Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-01-28
PUTTING UP TASTY LUNCHES


| Lillian Nasor.
| know Of ono little woman who is
a genius T." putting up very ineXpcn-
sive and tasty lunches for her family
to take 10 their work. AZ ono needs to
do nearly all thc time and another of
tho family found convenient OCCASION
| ally.
The sccre. o. her success in making
tho lurcacr happy is in what may he
called tho little tasty surprises. Usu-
alt so,uc Kind of fruit makes the lunch
more rclishcd. ana then there come in
The little novelties. which might be called
| ''Trick sandwichcs." the trick seeming
to have some unexpected or unfamiliar
little variety and to counteract the dry
ness of the ordinary lunch box whore no
hot drink is carried.
LUNCH SANDWICHES
OF course there come the regular corn
cd beef. chicken tongue. roast beef. ham
and other we'll known favoritcs but
there very often pops up some kind of
n salad or vegetable sandwich,
LETTUCE SANDWICH
One Of the simplest is to take a nice
| lettuce leaf and some dressing and place
It between the slices of bread and there
is a little change from the dreaded dry
ness of The ordinary lunch
OTHER LUNCH DAINT1Es.
By consulting the known tastes of
the ono who is obliged to carry lunch
there will result the use or omission
Of such little items as cheese cheese
sandwiches. sardincs. egg sandwiches.
I l.,.t' / l,r. g ,fa.,,.
| foods.
FRUITS FOR LUNCHES.
The most monotonous part of the
lunch is the awful dryness, and no
warm drink is carried, by most girls
ct any rate. go there must be the pres
ence of some juicy fruit, such az oranges.
pears in season, berries. apple sauce.
primes. or other Inexpensive and appetiz-
ing fresh fruits. Apples are always
good. but hardly juicy enough for best
relish in cold lunch carried from home.
The little trick surprise is worth moro
than its food val.c, in satisfying the one
who comes 10 look on the carried lunch
as a dry and cold ceremony, for which
there Is little appetite.
DAINTY SANDWICH FILLING.
|
ped nuts moistened with cream.
VEGETABLE SANDWICHES.
Baked bean sandwiches, vegetable
sandwiches, mashed squash. tGrnip or
cabbage sandwiches. or little glass COW
cred Jars of the various vegetables
which would be welcome t. the lunch
err when cold will be very much APP
precated.
RELiSiIES.
Maple syrup and honey are good to
put in LITTLE BOTTLES. jars of stewed fruits
or tomatoes and, for most people, if the
dryncss is in measure countcracted
ana amy reasonable relish given, the cold
lunch without warm drink, is very Salts
factory.
\ baked apple, or peach in season or
arapes Will make the most fastidous
person of good appetite and sound sense
fairly happy and not require much
money to pay for TIE lunches.
SURPRISES
Perhaps you remember from your own
cXper.ence now nice that unexpected
bunch OF em,pcs, or the little dish Of
berries tasted in your oWn lunch basket
at school or elsewhere. 1t seems about
twice rs good from the surprise in the
finding
Az long as people differ in tastes and
temperament there will always be some
who would ike to be consulted about
what to put in the lunch box. but prob
ably the very great majority will be
ouch gratin-d to find some little I'M
expected relish and moisture CARRYING
fruit, sauce o: selatine in the little screw