A Calendar of Dinners

Marion Harris Neil's calendar of dinners — a year of menus and 615 recipes, one Crisco kitchen at a time.

Sandwiches

28 recipes in this part of A Calendar of Dinners.

Egg and Anchovy Sandwiches

3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 10 anchovies 3 hard-cooked eggs 2 tablespoonfuls grated cheese 1 teaspoonful curry powder 1/2 teaspoonful…

Fried Egg Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 4 hard-cooked eggs 2 tablespoonfuls cream Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste 2 rasped rolls Fritter batter Cut…

Hudson Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/2 lb. cooked meat 6 stoned olives 1 teaspoonful capers 2 hard-cooked eggs Salt and pepper to taste Crisp lettuce…

Pimiento Cheese Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful diced cheese 1 teaspoonful cornstarch 6 tablespoonfuls milk 1 teaspoonful salt 1 can pimientoes Paprika to…

Rice Sandwiches

1 tablespoonful Crisco 1/2 cupful rice 1 sprig parsley 1 blade mace 1 strip lemon peel 2 tablespoonfuls chopped cooked liver 2…

Sardine Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 1 dozen sardines 1 tablespoonfuls whipped cream 1 tomato Salt, pepper, and paprika to taste Lettuce leaves…

Tomato Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful water 1/2 cupful vinegar 2 eggs well beaten 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful mustard 1 tablespoonful flour…

Tomato and Horseradish Sandwiches

1 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/4 cupful grated horseradish 1 tomato Bread 1/4 cupful mayonnaise Salt and paprika to taste Parsley Mix Crisco…

Plain Crisco Pastry

1 1/2 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful salt Cold water Sift flour and salt and cut Crisco into flour with knife until finely…

The New Crisco Pastry

2 cupfuls flour 3/4 cupful Crisco 1 egg 1 tablespoonful lemon juice Sufficient cold water to hold mixture together 3/4 teaspoonful salt…

Tip Top Pastry

1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 2 1/4 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco Cold water 1 teaspoonful lemon juice Sift and…

Cornstarch Pastry

1 1/4 cupfuls cornstarch 1 1/4 cupfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1/2 cupful Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1…

Double Pie

1 cupful sugar 1 cupful sweet milk 2 eggs 2 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful salt

Under Layer

1 cupful molasses 1 cupful brown sugar 1 pint hot water Plain Crisco Pastry 1 lemon 1 egg 2 tablespoonfuls flour Line large pie plate with…

For Pastry (Cupfuls flour tablespoonfuls)

2 cupfuls flour 7 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/2 teaspoonful salt Water

For Filling (Tablespoonfuls Crisco cupful)

6 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3/4 cupful sugar 1 lemon 3 eggs 1/2 cupful blanched powdered almonds 1/4 teaspoonful salt Make short crust of…

Puff Pastry

1 teaspoonful salt 1 cupful Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 1 yolk of egg 2 teaspoonfuls lemon juice Cold water Measure Crisco and set in cold place…

Rough Puff Pastry

2 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco, generous measure 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 1 egg Cold water Have Crisco cold and…

Paste

5 cupfuls flour 1 1/2 cupfuls Crisco 1/3 cupful ground almonds 1 cupful sugar 2 eggs 2 yolks of eggs 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls salt Water Sift…

Hot Water Paste

1 cupful flour 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1/3 teaspoonful salt 1/4 teaspoonful baking powder 3 tablespoonfuls boiling water Sift flour, salt…

Butterscotch Pie

1 egg 1 cupful dark brown sugar 1 cupful milk 3 tablespoonfuls flour 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3 tablespoonfuls water 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1…

Rhubarb Custard Pie

1 cupful cut rhubarb 1 cupful sugar 1 tablespoonful flour 1 tablespoonful melted Crisco 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoonful ginger extract 1 cupful milk…

Sugar Paste for Tartlets

1 cupful sugar 4 cupfuls flour1/2 cupful Crisco, generous measure 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3 eggs 1 lemon Sift flour on to baking board, make…

Currant Tartlets

1/3 cupful currants 3 tablespoonfuls ground rice 2 whites of eggs 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3/4 cupful sponge cake crumbs 4 tablespoonfuls…

Bartemian Tarts

1 cupful sugar 1 lemon 1/4 lb. chopped candied citron peel Crisco flake pastry 1 egg 1 cupful raisins 1 tablespoonful melted Crisco 1/4…

Apricot Tarts

2 cupfuls flour 1/2 cupful Crisco 4 tablespoonfuls sugar 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 egg 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla extract 1 teaspoonful baking…

Bakewell Tartlets

4 tablespoonfuls sugar 2 eggs 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful flour 1/2 teaspoonful baking powder 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1/2 teaspoonful…

Preserves Pastry

Cream Crisco an sugar, then add eggs well beaten, flour, salt, baking powder, and extract. Line twelve tartlet tins with pastry, put…

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