Date or Fig Sandwiches

Miss Almeda Lambert Guide for Nut Cookery: together with a brief history of nuts and their food. (Michigan: Joseph Lambert & Company, 1899)

Home Studies Collection, Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections

Steam fruit 15 for mins after scalding with boiling water. Grind into a pulp, or else place them, as they are, upon slices of bread generously spread with nut butter. These, when laid closely in a baking dish, moistened well with boiling water, and baked, make an excellent pudding, which should be served with cream, grape wine, or a sauce made of lemons or oranges