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Salt-Cucumber Sandwiches

A historical recipe from Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894).

A historical recipe

Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Project Gutenberg eBook #29329.

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From Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29329 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29329). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Spread the bread, and cut the slices about half an inch thick.
  2. Then cut a German or Holland cucumber into very thin slices;
  3. put these slices all over the bread.
  4. Take the center from a head of lettuce;
  5. hold it together, and slice it down in sort of shreds;
  6. put this over the cucumber, and have ready some white meat of chicken, cut into the thinnest possible slices, and cover the lettuce with chicken;
  7. then sprinkle over more shredded lettuce and a little mayonnaise;
  8. put over another slice of buttered bread;
  9. press the two together, trim into shape and serve on a napkin in a pretty wicker basket.
  10. These are very nice to serve with a fish course in place of bread or rolls and a salad.
  11. Slice the cucumbers very thin and soak them in ice water for one or two hours.
  12. They must be crisp and brittle and made just at serving time.
  13. Beat together three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one tablespoonful of vinegar, a saltspoonful of salt and a dash of pepper;
  14. stand this dressing on the ice until it thickens.
  15. Butter thin slices of bread, cover them with a layer of cucumbers that have been drained and dried on a napkin, sprinkle over the dressing, put on another layer of buttered bread.
  16. Press together, trim the crusts and cut into triangles.
  17. Heap these at once on a napkin and send to the table.