Now that it's April, it's time for another look at the 1953 Rawleigh's Good Health Guide Almanac Cook Book. To combat spring congestion brought on by allergies, Rawleigh suggests a nice, big sandwich filled with medicated ointment....
Does anybody have any idea of what makes these April Fool Sandwiches? They look like they're just tuna salad warmed up on a bun half-- not the most common recipe, but one I've seen plenty of times in regional cookbooks. Does the catsup make these tricky? Is it that they're open-faced instead fully enclosed by a bun? Is the trick the fact that nobody is that excited about tuna salad, much less hot tuna salad?
I think maybe the trick is just telling people these are April Fool Sandwiches and then leaving them to worry about whether the the tuna salad is stacked on vanilla cupcake halves instead of buns, or whether the cook thinks raisins are a reasonable tuna salad ingredient, or whether the tuna has been stretched with pink fiberglass insulation...
If you've got any theories on what makes these April Fool Sandwiches, feel free to share it.
Only a fool would want tuna salad? At least she didn't say that it stores well or is perfect for picnics. Those statements would definitely be a joke.
ReplyDeleteAn early-April picnic in Iowa would likely be a joke too-- unless you like trying to eat sandwiches while being pummeled by 28-mile-an-hour winds on a 37-degree day.
DeleteIt would be a kid's picnic. No mud pies but dirt sandwiches for sure.
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