Use the tips of either fresh or tinned asparagus. The tips should be removed from the coarse stems, the pulp beaten up and salt and pepper added. This mixture should then be spread on slices of thin buttered bread.

Boil an egg hard, then crush up the yolk with a little grated cheese. Chop up three or four slices of cooked beetroot, quite small. Add it to the cheese and egg. Season with a pinch of salt. Then spread the mixture between thinly-cut bread and butter.

Select young shoots of celery and peel the walnuts. Have about equal quantities of both ingredients and chop them fairly fine. Then mix them into a paste by the addition of a little cream. Spread thickly on the buttered bread.

Parsley Sandwiches.

Wash some parsley, pick off the fresh leaves and chop them fine. Then mix this evenly with butter and a squeeze of lemon juice. Spread this on thin slices of bread.

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