Herb sandwiches

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

twelve anchovies, washed and cleaned well, and chopped very fine
half a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
tarragon ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
some chives ↝ Chives, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mustard ↝ Mustard greens, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
cress ↝ Cress, raw [Other dark green vegetables]
chicken in slices, if you please ↝ Chicken, ground, raw [Poultry Products]
hard-boiled eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (7)

Wash and clean twelve anchovies very well, then chop them very fine.
Mix the chopped anchovies with half a pound of butter.
Run the butter mixture through a sieve using a wooden spoon.
Butter bread.
Make a salad of tarragon, chives, mustard, and cress, chopping them very small.
Put the herb salad on the buttered bread.
Add chicken slices or hard-boiled eggs, if desired.

Original Text

Herb sandwiches.

Take twelve anchovies, washed and cleaned well, and chopped very fine; mix them with half a pound of butter; this must be run through a sieve, with a wooden spoon. With this, butter bread, and make a salad of tarragon and some chives, mustard and cress, chopped very small, and put them upon the bread and butter. Add chicken in slices, if you please, or hard-boiled eggs.

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