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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.
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 pimentoTongue 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 dressingTuna-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 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 berriesBlueberry 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 lemonCakes 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