Five Roses Cook Book

Two thousand Canadian cooks sent in their best recipes; the mill printed them, and put its own flour in every one.

Dainty Sandwiches

37 recipes in this part of Five Roses Cook Book.

Use Close-Grained Bread

Coarse bread is apt to crumble and is not so tempting. If you use bread made from Five Roses flour, you will at once appreciate its fine…

For a Change

One of the slices that form the sandwich may be of brown instead of white bread. Whole wheat or bread made from Lake of the Woods Breakfast…

Moist Fillings

Should be laid between fresh lettuce leaves, and by buttering the bread the moisture cannot penetrate it and make it soggy. Melted butter…

How to Cut Fresh Bread

Getting the slices thin enough is undoubtedly the hardest part of making dainty sandwiches. The inexperienced say they cannot make…

Meat Sandwiches

Practically all meat sandwiches are extremely rich and strong condiments are noticeable in the fillings, especially mustard and catsup…

Filling for Meat Sandwiches

Two cups cream or milk, 2 tablespoons (large) Five Roses flour, yolks of 4 eggs, butter size of an egg. Add 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon…

Tongue and Veal Sandwiches

Remove from cold tongue and veal every scrap of fat, gristle and skin. Grind in your meat chopper, moisten just a trifle with soup stock…

Pate-De-Foie-Gras Sandwich

The mock pate de foie gras, which is difficult to distinguish from the real thing, is made by running boiled calf's liver through the meat…

The Famous Club Sandwich

Toast slices of Five Roses bread a nice brown, and while hot spread with butter and put between the slices a lettuce leaf, some cold baked…

Other Meat Fillings

Equal parts chicken and ham, finely minced, and seasoned with curry powder. One cup cold roast chicken, 3 olives, 1 pickle, 1 tablespoon…

Fish Sandwiches

Fish used for filling should be pounded to a paste and then mixed with sufficient salad dressing to give it the proper consistency for…

Hot Sardine Sandwiches

Bone a number of sardines and rub a generous piece of butter to a smooth paste. Dust with cayenne pepper or add a dash of Worcestershire…

Caviare Sandwiches

Mix half a can caviare, 1 teaspoon onion juice and lemon juice to taste. Cut thin rounds of bread, butter and spread.

Russian Sandwiches

Chop olives fine and moisten with mayonnaise. Cut bread into thin narrow strips, spread half with chopped olives and the rest with caviare…

Tartar Sandwiches

Chop together 3 large sardines, 1 cup boiled ham (ground) and 3 small cucumber pickles. Add 1 teaspoon French mustard, or omit the cucumber…

Oyster Sandwiches

Cold fried oysters, chopped fine, lettuce leaves and French dressing.

Cheese Sandwiches

Use either Neufchatel (imported) or Canadian cream cheese. If the former is very hard, you must moisten it a trifle with sweet milk or…

Mock Crab Sandwiches

Quarter cup grated cheese, ¼ teaspoon each salt, paprika and mustard, 1 teaspoon anchovy paste, 1 tablespoon chopped olives, 1 teaspoon…

French Sandwiches

With cooky cutter stamp out thin slices of white bread made with Five Roses flour. Spread half with cream cheese and currant jelly blended…

Sherry and Cheese Sandwiches

Half pound Roquefort or other cheese, ¼ as much butter and half a teaspoon paprika. Mix to a paste with sherry wine. Spread on wafers or…

Other Cheese Fillings

Cream cheese and olives partly chopped. Do not butter the bread for this recipe. Cream cheese and thin slices of preserved ginger. Lay the…

Mushroom Sandwiches

Cut mushrooms into small pieces, cook in butter until tender, season with salt and paprika and cream to make of right consistency to…

Nasturtium Sandwiches

Wash the fresh flowers and lay the petals in ice water for a few minutes. Spread the bread with mayonnaise and place on a thick layer of…

Sweet Pickle Sandwiches

Sweet pickles, chopped and spread between slices of nut or plain bread.

Onion Sandwiches

Eat this once properly prepared and never again turn up your nose at the name of onion. Soak for an hour finely cut Bermuda onions in ice…

Olive Sandwiches

Cut the meat off the stones and chop the olives very fine. Mix with mayonnaise dressing and spread on unbuttered white bread made with Five…

Nut Salad Sandwiches

Grind English walnuts or hickory nuts in your meat grinder, mix with an equal quantity of celery chopped extremely fine and add to this…

Peanut Sandwiches

One cup vinegar, 1 cup brown sugar, let boil then add 1 teaspoon Five Roses flour, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon pepper, salt and mustard. Let cool…

Sandwiches

Pint of milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 eggs, half a teacup of Five Roses flour. Mix sugar and flour thoroughly, then stir into the milk. Cook in…

Banana Sandwiches

A very ripe banana mashed and put between slices of buttered Five Roses bread makes a very nutritious and appetizing sandwich.

Cocoanut Sandwiches

A cup of freshly-grated cocoanut, half a cup of nuts ground fine, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 2 teaspoons powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons…

Sweet Whole Wheat Sandwiches

Thin slices of whole wheat bread spread with unsalted butter and filled with a mixture of chopped raisins, almonds, orange juice, a little…

Fig Paste for Filling

Three-quarters of a pound of figs cut into small pieces, ¾ pound brown sugar, ¼ pound seeded raisins, 1 cup water and the juice of half a…

Sandwiches from Rolls (See Recipes for Rolls)

Unusually good picnic sandwiches can be made by baking a pan of little round rolls, cutting the tops neatly off when they are cold…

Pepper Sandwiches

Always a favorite with those who prefer dainties that are rather pungent. Chop a pepper fine, removing all the seeds. Place in a saucepan…

Egg Sandwiches

Nice for lunches. Boil hard 1 egg for each person. Pulverize while hot. Add salt and pepper to taste and a dash of curry powder, ½ teaspoon…

Left-Over Sandwiches

After a party, luncheon or picnic, one may find oneself with sandwiches left over. An excellent plan to use these is the following: pass…

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