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and place each blossom overlapping the next half way to give substance to the "filling." Use delicate white bread and roll the sandwiches.


(Symbol missingsymbol characters) ONION

TAKE a mild, sweet onion; skin and lay in ice water for an hour before using. Slice very thin, and put between little round slices of well-buttered Boston brown bread cut thin.


RIPE OLIVE

CHOP ripe olives fine and drain; mix with mayonnaise. Pack in a jar, and do not spread until needed, as they are apt to make the bread soggy.


SPINACH

USE cold boiled spinach which when hot was chopped very fine and drained. Mix the spinach with sauce tartare and spread on one slice of bread. Spread the other with butter and the chopped yolks of hard-boiled eggs and press the two slices together.


TARTARE

ONE tablespoonful each of chives, capers, gherkins, olives, and tarragon leaves chopped fine; one teaspoonful each

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