Meatless Cookery

Published as America rationed meat for the war, this is a whole cuisine built without it — nut roasts and cheese soufflés, dasheen and okra soups, vegetable gelatine, and a chapter on what to do with the whites of eggs.

Sandwiches

16 recipes in this part of Meatless Cookery.

Cheese Paste for Sandwiches

6 ounces grated cheese 4 tablespoons tomato puree Pepper, salt Mix the grated cheese to a smooth paste with the tomato puree; add pepper…

Bread and Butter Sandwiches

Butter bread slightly, cut very thin and put the slices together. The bread should be a day old and the butter should be creamed. It is…

Boston Brown Bread Sandwiches

Boston brown bread makes delicious sandwiches. Butter, and cut in thin slices, and add a thin round of white bread. Or omit the white bread…

Fruit Sandwiches

Spread bread and butter sandwiches with cooked dates, figs or prunes, moistened with a little lemon juice and chopped fine. Chopped nuts…

Lettuce Sandwiches

Spread bread and butter sandwiches with a layer of cream dressing and a layer of crisp lettuce leaves, washed and dried thoroughly. Cress…

Nut Sandwiches

Make bread and butter sandwiches, adding chopped nuts and chopped olives to the cream dressing with which they are spread.

Spanish Sandwiches

Cut slices of graham bread very thin, butter, and spread with a layer of cottage cheese sprinkled with salt, mustard, paprika and chopped…

Tomato Sandwiches

Remove the skin from a firm tomato and cut in thin slices. Peel a cucumber, cut in half and remove the seeds and chop fine. Lay the tomato…

Jelly Sandwiches

Spread sandwiches with jam or fruit jelly and sprinkle with finely chopped English walnuts; or instead of the nuts spread a thin layer of…

Marmalade Sandwiches

Butter and cut white bread in thin slices, spread with orange or quince marmalade, cover with thin slices of brown bread.

Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Mix a cream cheese with two scant tablespoons of peanut butter, and blend thoroughly. Season with salt and spread between thin slices of…

Government Sandwiches

Mash a cream cheese, and add chopped olives and pimientos in equal parts. Season well with salt and paprika. Spread between slices of…

Toasted Sandwiches

Mix a cream cheese with a little French dressing. Spread thin slices of white bread with the mixture and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Cover…

Cucumber Sandwiches

Slices of cucumber Grated cheese Thin bread and butter Pepper, salt Take some thin slices of bread and butter. Sprinkle with grated cheese…

Mustard and Cress Sandwiches

Bread and butter Mustard and cress Cut some neat slices of bread and butter, and cover them with equal parts of mustard and cress. Cover…

Nut Paste for Sandwiches

2 ounces of pine kernels 2 ounces of almonds 4 drops of rose water Juice of 1 orange Thoroughly grind the nuts by putting them twice…

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