Swing state Pennsylvania on the eve of the 2024 Presidential elections: Farmers compete in a pig breeding contest at the Elizabethtown Fair, August 20, 2024 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The state of Pennsylvania is deeply divided politically, with the urban centers at either end of the state supporting the Democratic Party, and large sections of the rural communities enthusiastic for a second Donald Trump victory. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) supporters wave party flags and chant slogans in support of the Incumbent President of Rwanda and presidential candidate Paul Kagame during a campaign rally in Kigali, on July 12, 2024 ahead of the 2024 Rwandan general election. A country of 26,000 km2 which plays in the big leagues: with military force, image work and influence, Paul Kagame has made Rwanda a major strategic player, skillfully playing this role to develop the country and establish his power. Paul Kagame, who is seeking a fourth presidential term on Monday, has effectively led this landlocked country in Great Lakes Africa since the end of the Tutsi genocide in 1994, and as president since 2000. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)Thousands of Venezuelans Are Going to the Venezuelan Embassy in Argentina to Cast Their Vote. People are gathering at the Venezuelan embassy in Argentina. They are singing and celebrating while waiting for the election results, in Argentina, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Nicolas Suarez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Supporters of former Mauritanian presidential candidate Biram Dah Abeid (C) gather during the first rally he holds after rejecting the results of the Presidential elections on June 29, 2024 which he lost against incumbent President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, in Nouakchott on July 21, 2024. (Photo by Med Lemine Rajel / AFP) Election Awareness Campaign In Kashmir — Government officials and students in a motorboat take part in an event, Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP), organized for the public by the government to raise awareness about voting in preparation for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections around Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Presidential Election In Sri Lanka: A Sri Lanka Air Force soldier is aiming a drone control gun near the election commission area, where 39 presidential candidates are filing nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election in Sri Lanka, on August 15, 2024. The 2024 presidential election in Sri Lanka is scheduled for September 21, 2024. This election is significant as it comes amid a severe socio-economic crisis affecting the country, with widespread public dissatisfaction and protests against the government. (Photo by Akila Jayawardena/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Parisians React To Surprise Surge From Left-Wing Alliance In Legislative Elections: A man places an uprooted plant on a pile of burning e-bikes during a protest following the legislative election results on July 8, 2024 in Paris, France. The right-wing National Rally party came in third place after having been expected to have a strong showing in the second round of France's parliamentary election, which was called by the French president last month after his party performed poorly in the European election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)A pre-Hispanic dancer drinks pulque outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 4, 2024, where a work stoppage and closure of its facilities take place in rejection of judicial reform in Mexico and in solidarity with the indefinite work stoppage of the Federal Judiciary. They reject the bill promoted by the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which proposes the election by popular vote of judges, magistrates, and ministers of the Supreme Court from 2025. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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HERE IS TODAY'S Indignity Morning Podcast, now with transcript!
WE PRESENT INSTRUCTIONS in aid of the assembly of a sandwich selected from The Swedish, French, American Cook Book, by Mrs. Maria Mathilda Ericsson Hammond, published in 1918, and now in the Public Domain and available at archive.org for the delectation of all.
Gherkin Sandwiches (Sandwiches aux Cornichons)
Five squares of bread, two tablespoons parmesan cheese, eight gherkins, yolks of two hard-boiled eggs, pepper and salt.
How to Make It. Butter the bread; sprinkle with the cheese. Chop gherkins very fine and cover half the sandwich with them and the other half with the yolks of the eggs that have been pressed through a sieve and seasoned with salt and pepper. Arrange on a platter. Garnish with parsley.
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