What ingredients do I need?

3 bananas, 3 oranges and 1 celeriac. Plus a mayonnaise dressing that is poured over the salad.

Does the celeriac have to be boiled?

Yes. The recipe uses boiled celeriac that is finely chopped before it is mixed with the fruit. Total time is about 40 minutes, most of it spent boiling the celeriac.

How should the fruit be cut?

The bananas and oranges are cleaned and cut into thin slices or dice, then mixed with the finely chopped celeriac.

Where does the recipe come from?

From Henriette Schønberg Erken's Stor kokebok from 1914, page 424. It is intended for 4 servings.

Orange and Banana Salad

Name: Orange and Banana Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 3 pcs bananas; 3 pcs oranges; 1 pcs celeriac (boiled and finely chopped); 2 dl mayonnaise (homemade)

Fruit salad from Erken 1914 with 3 bananas, 3 oranges and 1 boiled, finely chopped celeriac, dressed with mayonnaise.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 424 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple fruit salad with celeriac from the chapter on salads, omelets and intermediate courses. The combination of fruit and mayonnaise was typical of finer salads around 1914.

How to make it

1
Boil the celeriac
Peel the celeriac, boil it tender in lightly salted water, cool it and chop it finely.
2
Cut up the fruit
Clean the bananas and oranges and cut them into thin slices or dice.
3
Mix and serve
Mix the fruit with the boiled, finely chopped celeriac, arrange the salad on a platter and pour the mayonnaise over it.

Changes from the original

Modern spelling in the ingredients; the mayonnaise is given as an amount (about 2 dl) since the original only refers to "mayonnaise sauce."

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From1914 1949 Modernised

To1914 1949 Modernised

Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 470)~93% of the text changedremovedadded

3 stk bananer. 3 stk appelsiner. 1 stk sellerirot (kokt og finhakket). 2 dl majones (hjemmelaget). Skrell sellerirota, kok den mør i lettsaltet vann, avkjøl og hakk den fint.. Rens bananer og appelsiner og skjær dem Den rensede frukt skjæres i tynne skiver eller ~~terninger.. Bland frukten~~ terninger, blandes med ~~den kokte, finhakkede sellerien, legg salaten på fat og hell majonesen over.~~ kokt, finhakket selleri. Overhelles med majonessaus.

Note on Modernised

Moderne skrivemåte i ingrediensene; majonesen er oppgitt som mengde (ca. 2 dl) siden originalen bare henviser til «mayonnaisesaus».

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Frequently asked questions

What ingredients do I need?: 3 bananas, 3 oranges and 1 celeriac. Plus a mayonnaise dressing that is poured over the salad.
Does the celeriac have to be boiled?: Yes. The recipe uses boiled celeriac that is finely chopped before it is mixed with the fruit. Total time is about 40 minutes, most of it spent boiling the celeriac.
How should the fruit be cut?: The bananas and oranges are cleaned and cut into thin slices or dice, then mixed with the finely chopped celeriac.
Where does the recipe come from?: From Henriette Schønberg Erken's Stor kokebok from 1914, page 424. It is intended for 4 servings.

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