The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-11
NEWFANGLED SANDWICHES
Made as Delicate as a Dream for Folk
in Up.own Apartments.

New York has developed a prosperous
industry in the more delicate branches
of family catering. The expert sand
wich maker and salad maker have all
the orders they can supply. says the
New York Sun. The maker of genuine
brown bread and choice cake has good
custom And the woman who makes
old-fashioned candy and nut confec-
lions Of superior excellence finds ready
buyers for her wares.
The increased number Of people who
practice light" housekeeping in stu
dos, flats and furnished rooms has fos-
tered this private industry in home
supplies Folks like viands individual
~ supplied and find they can get them
OF better quality fro mthe domestic
caterer than from the restaurants The
popularity or card parties, teas lunch
eols ana afternoon entertainments has
Wldened the field for the woman caterer.
IN 80 mas the quest for pure food
SUNS, and the increase in the number
OF business women who prefer carrvifg
/ lnsiE own luncheon to the office in j
iiiDd iilIls fatner than to get it outside.
AHeEe are now more than Two dozen
varieties or sandwiches in dailv CON
sumption. and the professional sand
wien maker expects to Rrezte still other
novelties IN the way of filings and
Shapes The sandwich in its finer form
IS delicate and decorative rather han
substantial Put up in TRANSPARENT M
per, precisely measured and folded it
mas the suggestion of a treasure rather
than thing of everyday bread and
butter inlaid win meat
The craze for outdoor snort has an
couraged the origination and christen-
ing OF sandwiches of particular SAVIOR
There is the golf sandwich. for instance
OF brown bread, being cut round with
biscuit cutter and seasoned with
paste that stands for a half dozen sub
stantial relishes
All the sandwich makers specialties
nave names which are a help in the
business, and her books show readily
what combinations are best liked. Her
accounts also show the amazing num-
Der of sandwiches turned out in the
course of a month
Great patience, neatness and dispatch
are required to make a ternntitlpy sand
wich, besides the knowledrs and es1t.ri-
filing of proper consisfe11cv ana sec so,is1s,
1t IS one or the arts which practice makes
perfect, but some women could never make
a sandwich that would not crumble or
snow the inside, be too thick or other
wise reveal the amateurs clumsiness
The accepted model for a card PARTY
SAND wien IS heart or diamond shape. pared
70 a nicely ana tied lightly with flame
cOlored ribbon. Other fancy sandwiches
are oblong or triangular or half moon.
olive, anchOvy, salad nut sardine cu-
cumber, tomato and cream cheese are
some of the sandwiches that figure on
luncheon and tea tables AMI add to the
fame of the maker. Then there is the
flower sandwich in which the unsaIted
butter used Is scented with the perfume
OF roses, carnations viOletS and the
bread has been exposed TO like 7dor.
But this sandwich is costly and only IA
vored by purchasers to whom novelty IS
a recommendation.
A young woman of native skill In Gull
nary matters makes new friends con-
stantly with her platters of stuffed eggs.
The eggs being boiled Hard the whites are
halVed. making dainty holders for the stuff
ting, which is formed of the y0lks rub
bed to a fine consistency and nicely sea
soned All in order on tray this dish IS
most attractive.
Among the candy makers who take or
ders through the shops and exchanges as
well as through personal recommended ton.
business Her cakes are candy clear
through. being made of old fashioned mo
lasses strewn thicl1ly with peanuts care
fully parched and shelled In the older
groundnut and the groundnut cake NAM
my selling her cakes at the street corners
for cent apiece is a familiar institution.
The foundation for proper gToundnut
lasses, boiled to just the right consistency
and crusted thick with sound. sweet
groundnuts that have been neither
scOrched nor UNDERGONE in the parching
tige of the sheathing that covers them.
GrOundnut candy so prepared IS fetching.
as the young womans increasing sales
prove.
Another adept at home made candy
makes pure sugar candy in ropes. pulled
to crystal clear whiteness and favored
with lemon, mint or other essence. It sells
as readily as the cookies and nut cakes
which another private caterer provides for
a list CT steady customers in uptown apart
ment houses