Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-04

T an afternoon tea, no matter
" whether it is a pretentions affair
~ or just a gathering composed OF
4 u a few friends assembled in an
informal social affair, sand
witches are always important in the
service. no matter how delicious the
cakes and novelties may be. The sand
witches should be dainty. the bread
should be cut very thin and each slice
spread lightly and evenly with butter
making lust thin coating over the
entire slice. This may be easily done
if the butter is first creamed until II
is soft and smooth, but not melted OF
course. 1t is usually best TO butter ooth
slices of bread when making SANDWICHES
because the butter coating prevents Ihe
filling from penetrating and softenmg
the bread. If care is taken to match
the slices when making sandwiches,
there will be less waste when trimming
on the crusts Always remove the
crusts and spread the filling Sparsely
toward the edges. The filling should
not be too generous or the sandwich
will become too bulky.
When trimming long crusts from
these sandwiches. toss the crusts all
together in little melted butter, brown
a little in the oven, and serve with the
dinner soup They make delicious
croutons Trimmings left over from
cutting fancy shapes of sweet sand
witches may be made into bread pud-
ding the next day. From cheese sand
wien trimmings a nice bread and cheese
scallop may be made. and from trim
mings of meat or fish sandwiches, with
additions, a good souffie for next days
luncheon may be made. Crusts with
out any filling may be dried and used
in many ways, especially when making
croquettes and dishes ALL gratin.
Attractive Sandwiches.
Sandwiches for afternoon tea are al
ways more attractive if they are cut
into fancy shapes. Oblongs, squares.
triangleS and diamonds can all be cut
without waste if care is taken. If
rounds are cut, the trimmings should
be used as suggested above.
Favorite Sandwiches fine
enough crisp white celery to make hall
a cupful. To this add half a cupful Of
tuna fish minced fine with a fork. Mix
together and add one tablespoonful each
of chopped red and green sweet pepper
Mash all together well, molSten with
one-fourth cupful of mayonnaise, and
season with one-fourth teaspoonful Of
salt. Use as a filling for white bread
sandwiches, making them thin and
delicate.
Pimiento andwiches-Butter slices
of white and graham bread. arrange
strips of pimiento over the surface OF
the bread. putting white and graham
slice together for each sandwich, and
cut in fancy shape.
Cheese Spread.-Mix five small pack
ages of cream cheese with one cupful
of chopped walnut meats, one cupful
of seedless raisins, one cupful OF COCO
nut, and two tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Work into round fiat mold,
saving out enough coconut to roll II
in. Use to spread on crackers. This
makes large quantity.
Barney Sandwiches.-These are made
from white bread buttered and sliced
very thin. The filling is made by
MASKING fine some small smoked sar-
dimes, or the larger unsmoked fish may
be used if skinned and boned. To the
mashed fish add few drops of lemon
Juice to produce slightly tart flavor,
and enough finely chopped parsley to
both flavor and color the filling. Spread
between the slices of bread and cut in
diamond shape.
Rouuefort Appetizers.-Crumble one
fourth cupful of Roquefort cheese. Add
one-fourth teaSpoonful of paprika, one
catsup to make the mixture of the
right consistency to spread, or about
one tablespoonful. Cream together,
spread a thin layer on thin slices
of any kind of buttered bread.
and cut into dainty shapes. These are
delicious served with a salad or alone
without any accompaniment.
Banana Sandwiches.-Slices some ba-
nanas very thin the long way and put
l.1A, eli ~ hut
tered graham or whole-wheat bread.
Squeeze a little lemcn juice over the
layers of bananas and sprinkle over
them little brown sugar or grated
maple sugar and very few finely
chopped nuts before adding the top
slice Of bread. Press together, trim and
cut.
Peanut Butter and Jam Sandwiches
Soften some peanut butter by Dreaming
and spread it on thin slices of whole
wheat or graham bread, add thin
layer Of strawberry or other jam and
cover with another slice of the bread
buttered. Press together, trim and cut
IN the desired shapes.
Hot Sandwiches.
Lettuce, chicken, bacon and slice of
tomato make a delicious combination.
Hard-cooked eggs sliced or minced, with
q shaving Of ham, leaf of lettuce and
some shredded sweet pepper, are good,
too.
A thin slice of cold roast pork is an
excellent substitute for chicken, and
very thin slices of cooked sausage meat
placed on a lettuce leaf and covered
with thinly sliced tomatoes either fresh
or firm piece drained from the best
canned tomatoes make savory COM
bination. Minced celery may be one of