Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

A cold lobster preparation from Erken's Stor kokebok (1914): the tail halves are filled with a mousse of lobster purée, white sauce, fish aspic, and half-whipped cream, garnished with aspic-coated lobster pieces, truffle, and oysters, served on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 145 (falt i det fri)
From the chapter on fish and shellfish in "Stor kokebok" (1914). Lobster was festive fare, and Erken gives several cold preparations in which the empty tail halves are used as shells for an airy lobster mousse garnished with aspic, truffle, and oysters.
Cut up the lobster
Cut up the boiled, cold lobster. Remove the tail meat and cut it into pieces that are not too small.
Coat the pieces in aspic
Coat the lobster pieces with aspic, place a slice of truffle on each piece, and coat again with aspic. Coat the oysters with aspic as well.
Make the purée
Pound the rest of the lobster meat together with 1 tablespoon of thick white sauce and rub it through a fine sieve.
Stir the mousse
Put the purée in a small bowl set over ice and stir. For every ½ kg lobster meat, add 1 dl liquid, cold fish aspic and 1 dl half-whipped cream. Stir in salt and just a little paprika.
Fill the shells
Fill the cleaned tail halves with the mixture and set them on ice to firm up.
Arrange
Just before serving, arrange the lobster pieces and oysters alternately on top of the tails. Place a folded napkin on a platter, set the lettuce hearts slightly raised on top, and place the lobster shells on them. Serve mayonnaise on the side.
Quantities are estimated and given in modern measures (dl, g). "1 spoon of thick white sauce" is interpreted as 1 tablespoon. "For every ½ kg lobster meat" is kept as a ratio but scaled to one lobster in the ingredient list. Oysters and truffle are optional in a modern kitchen.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Revised 1949 recipe
From the revised edition of the Big Cookbook.

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Mengder er anslått og satt i moderne mål (dl, g). «1 ske tyk hvit saus» tolket som 1 spiseskje. «Til ½ kg hummerkjøt» er beholdt som forholdstall, men skalert til én hummer i ingredienslisten. Østers og trøffel er valgfrie i moderne kjøkken.
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