Ham Sandwiches

Original Recipe

Make a dressing of half a cup of butter, one tablespoonful of mixed mustard, one of salad oil, a little red or white pepper, a pinch of salt and the yolk of an egg; rub the butter to a cream, add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly; then stir in as much chopped ham as will make it consistent and spread between thin slices of bread. Omit salad oil and substitute melted butter if preferred.

Ingredients

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  • 1 dressing of half a cup of butter
  • 1 tablespoonful of mixed mustard
  • 1 of salad oil
  • 1 little red or white pepper
  • 1 pinch of salt and the yolk of an egg
  • 1 cream

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Make a dressing of half a cup of butter, one tablespoonful of mixed mustard, one of salad oil, a little red or white pepper, a pinch of salt and the yolk of an egg; rub the butter to a cream, add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly; then stir in as much chopped ham as will make it consistent and spread between thin slices of bread.

  2. 2

    Omit salad oil and substitute melted butter if preferred.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)