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Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties

PART II
19/30

Garnish the dish on which they are served with rosebuds and leaves.
=Violet Sandwiches.= Prepare in the same manner as in the last number, substituting candied violets for the rose petals, and violets with green leaves for a garnish.
=Honey Sandwiches.= Spread one bit of white bread with honey pressed from the comb with a wooden spoon, the other bit with butter.

Garnish with white clover blossoms and leaves.
=Puff-Paste Sandwiches.= Roll puff paste very thin (about one-eighth of an inch), cut in fanciful shapes and bake to a delicate brown; add chopped almonds to rich strawberry preserves, or peach marmalade, and spread the mixture between each two bits of pastry.
=Pineapple Sandwiches.= INGREDIENTS.
1 cup of pineapple juice and pulp.
3/4 a cup of sugar.
Juice of half a lemon.
Lady-fingers.
_Method._--Cook the pineapple, sugar and lemon juice until thick; let cool, and spread upon lady-fingers or sponge drops.

Press together in pairs and serve.
=Whipped-Cream Sandwiches.= INGREDIENTS.
1 cup of heavy cream.
1/4 a cup of powdered sugar.
1/4 a teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Lady-fingers.
_Method._--Add the sugar and extract to the cream and beat until solid; let chill, then spread quite thick upon lady-fingers or sponge drops.
=Whipped-Cream Sandwiches with French Fruit.= Soak half a cup of fine-cut candied fruit in wine an hour or more.
Prepare the cream as above, and sprinkle the same with the fruit before putting the sandwiches together.
=Fruit Jelly for Sweet Sandwiches.= INGREDIENTS.
1 box of gelatine (2 ounces).
1 cup of cold water.
1 cup of boiling water.
1 cup of sugar.
1-1/2 cups of orange juice.
1/4 a cup of lemon juice.
_Method._--Soak the gelatine in the cold water and dissolve in the boiling water; add the sugar and strain; when cold add the orange and lemon juice.

Mould in sheets three-eighths of an inch thick.
=Claret Jelly for Sweet Sandwiches.= Substitute claret for the orange juice and prepare as above.

Do not omit the lemon juice.
=Fruit or Claret Jelly Sandwiches with Nuts.= Slice blanched English walnuts and pecan nuts or almonds very thin, and stir into whipped cream.


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