Pare and slice cucumbers crosswise. Marinate in French dressing and place between rounds of buttered bread.
Anchovy Canapes
Cream 2 tablespoons butter; add ½ teaspoon Anchovy paste; spread thin slices of fresh toast with this; over that put slices of hard boiled or chopped egg and on top one rolled anchovy.
Sandwiches
Another delightful way of using sardines is as a sandwich. Beat two ounces of butter until it is soft, then add a little salt, nutmeg, Nepaul pepper, 2 teaspoons of tomato catsup and a few drops of lemon juice.
Remove the skin and the backbone from three sardines, and pound them to a paste in a mortar with the prepared butter.
Pass the mixture through a wire sieve and spread it rather thickly on fingershaped pieces of buttered brown bread, and make into sandwiches with a little fine cress between the bread.
Filling for Sandwiches
| 1 cup yellow cheese 1 cup tomato juice ½ cup chipped beef ground 1 egg beaten separately |
Cook tomato juice until it thickens, add cheese, beef and egg last; if the mixture is too thick, add cream.