perhaps a luscious slab of liver and bacon completes this three
course meal. You can vary the fillings, with whatever you've got
on hand, and there's nothing that fills the lunch box quite so
handily, but it must be a long lunch box, more like a piccolo case.
UNUSUAL SANDWICHES
During the revolution in Mexico we ate cactus sandwiches and
liked them — because there wasn't anything else. In France, we
had horsemeat sandwiches which likewise came into fashion
through war, but the flesh was a little too sweet, although we were
assured that the plug was from our own middle west which supplies
much of the horsemeat that Europe eats because it's cheap,
tasty, and as nourishing as beef. But we ioo%-ers won't eat any
animal we can pet — and that goes for goat, which makes the most
popular sandwich in all Mexico. Along the Mex-Tex border tamales
and enchilladas wrapped in crisp tortillas take the place of sand-
wiches and we learned to dress a hot dog Panhandle style by split-
ting it open and pouring red hot chili the full length, to make a real
smoldering Chile Con Carne Sandwich.
In Chinatown you can get a Smoked Duck Sandwich with am-
brosial "duck sauce," or make a Bean Sprout and Soy Sandwich
at home by covering the bread with crisp bean sprouts (the fresh
are better than the canned, and cheaper) sprinkled with soy sauce.
STINGER SANDWICHES
Plain German style mustard, just spread fairly thick on bread
makes a peppy open-faced sandwich, and the same holds good for
pickled horseradish, catsup, chili sauce or any mixture of these
stingaree spreads, on thick, juicy, black or rye bread — of course,
with or without butter and a cooling lettuce leaf. Beer is the best
accompanying cooling agent.
RED CAVIAR CANAPES
One of the cheapest imported delicacies we know is the red sal-
mon caviar that's sold in foreign sections for less per pound than
butter. Stamp out some rounds of pumpernickel✪ Red Caviar Canapes with the top of a
can and just roll the big red fish pearls on, using a wooden spoon.
SANDWICHES THAT SATISFY 135
to avoid crushing them. Some spread the bread with butter, but
we Hke it plain, in Soviet style, for the caviar is rich enough. Pressed
caviar is the cheapest of the black sturgeon kind, but it hasn't the
juicy snap of the bargain-priced red.
BARBECUED BULLFROG SANDWICH
Parboil fresh froglegs 20 minutes (or use cooked canned frog meat
without parboiling), then broil over hot coals, basting with a little
butter. Shred the meat, clap it between hot buttered sides of a bun
and sluice with a good barbecue sauce✪ Barbecued Bullfrog Sandwich, plenty hot with Tabasco
and garlic.
CURRIED GAME SANDWICH
Use any chopped, cooked game such as rabbit or prairie chicken,
the quantity of it doubled, if necessary, by adding an equal amount
of chopped veal. Use 1 parts of game, or game and tame, combined
with a little ham and 2 or 3 anchovies. Run through grinder, season
well with hot curry, heat in butter with a little lemon juice or
vinegar. Spread thick on buttered toast and grate hard cheese over✪ Curried Game Sandwich.
Pulverized dill flowers might take the place of the powdered
cheese. This is an expensive sandwich unless you shoot your own
game, although rabbit is cheap in its season.
MOUNTAIN OYSTER SANDWICHES
I PAIR LAMB FRIES 2-3 DROPS TABASCO
CORNMEAL LEMON JUICE
SALT NUTMEG
BUTTER 2 BUTTERED TOASTS ✪ Mountain Oyster Sandwiches
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perhaps a luscious slab of liver and bacon completes this three course meal. You can vary the fillings, with whatever you've got on hand, and there's nothing that fills the lunch box quite so handily, but it must be a long lunch box, more like a piccolo case.
UNUSUAL SANDWICHES
During the revolution in Mexico we ate cactus sandwiches and liked them — because there wasn't anything else. In France, we had horsemeat sandwiches which likewise came into fashion through war, but the flesh was a little too sweet, although we were assured that the plug was from our own middle west which supplies much of the horsemeat that Europe eats because it's cheap, tasty, and as nourishing as beef. But we 100%-ers won't eat any animal we can pet — and that goes for goat, which makes the most popular sandwich in all Mexico. Along the Mex-Tex border tamales and enchilladas wrapped in crisp tortillas take the place of sandwiches and we learned to dress a hot dog Panhandle style by splitting it open and pouring red hot chili the full length, to make a real smoldering Chile Con Carne Sandwich.
In Chinatown you can get a Smoked Duck Sandwich with ambrosial "duck sauce," or make a Bean Sprout and Soy Sandwich at home by covering the bread with crisp bean sprouts (the fresh are better than the canned, and cheaper) sprinkled with soy sauce.
STINGER SANDWICHES
Plain German style mustard, just spread fairly thick on bread makes a peppy open-faced sandwich, and the same holds good for pickled horseradish, catsup, chili sauce or any mixture of these stingaree spreads, on thick, juicy, black or rye bread — of course, with or without butter and a cooling lettuce leaf. Beer is the best accompanying cooling agent.
RED CAVIAR CANAPES
One of the cheapest imported delicacies we know is the red salmon caviar that's sold in foreign sections for less per pound than butter. Stamp out some rounds of pumpernickel with the top of a can and just roll the big red fish pearls on, using a wooden spoon.
SANDWICHES THAT SATISFY 135
to avoid crushing them. Some spread the bread with butter, but we like it plain, in Soviet style, for the caviar is rich enough. Pressed caviar is the cheapest of the black sturgeon kind, but it hasn't the juicy snap of the bargain-priced red.
BARBECUED BULLFROG SANDWICH
Parboil fresh froglegs 20 minutes (or use cooked canned frog meat without parboiling), then broil over hot coals, basting with a little butter. Shred the meat, clap it between hot buttered sides of a bun and sluice with a good barbecue sauce, plenty hot with Tabasco and garlic.
CURRIED GAME SANDWICH
Use any chopped, cooked game such as rabbit or prairie chicken, the quantity of it doubled, if necessary, by adding an equal amount of chopped veal. Use 1 parts of game, or game and tame, combined with a little ham and 2 or 3 anchovies. Run through grinder, season well with hot curry, heat in butter with a little lemon juice or vinegar. Spread thick on buttered toast and grate hard cheese over.
Pulverized dill flowers might take the place of the powdered cheese. This is an expensive sandwich unless you shoot your own game, although rabbit is cheap in its season.
MOUNTAIN OYSTER SANDWICHES
I PAIR LAMB FRIES 2-3 DROPS TABASCO
CORNMEAL LEMON JUICE
SALT NUTMEG
BUTTER 2 BUTTERED TOASTS
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Red Caviar CanapesBarbecued Bullfrog SandwichBarbecued Bullfrog SandwichCurried Game SandwichMountain Oyster Sandwiches