Washington’s Birthday Sandwiches
Public Domain Recipes

Washington’s Birthday Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 1 liter of white bread, one day old
  • 8 tablespoon butter
  • 2 yards each of red white and blue ribbon

Directions

  1. Cut the bread very thin with a sharp knife.
  2. Remove all crusts.
  3. Place a damp cloth around the prepared slices when very moist, and tender.
  4. Spread with butter which has been creamed with a fork until soft.
  5. Roll the sandwiches up carefully like a roll of paper.
  6. Cut the ribbon into six-inch strips, and tie around the sandwiches.
  7. Place in a bread box to keep moist.
  8. Pile on a plate in log cabin fashion.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Sandwich

Ingredients: bread, butter, red white and blue ribbon

Equipment: measuring spoons, knife, rolling pin

See Also

Quick Canapes

Author: Good Housekeeping

Source: Cocktails & Savouries (1955-01-01)

Category: Side

Ingredients: bread, savoury filling, aspic jelly, butter

Equipment: knife, piping bag

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