Outdoor Cooking

Cooking out of doors in 1940 — bean holes, spits, clambakes and burgoo, from three food writers who thought a campfire was the best joke going.

Some Swell Sandwiches

13 recipes in this part of Outdoor Cooking.

Some Swell Sandwiches

DURING ONE OF the revolutions in Mexico, we lived for weeks on raw cactus sandwiches and liked it. The spines were hacked off a broad…

Rattlesnake Sandwich

This satanic-sounding snack originated at barbecues on the big Floridian snake farms, one of which is owned by Mr. Hearst. But the fame of…

Skunk Sandwich

One black night, back in pioneer Michigan days, one of the authors of this book slipped down to the meat chest in her nighty for a snack…

Cannibal Sandwich, or Beef Tartar

ROUND STEAK, FRESH AND FINE ONION, METICULOUSLY MINCED RYE BREAD, WELL BUTTERED PARSLEY, CHOPPED TO SALT AND PEPPER SMITHEREENS Scrape the…

Curried Game Sandwich

Use any chopped, cooked game, stretched out with veal or chicken, if necessary; 2 parts of game, or game and tame, combined with 1/2 as…

Stinger Sandwiches

Plain pickled horseradish, catsup, chili sauce, or mustard spread thick on juicy black or rye bread, with or without a cooling lettuce leaf…

Hearth-Bread Spreads

The best white sandwich bread we know is the wholesome, well-knit Italian loaf, sold cheaper than ordinary cottony white bread in any…

Cheese and Garlic

Buy some good old Wisconsin cheese. It costs 20% more than green, rubbery store or rat-trap cheese, but then, it's lost at least that much…

Italian Shepherd's Garlic

In fascist Italy, shepherds are so poor they subsist on snacks of bread stuffed with roasted garlic. A dozen garlic heads are baked whole…

Epsom Downs Bookmaker's Special

A chopped mixed grill of meats and giblets such as liver, heart, and kidneys, with plenty of mustard, between slabs of buttered bread, has…

"Maggie and Jiggs'' Sandwich

"Spread white bread with horseradish butter and cover with thinly sliced corned beef, top with slice of brown bread and a lettuce leaf…

"Hog in the Wheat'' Sandwich

Pat a thin casing of biscuit dough around franks, wienies, or any link sausages, brush with egg wash and bake. Serve on lettuce with a…

Russian Piroshkis

Fine biscuit dough for making rolls is stuffed with forcemeat, caviar, chopped eggs, all sorts of piquant fillings and baked the same as…

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