Sufficient for twelve sandwiches.

Tomato Sandwiches

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 cupful water 1/2 cupful vinegar 2 eggs well beaten 1 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful mustard 1 tablespoonful flour 1-1/2 tablespoonfuls sugar Few grains red pepper Firm ripe tomatoes Bread Whipped cream

Mix sugar, flour, salt, mustard and red pepper together, add eggs, vinegar, Crisco, and water and cook in double boiler until thick, stirring all the time.  To every tablespoonful of dressing add equal quantity of whipped cream.  Skin and slice tomatoes very thin, dip slices into dressing and place between thin slices of buttered bread.  Cut into finger shaped pieces.

Sufficient for thirty sandwiches.

Tomato and Horseradish Sandwiches

1 tablespoonful Crisco 1/4 cupful grated horseradish 1 tomato Bread 1/4 cupful mayonnaise Salt and paprika to taste Parsley

Mix Crisco, horseradish, and mayonnaise together.  Skin and slice tomato, sprinkle with salt and paprika.  Spread thin slices of bread and butter with Crisco mixture, and put sliced tomato between, cut into fancy shapes and garnish with parsley.

Sufficient for ten sandwiches.

PASTRIES

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There are two principal divisions, within which all varieties may be included, viz: 

1.  Short or plain pastries.

2.  Flaky pastries.

Of these, the former includes all pastes in which the fat is mixed evenly with the dough throughout; the latter, those in which, by one means or another, the two are arranged in alternate layers.  The short pastes are the simplest, and for this reason should be experimented on to begin with.  With pastry, a good deal always depends on the mixing.  The best way is to measure out the average quantity of liquid, to pour about three-quarters of this gradually into the flour, at the same time stirring this briskly with a knife, so as to get it evenly moistened, and then add, in very small quantities at a time, as much more water as may be needed.  To see, in this way, when the flour has been moistened enough, is easy.  By the time the first three parts of water have been put in, most of it will have stuck together in little separate rolls; if on pressing these they should not only cling together, but readily collect about them whatever loose flour there may be, sufficient moisture will have been added; but so long as the mixture, when pressed, remains to some degree crumbly, it is a sign that a little more water is required.  When done, the paste should stick together, but should not adhere either to the hands or to the basin.  If it does this it is too wet, and more flour must be dusted over it and kneaded in till the surplus moisture has been absorbed.  A sure sign of its having been mixed properly is when it can be rolled into a lump, and the basin wiped out cleanly with it, as with a cloth.  To roll out, flour the pastry board slightly, lay the dough on it, and form it into a neat, flat oblong shape.