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Celery Sandwich

A historical recipe from The Auxiliary cook book, by Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society. Auxiliary Society (1909).

A historical recipe

The Auxiliary cook book, by Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society. Auxiliary Society (1909). Project Gutenberg eBook #68909.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Auxiliary cook book, by Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society. Auxiliary Society (1909). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #68909 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68909). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Chop and then pound to a paste the yolks of five hard-boiled eggs, a small piece of butter, a little salt, a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, a teaspoonful of curry powder, a teaspoonful of bread crumbs, and a tablespoonful of French dressing.
  2. The paste should have the consistency of butter.
  3. Spread it between thin slices of buttered bread, placing a lettuce leaf in each sandwich.
  4. Trim and cut in the usual manner.