tablespoonful cream, and salt, white pepper and cayenne to
season✪ Kedgeree. Take all the skin and bone from the fish and put in a
saucepan with the butter. Add the rice and whites of the boiled
eggs cut fine, the cream, curry powder and cayenne. Toss over
the fire until very hot, then take up and pile on a hot dish. Rub
the yolks of the boiled eggs through a sieve on top of the curry,
and serve.
SANDWICH FILLINGS— Other timely and appetizing fill-
ings are green pepper and cucumber chopped fine and squeezed
dry, then seasoned with mayonnaise, any of the potted and
deviled meats seasoned with chopped parsley or cress with a
teaspoonful creamed butter to make it spread, cheese and
chopped spinach moistened with lemon juice and mayonnaise,
veal chopped fine with celery or cress and mayonnaise. Camem-
bert cheese heated slightly, just enough to spread, a Boston
rarebit made with cream and egg left over scrambled eggs and
cress, roast chicken and chopped dill pickles, cheese and chopped
dates or figs, orange marmalade, and sardines pounded to a
paste✪ Sandwich Fillings with a few drops of lemon juice added.
SANDWICHES FROM COLD MUTTON— Chop very fine,
and to each pint add a tablespoonful of capers, a teaspoonful
each chopped mint and salt, a dash of pepper, and a teaspoonful
lemon juice. Spread thickly on buttered slices of whole wheat
bread, cover with other slices of buttered bread, and cut in
triangles.
TONGUE CANAPES— Cut bread into rounds, toast deli-
cately, spread with potted tongue. In the centre put a stuffed
olive and surround with a row of chopped beet and another of
chopped white of egg✪ Tongue Canapes.
CORN TOAST— Toast some slices of stale bread and butter,
then pour over some canned corn, prepared as for the table,
sprinkling a little pepper✪ Corn Toast over it. If you have not already done
so. Do not prepare so long before serving as to soak the bread
too much. Peas are also good used the same way.
TONGUE TOAST— Mince boiled smoked tongue very fine,
heat cream to the boiling point and make thick with the tongue.
Season to taste with pepper, nutmeg, parsley or chopped green
peppers and when hot stir in a beaten egg✪ Tongue Toast and remove from
the fire at once. Have ready as many slices as are required,
spread with the creamed tongue and serve at once. If you have
no cream make a cream sauce, using a tablespoonful each of
butter and flour and a cup of milk.
48 LUNCHEON DISHES
LUNCHEON SURPRISE— Line buttered muffin cups with
hot boiled rice about half an inch thick. Fill the centers with
minced cooked chicken seasoned with salt and pepper and a
little broth or gravy. Cover the tops with rice and bake in a
moderate oven for fifteen minutes. Unmold on a warm platter
and serve with a cream sauce seasoned with celery salt. If
liked, two or three oysters may be added✪ Luncheon Surprise to the filling in each
cup.
SARDINE RAREBIT— One level tablespoon butter, one-
fourth level teaspoon salt, one-fourth level teaspoon paprika, one
level teaspoon mustard, one cup thin cream or milk, one cup
grated cheese, one-fourth pound can sardines, boned and minced,
two eggs, toast or crackers✪ Sardine Rarebit. Melt the butter, add the salt,
paprika, mustard, cream and cheese and cook over hot water,
stirring until the cheese is melted. Then add the sardines and
eggs slightly beaten. When thick and smooth serve on toast
or crackers.
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tablespoonful cream, and salt, white pepper and cayenne to season. Take all the skin and bone from the fish and put in a saucepan with the butter. Add the rice and whites of the boiled eggs cut fine, the cream, curry powder and cayenne. Toss over the fire until very hot, then take up and pile on a hot dish. Rub the yolks of the boiled eggs through a sieve on top of the curry, and serve.
SANDWICH FILLINGS— Other timely and appetizing fillings are green pepper and cucumber chopped fine and squeezed dry, then seasoned with mayonnaise, any of the potted and deviled meats seasoned with chopped parsley or cress with a teaspoonful creamed butter to make it spread, cheese and chopped spinach moistened with lemon juice and mayonnaise, veal chopped fine with celery or cress and mayonnaise. Camembert cheese heated slightly, just enough to spread, a Boston rarebit made with cream and egg left over scrambled eggs and cress, roast chicken and chopped dill pickles, cheese and chopped dates or figs, orange marmalade, and sardines pounded to a paste with a few drops of lemon juice added.
SANDWICHES FROM COLD MUTTON— Chop very fine, and to each pint add a tablespoonful of capers, a teaspoonful each chopped mint and salt, a dash of pepper, and a teaspoonful lemon juice. Spread thickly on buttered slices of whole wheat bread, cover with other slices of buttered bread, and cut in triangles.
TONGUE CANAPES— Cut bread into rounds, toast delicately, spread with potted tongue. In the centre put a stuffed olive and surround with a row of chopped beet and another of chopped white of egg.
CORN TOAST— Toast some slices of stale bread and butter, then pour over some canned corn, prepared as for the table, sprinkling a little pepper over it. Do not prepare so long before serving as to soak the bread too much. Peas are also good used the same way.
TONGUE TOAST— Mince boiled smoked tongue very fine, heat cream to the boiling point and make thick with the tongue. Season to taste with pepper, nutmeg, parsley or chopped green peppers and when hot stir in a beaten egg and remove from the fire at once. Have ready as many slices as are required, spread with the creamed tongue and serve at once. If you have no cream make a cream sauce, using a tablespoonful each of butter and flour and a cup of milk.
LUNCHEON SURPRISE— Line buttered muffin cups with hot boiled rice about half an inch thick. Fill the centers with minced cooked chicken seasoned with salt and pepper and a little broth or gravy. Cover the tops with rice and bake in a moderate oven for fifteen minutes. Unmold on a warm platter and serve with a cream sauce seasoned with celery salt. If liked, two or three oysters may be added to the filling in each cup.
SARDINE RAREBIT— One level tablespoon butter, onefourth level teaspoon salt, one-fourth level teaspoon paprika, one level teaspoon mustard, one cup thin cream or milk, one cup grated cheese, one-fourth pound can sardines, boned and minced, two eggs, toast or crackers. Melt the butter, add the salt, paprika, mustard, cream and cheese and cook over hot water, stirring until the cheese is melted. Then add the sardines and eggs slightly beaten. When thick and smooth serve on toast or crackers.
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