The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Aberdeen Sandwiches

Chop one ounce of cold tongue or ham and two ounces of cold chicken, put the chopped meat into a saucepan with one-half teacupful of good sauce and about half that quantity of curry paste; let it simmer for five minutes, stirring it constantly, then put it into a bowl and leave until cool. Cut some thin slices of stale bread, stamp them into rounds about the size of half a dollar silver piece, and fry them to a very light brown in boiling lard or oil. Lay them on paper to drain. Then put a thick layer of the cooled mixture of chopped ham and chicken between two fried rounds of bread, arrange them nicely on a dish, bake them in the oven for four or five minutes and serve hot. Garnish with fried parsley.

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