Sandwiches—Hearty and Dainty

NO FOOD IS MORE VERSATILE than the sandwich. It can be hearty enough to qualify for the main dish in suppers and lunches, and dainty and pretty enough for festive parties. Sandwiches are lunchbox favorites, but in country homes they also make pleasing lunches when teamed with bowls of soup, a tray of relishes, and milk or milk shakes, tea or coffee. Substantial sandwiches served with salad, a dessert like baked apples and cookies, and a beverage, make a complete meal.

Sandwiches had an unfavorable start. The Fourth Earl of Sandwich, an unpopular and corrupt eighteenth-century politician and gambler, refused to leave his card games to dine. A servant handed him greasy mutton chops inserted between bread slices. The invention prospered. The wonderful sandwiches in this book testify to their refinement.