Sandwich Ideas

The previous cookbook has a section devoted to appropriate etiquette and menus for meals, teas, picnics, etc. Sandwiches make a steady appearance in the lists, so here are some of the ideas from the recipe section, including the original recipe for a PBJ!


Open Sandwich
3 eggs
1/2 t paprika
3/4 t salt
3/4 lb bacon
3/4 lb cheese
Beat eggs until light. Add grated cheese. Add other ingredients and mix well, then spread on eight slices of bread cut 1/4" thick. Cut bacon in very thin slices the length of the slice of bread. Cover cheese with bacon ten minutes in hot oven. Garnish with parsley.


Cream Cheese and Date Sandwich
To one cream cheese add ten dates, cut fine, and one-half cup chopped nuts. Add mayonnaise dressing to spread. Put between slices of graham bread, cut thin and buttered.


Cheese Dream
Cut bread very thin. Spread with butter. Between the slices place thin slices of American cheese. Fry in butter. Turn once. Serve at once garnished with jelly. (I didn't know American cheese existed in 1929.)


Delicious sandwich
Mix together equal parts of cream cheese and apricot pulp made by pressing through a sieve stewed or canned apricots which have been well drained. Add mayonnaise dressing to taste. Spread between thin buttered slices of bread. Nuts may be added if desired.


Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Sandwich
Spread two slices of graham bread with butter. Cover one with peanut butter and the other with strawberry jam. Fold together. Cut in half before serving.


The International Cookbook, Margaret Weimer Heywood, Merchandisers Inc., 1929