Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-13
Household Experts Give
Tested Recipes for the
Outdoor Meal-Prop-
err Bread and Filings.

| ihein crisp. bul tne lettuce must he
| well dried to prevent the bread from
! absorbing too much moisture. IN
which case the sandwich would fall
| apart. Remove the crust with a sharp
| knife after the sandwich has been
| filled.
| Pink and Green STANDARDIZATION
| nne a quantity of boiled ham and mix
| 1t in proportions of two to one with
| sour cucumber pickle well chopped.
| Trim the crusts from thin slices OF
white bread. butter sparingly and
| spread the mixture between slices
! The bits of green pickle give boCh
| color and flavor. If you wish. you
can place a lettuce leaf in each sand
| wich and add some salad dressing to
| the mixture as a substitute for put
| ter 1t is best not to put in the NIL
ing until just before you are ready
to serve the sandwiches.
| Toothsomc Sandwich.-To three
slices of broiled breakfast bacon add
| one hard boiled egg, cutting all into
small pieces. Mash two tablespoons
! of baked beans to a paste; salt TO
taste and add a dash of cayenne pep
per and a teaspoon OF melted but
ter. Then pour the drippings from
bacon over the whole, mixing thor
oughly. To this add two tablespoons
sof mustard vinegar from French mus
| tard pickle, or the same amount of
mayonnaise dressing. This makes a
| most delicious and appetizing filing
Minced Chicken Sandwich.
Mince the chicken very fine and
add to each cup of the cold, cook ID
| meat one chopped hard-boied egg.
! half the quantity of shredded let
! tuce and sufficient boiled dressing to
! form a paste Spread between thinly
| buttered slices of bread, remove the
crusts and cut into any preferred
! shape.
| Cucumber Sandwich-Selecta small
| cucumber, slice it thin and cover
with the following dressing: Three
| tablespoons of vinegar. five table
| spoons of salad oil. one saltspoon of
salt, one-half teaspoon OF onion
juice. one-fourth teaspoon black pep
| per and a dash of cayenne pepper.
| Place the cucumbers in dish small
enough for the dressing to cover, then
place the dish on ice to chill. Spread
| between thin slices of buttered
bread.
Sweet Pepper Sandwich.--A sweet
| pepper sandwich is made by spread
| ing between slices of bread a filling
made of peppers and cream cheese
| Chop the peppers very fine and mix
! them with cheese and a few drops of
| olive oil or with a little rich sweet
| cream. Use in the proportion of one
| third pepper to tWo-thirds cheese. .
! a Favorite Sandwich.-Grind one
dozen sweet pickles with one-half a
! pound of cream cheese: add four
! ounces of peanut butter and mix we'll
Spread on buttered bread.
| Ripe Tomato Sandw h.-Prepare q
| French dressing and dip into it slices
| of raw tomato peeled. Place these
| between slices of thin white bread
| buttered. Prepare these sandwiches
only a short while before they are to
be eaten or they will become soggy.
Lettuce and Horshradish Sandwich
Lettuce with a layer of horseradish
on feither side and placed on well
buttered bread makes sandwich that
is very appetizing.
| Sweet Sandwiches.
! Use brown or white bread for these
sandwiches and slice it very thin
! with sharp knife. If you spread it
ter. cream it before you spread it
and be sure that it is not too salty.
| Chop a cup of ginger very fine and
blend with 1t enough thick sweet cream
to make the mixture of the right con-
sistency for spreading. Put the filing
| between thin slices of buttered bread
Make another excellent ginger filling
| with preserved ginger and candied
orange peel. Chop equal quantities of
| the two ingredients very fine, and add
enough ginger syrup and orange juice
| to make the mixture spread we'll Nuts
and preserved ginger are another de-
gether in equal quantities and mix in
| a little light-brown sugar and cream
| to moisten the whole.
Cherry and almond sandwiches are
| fine. Use equal quantities of almonds
and preserved or candied cherries
almonds into a paste; mix the two
! preparations and add a teaspoonful of
| almond extract and a little cream.
| Honey sandwiches, made by combin-
| ing dates and raisinS passed through a
! food chopper and by adding to each
| fuls of honey and one of orange juice,
are unusually good. Chopped nuts can
I be added Another good sandwich is
made by running dates and nuts through
a food chopper-half as many dates as
nuts-and adding to each cup of the
! mixture a quarter cup of maple sugar
and a small amount of cream.
! Ounce jelly mixed with a few
| shredded mint leaves and spread on thin
buttered slices of bread or stale sponge
| cake makes d sandwich of excellent
| flavor. Currant jelly mixed with nut
! meats also makes a good combination.
! To make chocolate sandwiches melt
| two squares of chocolate and when the
| sirup is partly cool add one-haf cup
| of brown sugar and two tableSpoon1uls
| of cream Flavor with a teaspoontul OF
| vanilla and add chopped nut meats until
| it is of the right consistency. Use the
| mixture as a filling between very thin
! slices of bread or slices of toasted
! sponge cake or any loaf cake.
\ MnrshmnlIow Sandwiches.
| You can use marshmallows for
sandwiches by heating them in the
| oven until they are soft. Another
i good filing consists of thick straw
/ berry preserves into which you have
worked a tablespoonful of pineapple
! juice and enough fresh grated cocoa
nut to make a paste.
/, Melt some marshmallows in a gran
lite dish in hot water, add two table
Il spoonfuls of strip from preserved
II ginger. one tablespoonful of finely
Il chopped ginger and the same of finely
l ground walnuts or almonds. Mix well
II together and spread on thin buttered
Il bread.
II Peanuts mixed with fruits make a
| good sandwich The filling consists
| of chopped dates, Gigs. lemon juice
and ground nuts. lightly mixed with
tart jelly. The bread>is buttered fol
Il this. Candied fruits are often used
|, but sometimes the sandwich is
II breadcake filled with fruits and moist
Il ened with cherry juice or the liquor
| from preserved pineapples or peaches
II Slice some bananas thin and squeeze
Il some lemon juice over them. Let
| them marinate in this for twenty
| minutes. Cut the crust from thin OBJ
| longs of white bread, spread with 8
Il little thick sweet cream that has beer
/ slightly sweetened and arrange tn,
banana slices neatly between the