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One hundred picnic suggestions

1915

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Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cook eggs as in recipe (page 7), re- move shells, cut in halves, lengthwise, remove yolks, and soften them in melted butter. Mix them with any of the following: minced ham and chicken, pate de foie gras and minced truffles and minced sauted mush- rooms; or, mix with grated dairy cheese mixed with pimento pulp and seasoned with salt and paprika or tabasco sauce. Fill the whites, rounding them up into a mound. Wrap each one separately in waxed paper. 8 Ham Shortcakes Roll thin and cut into rounds a rich baking-powder crust, spread half of them with minced ham moistened with melted butter and seasoned with minced parsley, onion, and paprika. Cover with the remainder of the rounds and bake in a hot oven. For making the biscuits: sift 2 cups of pastry flour with Y^ teasp. salt and 4 teasps. of baking-powder, chop in 1 teasp. butter and 1 tbsp. of lard, add milk to make a soft dough, mix lightly, with the fingers, and roll as directed. These may be mixed, put in pans and placed in the ice-box several hours before baking. They should be very cold when put in the very hot oven. Sandwiches Bloater or Anchovy Sandwiches Mix anchovy or bloater paste with the yolks of hard-boiled eggs, moisten with thick cream, season with cay- enne, and spread between slices of white bread which have been spread with creamed butter. Trim the slices into uniform shape, free from crust. Lay in a pile and wrap them in waxed paper. Wrap again in a cloth or nap- kin wet in cold water and again in thick or newspaper. 13 Cottage-Cheese and Peanut Sandwiches Soften cottage-cheese, or cream cheese, with sweet cream, season with salt and paprika, and add an equal amount of roasted and salted peanuts minced fine. Spread on slices of en- tire-wheat bread which have been trimmed and spread with creamed butterCottage-Cheese and Peanut Sandwiches, wrap in waxed paper, then in a cheese-cloth wet in cold water, and again in thick paper. 14 Cheese and Chilli Sandwiches Mix Yi Ib. of grated American dairy cheese, slightly warmed, with J4 CUP of chilli sauce, add 1 tbsp. melted butter, 1 teasp. Worcestershire and plenty of paprika. Mustard may also be added if liked. Spread on slices of buttered white bread, cover with watercressCheese and Chilli Sandwiches and again with the bread, trim free from crusts, and wrap in waxed paper. 15 Cheese and Crab -Meat Sandwiches Cream ^ cup of butter, add same amount of grated cheese and spread on white-bread slices, dust well with pa- prika and cover with slivers of crab meat marinated in French dressingCheese and Crab-Meat Sandwiches. Cover with the buttered bread, trim and press together, and wrap in waxed paper. Lobster may be used instead of the crab meat, and canned lobster or crab meat may be used. 16 Cheese and Nut Sandwiches Cream y% cup of butter, add 1 cup of grated American cheese and ^ cup of pecan or walnut meats minced fine. Dust with salt and paprika and spread on slices of graham or entire-wheat breadCheese and Nut Sandwiches. Press one upon the other and wrap in waxed paper, then in a cloth or napkin wet in cold water and again in ordinary paper. 17 Cheese and Pimento Sandwiches Cream butter, add an equal amount of grated English dairy cheese and chopped pimento. Season with salt and cayenne, and spread on slices of white breadCheese and Pimento Sandwiches. Put them together and wrap in waxed paper. 18 Cheese and Pineapple Sandwiches Cheese and Pineapple Sandwiches