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Cottage Sandwich

A historical recipe from The up-to-date sandwich book, by Eva Greene Fuller (1909).

A historical recipe

The up-to-date sandwich book: 400 ways to make a sandwich, by Eva Greene Fuller (1909). Project Gutenberg eBook #75893.

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 up-to-date sandwich book, by Eva Greene Fuller (1909). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #75893 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75893). 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. Cut slices of brown bread, do not remove crusts;
  2. rub half a pint of cottage cheese to a smooth paste, then press it through fine sieve.
  3. Add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, slowly beating the while, add half a teaspoonful of salt, and two tablespoonfuls of thick cream;
  4. spread each slice of the bread with mixture;
  5. cover with another thin slice of white bread and on top of that another thin layer of cheese;
  6. place a slice of brown bread on top and trim into shape.
  7. Garnish with an olive.
  8. On thin slices of lightly buttered graham bread spread cottage cheese that has been mixed with a little chopped chives.
  9. Cover with another slice of bread.