INDIGNITY VOL. 3, NO. 50: The sky and sandwiches.
ALL THE STUFF DEP'T.
WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, April 2, 2023
★★★ Sun-brightened clouds were speeding eastward fast. The warmth and humidity had blown away overnight, leaving another intensely blue sky. A man walked along with his eyes on his phone while his yellow dog pointed and strained toward a squirrel fleeing along a low fence rail. The moderately chilly temperature in the phone app, consulted before grabbing the light jacket, turned out to have been for a different place altogether, and the real temperature was down in the 40s. Sun glanced off the top of the Trump hotel and came down on the opposite side of Columbus Circle. Cross-hatched sawteeth of light poked down from the grates into the dark above the subway express tracks. A house sparrow sang from the mouth of the metal cross tube anchoring the support cables for a traffic light. Where a tree stretched up to the top floors in the courtyard, into the direct sunshine, its upper branches were thick with yellow-green sex organs.
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SANDWICH DEP’T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS for the assembly of sandwiches from Favorite Recipes, compiled by Young Woman's Auxiliary of the Congregational Church, La Grange, Illinois, published 1923, found in the public domain and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
TOASTED CHEESE SANDWICH
1 egg
1 McLaren's Nippy cheese
1/2 teaspoon mustard
3/4 teaspoon Worcester sauce
1/2 teaspoon paprika
Pinch of salt
Bacon
Mix and spread on bread, twist bacon strips across the top. Toast slowly until brown. This makes 4 servings.
—Lucile Rife.
JELLY AND NUT SANDWICHES
Chop English walnut meats very fine. Place in a bowl and mix in thoroughly just enough red currant jelly to moisten the nuts. Spread between thin slices of white or whole wheat bread. Serve with afternoon tea.
—Mrs. A. F. Grenell.
SARDINE SANDWICHES
Mash sardines, add oil mayonnaise dressing and salt to taste. Spread on thin slices of toast.
—Florella G. Hawley.
SOUTHERN SANDWICHES
1/4 cup chopped pickles
1/2 can pimentoes
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 15c cream (Blue Ribbon cheese)
Mix with salad dressing. Spread on bread with lettuce leaves between.
—Mrs. E. O. Horn.
PICKLE SANDWICHES
White bread buttered and sliced thin. Fill with dill pickles sliced thin and pimentoes on top of pickles.
—Mrs. E. O. Horn.
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