The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-25


around your sugar box will keep ants
away.
Before putting crocheted lace on any
article wash it, and you will find it
will not only go on better, but will noy
shrink when you wash the article.
When pouring hot fat into basin
add to it an equal quantity of boiling
water This will make any pieces of
meat of gristle in the fat sink to the
bottom, and dripping treated in this
way will always turn out beautifully
white and clear.
Rhubarb and strawberry preserve is
delicious. For every box of berries use
one pound Of rhubarb and one pound of
sugar. Mash the Strawberries and
cook all together for Is minutes after
ii comes to boil.
New Combinations for Sandwiches.
Now that the summer season is
near at hand, ones mind naturally
turns from winter gaities to porch par
ties and auto lunches and ideas for
tasty sandwiches are eagerly sought.
With these things in mind, the Spring
field Republican recently had timely
article in which mention was made
of several new varieties.
The sandwich really has two offices.
One is to provide an easily eaten bit
of nourishment when more elaborate
or lengthy service would be inconven
lent. That is the informal sandwich.
The other is to provide dainty and
tempting morsel when anything more
substantial would be too much.
The Swiss cheese and mustard sand
wich is an instance of the first type.
The pate -de-fois gras sandwich is an
instance of the second.
So whether you want a substantial
meal that you can eat on the run, or
whether you want dainty bite that
you can take without interference to
your appetite an hour or SO before
dinner-you have the sandwich to fall
back on.
That the sandwich has proved it.
self as very important part of mod
ern life is shown by the fact that
there il an almost infinite variety Of
now. There was time
when lettuce sandwiches and jelly
sandwiches and caviar sandwiches were
the usual sorts served at tea time. |
Now we have dozens of usual sorts.
In tea rooms where sandwiches are |
one Of the luncheon specislties the |
business women who frequent them
are always interested in the new com |
binations. Usually the filings are de
licious, though once in while the |
combination is rather forced, simply |
to gain a new effect.
One filling they use is made Of
American cheese chopped fine and
mixed with chilli sauce--a filling and
delicious combination of hearty
luncheon sandwich. but of course, quite
out of the question for teatime sand
wich.
Another filing is made of raisins
and nuts, mixed To a paste with cream.
This would be quite delicious made
into tiny sandwiches for the tea ia
Die, although in big sandwich it is
hearty enough to be satisfying for
luncheon.
Round sandwiches, made from white
bread cut the size or little butter
plates formed part of a bride shower
feed" These were filled with candied
roseleaves and violets held together
With whipped cream, and each Of the
lainty morsels was charmingly tied
With a narrow pink or violet ribbon.
they were put in silver bread bas
,ets. with the handle of one tied with
toilet ribbon and that of the other
With pink.
Nut sandwiches arc delicious if made
# certain sorts of nuts, the very best
# them being the Brazil nut and
arge nut which comes from South
America called the cream nut. Shell
hese nuts; then remove carefully
With sharp knife the inner coating
II brown film, which surrounds the