped onion with one saltspoonful of salt and one saltspoonful of pepper (mixed), and then add one tablespoonful of vinegar. When thoroughly mixed, pour over the salad.
 
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