1241b. BRETBY SANDWICH

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846
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The modern cook
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (9)
  1. First cut some thin slices of white bread and butter.
  2. Cover half these slices with finely-shred white-heart lettuce.
  3. Then, add very thin slices of roast or boiled fowl.
  4. Place fillets of anchovies alternately side by side with the fowl.
  5. Strew some shred lettuce over this.
  6. Place a slice of bread and butter over the whole.
  7. Slightly press the sandwich with the blade of a knife.
  8. Proceed to cut the preparation into oblong shapes, about two and a-half inches long, by one inch in width.
  9. Dish up the sandwiches neatly, and serve.
Original Text
1241b. BRETBY SANDWICH. First cut some thin slices of white bread and butter; then, cover half these, first, with finely-shred white-heart lettuce, then, with very thin slices of roast or boiled fowl; these to be placed alternately side by side with fillets of anchovies; strew some shred lettuce over this, place a slice of bread and butter over the whole, and after slightly pressing the sandwich with the blade of a knife, proceed to cut the preparation into oblong shapes, about two and a-half inches long, by one inch in width. Dish up the sandwiches neatly, and serve.
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