FOOD FRIDAY: Slim pickings
Indignity Vol. 5, No. 15
FOOD FRIDAY DEP'T.
Vegetable Options That Seem to Be Available at Least Half the Time in the Dead of Winter, Ranked
1. Chinese broccoli
2. Collard greens (sturdy)
3. Fennel
4. Green cabbage
5. Broccolette
6. Orange cauliflower
7. Red-leaf lettuce
8. Romaine (slightly beat up)
9. Collard greens (beat up)
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WEATHER REVIEWS
New York City, January 23, 2025
★★★ A complicated fabric of thin cloud was rolling rapidly by. Icicles still dangled from the cars, and stray clumps of salt lay in the road like chunks of broken styrofoam cooler. Black soot speckled the compacted snow on the cobbles along the Park's edge. On parts of the lawn the snow had receded to leave bare mud; on parts it had become entirely ice. What looked like the edge of open water on the Pool was just the boundary where the open water had been days ago when the snow fell: a milky surface pocked with the hardened footprints of ducks to the north, smooth black ice to the south. The real open water was a tiny inner circle, packed with mallards. A man and child walked out onto the more newly frozen surface and sent a stick skimming across.
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SANDWICH RECIPES DEP'T.
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of sandwiches selected from A Calendar of Dinners, with 615 Recipes, by Marion Harris Neil, including The Story of Crisco, published in 1915 and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Tomato Sandwiches
2 tablespoonfuls Crisco
1 cupful water
1/2 cupful vinegar
2 eggs well beaten
1 teaspoonful salt
1 teaspoonful mustard
1 tablespoonful flour
1 1/2 tablespoonfuls sugar
Few grains red pepper
Firm ripe tomatoes
Bread
Whipped cream
Mix sugar, flour, salt, mustard, and red pepper together, add eggs, vinegar, Crisco, and water and cook in double boiler until thick, stirring all the time. To every tablespoonful of dressing add equal quantity of whipped cream. Skin and slice tomatoes very thin, dip slices into dressing and place between thin slices of buttered bread. Cut into finger shaped pieces.
Sufficient for thirty sandwiches.
If you decide to prepare and attempt to enjoy a sandwich inspired by this offering, be sure to send a picture to indignity@indignity.net.
