Peel and remove stem ends from
tomatoes, scoop out the pulp, dust
with salt and pepper, and stand up-
side down to drain and cool. Fill with
cold boiled cauliflower mixed with
either mayonnaise, boiled or French
dressing. If the latter be used add a
tbsp. of chilli sauce ✪ Tomato and Cauliflower Salad or tomato catsup.
Wrap each tomato in waxed paper and
carry them in a tin or pasteboard box.
96
Tongue Salad
Cut and trim cold boiled tongue,
cut in small pieces, add same amount
of celery dice or watercress, or even
cabbage shaved fine and 34 the amount
of diced pimento✪ Tongue Salad. Put this in a glass
jar or tin box lined with waxed paper,
and carry a bottle of boiled or mayon-
naise dressing.
97
Tuna-Fish Salad
The tuna fish, which may be
bought in cans, should be flaked, and
to 2 cups of the fish add 1 cup of diced
celery or shaved cabbage, 1 hard-
boiled egg, diced, 1 tbsp. of shredded
green pepper, y% doz. minced pimolas
or olives, and about 4 tbsps. of French
dressing✪ Tuna-Fish Salad made with onion or garlic-
flavored vinegar. Pack in a tin, paper-
lined box or in a glass jar. Serve
with boiled dressing or mayonnaise.
98
Some Picnic Sweets
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Blueberry Cake
Sift 2 cups of flour with 5 teasps. of
baking-powder and }^ teasp. of salt.
Add 1 cup of sugar, 2 beaten egg yolks
beaten again with J^ cup of milk, and
2 tbsps. of melted butter. Beat well
and add 1 tbsp. of vanilla, 2 cups of
berries✪ Blueberry Cake, well dredged in flour, the
whites beaten stiff, and turn into a
shallow pan well greased. Bake Y^
hour in a slow oven. When cool wrap
the pan in a paper and put it in the
picnic basket. This cake requires no
frosting and should be eaten while
quite fresh.
101
Cakes with Pineapple
Cook 2 cups of minced or shredded
pineapple with 1 cup of sugar and the
juice of a lemon✪ Cakes with Pineapple. When thick, cool
and add a grating of the yellow rind of
the lemon. Spread this between lady-
fingers, macaroons, or plain drop
cakes, and pack in layers in a box
with waxed paper and cardboard be-
tween each layer.
102
Chocolate Nut Bars
Mix 1/2 cup of softened butter with
1 cup of granulated sugar, 2 squares of
melted chocolate, a pinch of salt, 2
well-beaten egg yolks, and J/£ cup of
flour. Beat well and add 1 teasp. of
vanilla, 1 cup of broken pecan meats,
and J^ cup of flour sifted with ^
teasp. of baking-powder. Turn into
buttered, shallow tins and bake in a
moderate oven. Cut into bars while
still warm. When cool wrap each bar
in waxed paper.
103
Coffee Gingerbread
Mix 1/2 cup each melted butter,
molasses, and sugar, add 1 beaten egg,
1 teasp. ginger, y± teasp. each cinna-
mon, cloves, and nutmeg, and 1 teasp.
soda dissolved in ^ cup of very strong
coffee. Beat and add 2 cups of flour.
Bake in one of the square, shallow tin
boxes which are sold filled with crack-
ers or wafers. Peel off the outside
paper, grease the inside and dust
lightly with flour. Bake and cover
with thick boiled frosting. When
cold put on the cover. Or bake cake
in a shallow pan and stick wooden
toothpicks through the frosting into
the cake and cover with waxed paper.
104
Dundee Cake ✪ Chocolate Nut Bars
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Peel and remove stem ends from tomatoes, scoop out the pulp, dust with salt and pepper, and stand upside down to drain and cool. Fill with cold boiled cauliflower mixed with either mayonnaise, boiled or French dressing. If the latter be used add a tbsp. of chilli sauce or tomato catsup. Wrap each tomato in waxed paper and carry them in a tin or pasteboard box.
Tongue Salad
Cut and trim cold boiled tongue, cut in small pieces, add same amount of celery dice or watercress, or even cabbage shaved fine and 34 the amount of diced pimento. Put this in a glass jar or tin box lined with waxed paper, and carry a bottle of boiled or mayonnaise dressing.
Tuna-Fish Salad
The tuna fish, which may be bought in cans, should be flaked, and to 2 cups of the fish add 1 cup of diced celery or shaved cabbage, 1 hardboiled egg, diced, 1 tbsp. of shredded green pepper, y% doz. minced pimolas or olives, and about 4 tbsps. of French dressing made with onion or garlic-flavored vinegar. Pack in a tin, paperlined box or in a glass jar. Serve with boiled dressing or mayonnaise.
Some Picnic Sweets
t v/
Blueberry Cake
Sift 2 cups of flour with 5 teasps. of baking-powder and }^ teasp. of salt. Add 1 cup of sugar, 2 beaten egg yolks beaten again with J^ cup of milk, and 2 tbsps. of melted butter. Beat well and add 1 tbsp. of vanilla, 2 cups of berries, well dredged in flour, the whites beaten stiff, and turn into a shallow pan well greased. Bake Y^ hour in a slow oven. When cool wrap the pan in a paper and put it in the picnic basket. This cake requires no frosting and should be eaten while quite fresh.
Cakes with Pineapple
Cook 2 cups of minced or shredded pineapple with 1 cup of sugar and the juice of a lemon. When thick, cool and add a grating of the yellow rind of the lemon. Spread this between ladyfingers, macaroons, or plain drop cakes, and pack in layers in a box with waxed paper and cardboard between each layer.
Chocolate Nut Bars
Mix 1/2 cup of softened butter with 1 cup of granulated sugar, 2 squares of melted chocolate, a pinch of salt, 2 well-beaten egg yolks, and J/£ cup of flour. Beat well and add 1 teasp. of vanilla, 1 cup of broken pecan meats, and J^ cup of flour sifted with ^ teasp. of baking-powder. Turn into buttered, shallow tins and bake in a moderate oven. Cut into bars while still warm. When cool wrap each bar in waxed paper.
Coffee Gingerbread
Mix 1/2 cup each melted butter, molasses, and sugar, add 1 beaten egg, 1 teasp. ginger, y± teasp. each cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, and 1 teasp. soda dissolved in ^ cup of very strong coffee. Beat and add 2 cups of flour. Bake in one of the square, shallow tin boxes which are sold filled with crackers or wafers. Peel off the outside paper, grease the inside and dust lightly with flour. Bake and cover with thick boiled frosting. When cold put on the cover. Or bake cake in a shallow pan and stick wooden toothpicks through the frosting into the cake and cover with waxed paper.
Dundee Cake
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Tomato and Cauliflower SaladTongue SaladTuna-Fish SaladBlueberry CakeCakes with PineappleChocolate Nut BarsCoffee GingerbreadDundee Cake