Cookery for every household

White bread and butter. I malade. Cut some thin slices of white bread and butter, and spread them lightly with a little orange jelly or marmalade. Then cut some thin slices of gingerbread, and lay them on half the number of pieces of bread. Cover with the remaining pieces of bread, and press well together. Trim and cut into neat sandwiches. 2478. Chocolate Sandwiches 2 table-sps. grated choco- cream. late. Vanilla essence. 2 table-sps. whipped Bread and butter. Mix the chocolate and cream together, adding a few drops of vanilla. Spread this mixture between Take some lemon curd as required for Cheese Cakes (see Recipe 1572) — or it can be bought ready in jars — and spread it between freshly-made finger biscuits ; or if preferred, brown or white bread may be used. 2484. Nut Sandwiches . Shelled nuts. I Slices of pastry. Cream. J Seasoning. Any kind of shelled nuts can be used. Toast them for a few minutes in the oven or in front of the fire, and then chop them rather small. Mix with clotted or whipped cream, and season to taste. The mixture may be made either sweet or savoury. Put a thick layer of this inside a finger-shaped piece of pastry. Note. — Honey may be used instead of cream, and gingerbread or any plain cake may be used instead of pastry. 2485. Sponge Cake and Nut Sandwiches Sponge cake. 1 table-sp. chopped nuts. \ gill double cream. A few drops of vanilla. Sugar. Whip the cream until thick, and mix in the chopped nuts. Sweeten to taste, and flavour with a few drops of vanilla. Spread this mixture rather thickly between thin slices of sponge cake, trim neatly, and serve on a lace-edged paper. 2486. Strawberry Sandwiches Fresh strawberries. I Sponge cake. Sugar. I Clotted cream. Slice a few ripe strawberries with a silver knife, and dredge them with fine sugar. Then spread some slices of sponge cake or Madeira cake with clotted cream, and put a layer of strawberries on half the number of pieces. Cover with the remaining pieces, and press them lightly together. Trim if necessary and serve on a lace-edged paper. These sandwiches must be made fresh and kept in a cool place. Note. — Other kinds of fresh fruit may be used in the same way. 2487. Wafer Sandwiches, 1 Wafer biscuits. | Sugar. Vanilla. Double cream. J Nuts or fruit. Use wafer biscuits the same as are sold for ices. Whip a small quantity of double cream until thick. sweeten it with castor sugar, flavour with a few drops of vanilla, and stir into it either some chopped nuts or some small pieces of fresh or preserved fruit. Then make sandwiches with this cream mixture and the wafer biscuits. They must be pressed very lightly together and only made a short time before serving. Cut them in two and serve them in a circle, one slightly overlapping the other. 2488. Wafer Sandwiches, 2 8 wafer biscuits. I 1 table-sp. castor sugar. 2 table-sps. desiccated 1 table-sp. marmalade. cocoanut. I Mix the cocoanut and sugar together, and moisten with the marmalade. Spread some of this paste between wafer biscuits, press them lightly together, and cut in two. Jam may be used instead of marmalade, and other chopped nuts instead of cocoanut. 2489. Walnut and Maple Sugar Sandwiches Walnuts. Maple sugar. Bread and butter.