Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of Cookery and Housekeeping

of the bread and decorate the plate with the leaves and flowers. Raisin sandwiches (Contributed) Make a paste of large seeded raisins and candied lemon peel chopped fine and moistened with lemon juice. Spread on lightly-buttered thin slices of bread. Serve with a cup of good tea. Chocolate sandwiches (Contributed) Melt a small piece of butter in a saucepan; grate into it bitter chocolate and season with granulated sugar. When the chocolate is thoroughly melted take from the fire and cool. Moisten with a little thick cream and spread on thin slices of slightly buttered bread. Hash sandwiches (Contributed) Cut pieces of bread into uniform sizes, dip them in beaten egg, to which a little milk and a pinch of salt has been added. Fry to a light brown in hot butter. Make a highly-seasoned hash of chopped meat and potatoes. Cook in stock until heated through. Arrange toast on platter, putting a spoonful of hash on each piece and covering with another piece of toast. Date and nut sandwiches (Contributed) Remove the stones and the thick skin which surrounds them from the dates, then chop them fine. Add half as much finely-chopped English walnut or pecan meats; moisten with creamed butter, add a pinch of salt and spread between two thin slices of bread. Fig and nut sandwiches (Contributed) For fig sandwiches use the recipe for dates and nuts, substituting figs for dates. Ginger sandwiches (Contributed) Cut thin slices of plain gingerbread. Spread with soft cream cheese. Put between the slices a thin slice of preserved ginger. Marmalade sandwiches (Contributed) Toast slices of bread, spread while hot with butter, fill with a thick marmalade and serve hot. Cheese and nut sandwiches (Contributed) Take equal parts of grated cheese and English walnuts pounded to a meal and moisten with thick cream. Season to taste and spread between thin slices of buttered bread. Lettuce sandwiches (Contributed) Lay between two thin slices of buttered bread a crisp lettuce leaf, on which has been spread a thin layer of salad dressing. Sweetbread sandwiches (Contributed) Put cold boiled sweetbreads through a potato ricer, moisten