_Method._--Cook the pineapple, sugar and lemon juice until thick; let
cool, and spread upon lady-fingers or sponge drops. Press together in
pairs and serve.
=Whipped-Cream Sandwiches.=
INGREDIENTS.
1 cup of heavy cream.
1/4 a cup of powdered sugar.
1/4 a teaspoonful of vanilla extract.
Lady-fingers.
_Method._--Add the sugar and extract to the cream and beat until solid;
let chill, then spread quite thick upon lady-fingers or sponge drops.
=Whipped-Cream Sandwiches with French Fruit.=
Soak half a cup of fine-cut candied fruit in wine an hour or more.
Prepare the cream as above, and sprinkle the same with the fruit before
putting the sandwiches together.
=Fruit Jelly for Sweet Sandwiches.=
INGREDIENTS.
1 box of gelatine (2 ounces).
1 cup of cold water.
1 cup of boiling water.
1 cup of sugar.
1-1/2 cups of orange juice.
1/4 a cup of lemon juice.
_Method._--Soak the gelatine in the cold water and dissolve in the
boiling water; add the sugar and strain; when cold add the orange and
lemon juice. Mould in sheets three-eighths of an inch thick.
=Claret Jelly for Sweet Sandwiches.=
Substitute claret for the orange juice and prepare as above. Do not omit
the lemon juice.
=Fruit or Claret Jelly Sandwiches with Nuts.=
Slice blanched English walnuts and pecan nuts or almonds very thin, and
stir into whipped cream. Stamp out shapes from the jelly. Spread one
piece with the cream and nuts and cover with a second piece of jelly.
=With French Fruit.=
Substitute candied fruit for the nuts and proceed as above, or use nuts
and fruit together.
=Cupid's Butter Sandwiches.=
INGREDIENTS.
The yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs.
1 cup of butter.
1/3 a cup of powdered sugar.
1 teaspoonful of orange juice.
A grating of orange rind.
Angel cakelets or slices of angel cake.
_Method._--Cream the butter, gradually add the yolks of eggs, passed
through a potato ricer or sieve, the sugar and orange juice. Spread upon
thin slices of angel cake, prepared for sandwiches, or upon angel
cakelets or fingers; press two slices together and serve at once. If
allowed to stand any length of time, keep covered and in a cool place.
=Cheese-and-Bar-le-Duc Currant Sandwiches.=
Spread wheat bread, prepared for sandwiches, with cream cheese; put
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