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The new Annie Dennis cook book

1905

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Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Breakfast Bacon Slice very thin, place on a broiler and cook, not too fast, until crisp and just a light brown. Cream Cheese Sandwiches One cream cheese, one-half teacupful of pounded peanuts, one tablespoonful melted butter, one-half tea- cupful of cream; salt and pepper. Make a paste of these ingredients, and spread a thin layer between slices of bread. Plate Sandwiches Spread between thinly buttered slices of fresh bread, grated cheese and a layer of finely chopped dates. Caviar Sandwiches Place between thin slices of buttered bread a layer of caviar, salted to taste. 178 THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK Cucumber Sandwiches Slice thin large cucumbers. Place slices between bread, cut in round slices that have been spread with mayonnaise. Raisin Sandwiches One cupful of seeded raisins, one-half cupful of walnuts. Chop raisins and nuts fine and mix with enough mayonnaise dressing to fonn a paste. Spread between buttered bread. Haw to Cook Bacon Lay thin slices on a bacon rack, place in the oven and broil until brown. Cooked this way, the bacon does not crinkle. Tomato Sandwich Cut thin slices of white bread round, just a bit larger than the tomatoes. After spreading the bread with mayonnaise, place a slice of peeled tomato be- tween the slices. Cheese Dreams Spread a thin layer of American cheese or Swiss cheese between thin slices of white bread cut round. Fry in hot butter a light brown. Serve hot. Deviled Chicken Sandwiches Cover thin slices of bread with fresh crisp lettuce leaves. Spread with deviled chicken, garnishing with olives stuffed with pimentoes. Salmon Sandwiches Pick the salmon to pieces, season with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Spread on slice of bread, put thin slices of cucumber on this, and then another slice of bread with mayonnaise. Put together and serve. THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK 179 SAUCES FOR MEATS, ETC. Drawn Butter Take a teacupful of fresh butter, mix with it a half teacupful of flour, add a pint of hot water. Set the tin vessel containing this mixture in a large one of boiling water. Shake it constantly until it is melted and begins to simmer. Let it boil up once, then re- move from the fire. Cream Sauce Melt one tablespoonf ul of butter ; when hot and bub- bling, add one tablespoonf ul of sifted flour; cook until frothy, stirring constantly. Add slowly, two teacup- fuls of sweet milCream Saucek, and salt and pepper to taste, let all come to the boiling point ; and it is ready for use. Chili Sauce Twenty-four large tomatoes, eight red peppers, eight onions, medium size, four tablespoonfuls of salt, four teacupfuls of vinegarChili Sauce; chop peppers and onions fine, stew with tomatoes, add the vinegar and bottle while hot. A Good Mushroom Sauee A Good Mushroom Sauce