Grandma Nena 1

We paid her visits at Christman and in Summer, and by the time we arrived, she already had a big bowl of "Russian Salad" ready. It was my father's favourite dish and she knew it.
Dad told me once, that since he tasted grandma's hand-made mayonnaise, he has never been able to eat the purchased one.

Grandmothher's Russian Salad

Ingredients:

Carrots
Peas
Cauliflower
Potatoes

Boil vegetables in salty water. Strain them and once dry, cut them into small pieces. When cold, mix vegetables to the mayonnaise. Make up everything in a ceramics bowl and keep cold for at least one day.

Hand-made mayonnaise

Ingredients:

1 egg yolk
corn oil
some drops of lemon
salt

Shell the egg yolk in a cold bowl standing on a wet sponge. By means of a wooden spoon mix the yolk adding corn oil one drop at the time.
The bowl will stay fresh and won't move if you put a square sponge under it.

Warnings: these advice are essential for the mayonnaise not to separate
1. Yolk must be with completely no traces of white
2. Oil must be added in the slowliest way possible, drop after drop
3. Mix the mayonnaise by turning only the one way. Any changes will make it separate
4. Add just a few drops of lemon only when your mayonnaise is creamy. Taste to correct acidity and add some more if necessary.
5. Salt is the very last ingredient to be added.