It will be noticed that this is an uncovered sandwich and is unusually pretty and ''party" like. It is very nourishing too, and when served with hot cocoa and heart-shaped cookies, it makes a nice feature for a Valentine party. 185 SANDWICHES FOR AN EASTER PARTY With a very sharp knife cut a loaf of bread that is more than a day old into thin slices. With a rabbit-shaped cookie cutter cut each slice into rabbit shape. Use the scraps of bread for meat loaf, bread pudding, bread muffins, or scalloped com or fish — not a scrap should be wasted. Make a paste of the yellows of 2 hard boiled eggs and 4 teaspoonsful of boiled salad dressing. Spread the paste very thin on the rabbit- shaped slices of bread. Put in 2 tiny colored candies (green or brown) for the eyes. Serve with sandwiches made of plain bread and butter cut in triangles, and ham sandwiches cut oblong. The rabbit sandwiches, being uncovered, are very pretty when thus served with plain sand- wiches. 187 HAM SANDWICHES I*iit thni the meat grinder enough ham to make 1/2 cupful. This may be scrapn of hain or may ])e fresh boiled ham cut in thin slic(!s })efore grinding. Put thru the grinder the second time, adding the whites of 2 hard boiled eggs or two whole hard boiled eggs and grinding all together. Mix with 4 teaspoonsful of boiled salad dress- in✪ Ham Sandwichesg and spread on tliin slices of brend. Press cover slice in place and cut in two ob- long sandwiches. 189 EAISIN SANDWICH FILLING Grate the rind and squeeze out the juice of 1 lemon. Put 1 cup of water, % cup of sug-ar, with the lemon juice and grated rind and bring to a boil. While this is getting hot put 1 cupful of seeded raisins thru a grinder. Dissolve 2 level tablespoonsful of cornstarch in 2 tablespoonsful of water. When juice, sugar and water has boiled 2 minutes, add the dissolved cornstarch and cook slowly 6 minutes. Add ground raisins, stirring all the while. As soon as the mixture begins to boil, after the raisins have been added, set the pan from the fire and let stand 10 minutes. Then pour into a bowl or jar and set in a cool place. This filling will keep for several days. 191 RAISIN SANDWICH FILLING✪ Raisin Sandwich Filling To make sandwiches: Spread one piece of thin bread with butter and another with the raisin mixture. Press together and cut in two parts, diagonally. Serve at once or wrap in paraffin paper till needed. Or : cut one half the bread with round cookie cutter and one half "with doughnut cutter of the same size. Put raisin filling on cookie part. Butter doughnut shape and press down on other part. Drop a bit of bright red jelly in the hole. 193 JAMS AND CONSERVES STRAWBERRY JAM Pick over 1 quart of strawberries. Wash carefully, being careful not to break or mash the tender fruit. Measure and pour into a saucepan. Add an equal amount of sugar.✪ Strawberry Jam Shake the pan till every berry is covered with sugar. They should be still damp from the washing and the sugar will easily stick to the fruit. Set over a very low fire and, without stirring, let the sugar melt. In a few minutes there will be plenty of juice drawn from the berries by the melting sugar. Increase the heat till fruit begins to boil. Let boil briskly exactly 8 minutes. Twice during this time stir very gently so that no fruit or sugar sticks to the bottom of the saucepan.

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It will be noticed that this is an uncovered sandwich and is unusually pretty and ''party" like. It is very nourishing too, and when served with hot cocoa and heart-shaped cookies, it makes a nice feature for a Valentine party. SANDWICHES FOR AN EASTER PARTY With a very sharp knife cut a loaf of bread that is more than a day old into thin slices. With a rabbit-shaped cookie cutter cut each slice into rabbit shape. Use the scraps of bread for meat loaf, bread pudding, bread muffins, or scalloped com or fish — not a scrap should be wasted. Make a paste of the yellows of 2 hard boiled eggs and 4 teaspoonsful of boiled salad dressing. Spread the paste very thin on the rabbitshaped slices of bread. Put in 2 tiny colored candies (green or brown) for the eyes. Serve with sandwiches made of plain bread and butter cut in triangles, and ham sandwiches cut oblong. The rabbit sandwiches, being uncovered, are very pretty when thus served with plain sandwiches. HAM SANDWICHES Put thru the meat grinder enough ham to make 1/2 cupful. This may be scraps of ham or may be fresh boiled ham cut in thin slices before grinding. Put thru the grinder the second time, adding the whites of 2 hard boiled eggs or two whole hard boiled eggs and grinding all together. Mix with 4 teaspoonsful of boiled salad dressing and spread on thin slices of bread. Press cover slice in place and cut in two oblong sandwiches. RAISIN SANDWICH FILLING Grate the rind and squeeze out the juice of 1 lemon. Put 1 cup of water, % cup of sug-ar, with the lemon juice and grated rind and bring to a boil. While this is getting hot put 1 cupful of seeded raisins thru a grinder. Dissolve 2 level tablespoonsful of cornstarch in 2 tablespoonsful of water. When juice, sugar and water has boiled 2 minutes, add the dissolved cornstarch and cook slowly 6 minutes. Add ground raisins, stirring all the while. As soon as the mixture begins to boil, after the raisins have been added, set the pan from the fire and let stand 10 minutes. Then pour into a bowl or jar and set in a cool place. This filling will keep for several days. RAISIN SANDWICH FILLING To make sandwiches: Spread one piece of thin bread with butter and another with the raisin mixture. Press together and cut in two parts, diagonally. Serve at once or wrap in paraffin paper till needed. Or : cut one half the bread with round cookie cutter and one half "with doughnut cutter of the same size. Put raisin filling on cookie part. Butter doughnut shape and press down on other part. Drop a bit of bright red jelly in the hole. JAMS AND CONSERVES STRAWBERRY JAM Pick over 1 quart of strawberries. Wash carefully, being careful not to break or mash the tender fruit. Measure and pour into a saucepan. Add an equal amount of sugar. Shake the pan till every berry is covered with sugar. They should be still damp from the washing and the sugar will easily stick to the fruit. Set over a very low fire and, without stirring, let the sugar melt. In a few minutes there will be plenty of juice drawn from the berries by the melting sugar. Increase the heat till fruit begins to boil. Let boil briskly exactly 8 minutes. Twice during this time stir very gently so that no fruit or sugar sticks to the bottom of the saucepan.

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