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TOASTED MUSHROOM SANDWICHES
Melt three tablespoons butter, add cup flour and stir until
well blended. Then pour on gradually one cup tbin cream.
Bring to boiling point and add fried finely chopped mushrooms
(canned will do), enough to make spreading consistency. Season
with salt, pepper and paprika. Spread on sandwiches and fry in
hot buttered pan, browning both sides.
CRABLEG SANDWICHES
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BREAD thin toast with crableg meats. Sprinkle with lemon
juice and thousand island dressing. Garnish with cress.
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LORENZO SANDWICHES
AKE small quantity of thick white sauce. Add crab meat sea
soned Avith salt, cayenne and fcAV drops of lemon juice. Cut
bread in rounds, spread with crab mixture, cover with butter in
which white of egg has been creamed. Sprinkle with cheese and
brown in oven.
EAST INDIA SANDWICHES
Mash yolks of hard boiled eggs, mix with Bengal chutney spread
on thin buttered bread, sprinkle with chopped Avhites and
cover. Cut in sandwich shapes when crusts removed.
DAISY SANDWICHES (OPEN)
CUT buttered bread into rounds Avitli a crimped cookie cutter and
spread with cream or pimento cheese. Place an olive cut into
eighths lengthwise in the centre of the pimento sandwich and
arrange like petals. Use a maraschino cherry for the centre of the
cream cheese.
Witih Regret
Astern policeman grasped an intoxicated gentleman by the
shoulder.
"Here,you,come along Avith me," he commanded.
^ ^
"Nope," retorted the inebriated one with decision. "I m
sup'stitious 'bout takin' walks Avith cops. Ever' time I eA'^er took a
walk with cop I got locked up. But .. . hie ... thank you just
the shame."
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