California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book Part 6

Mexican Sandwiches

Remove seeds from chiles, green and red, if canned, chop fine; if raw, roast or scald and peel; first fry separately in a little b.u.t.ter, salt to taste, little lemon juice, don't brown. Spread between layers of thickly cut white and brown bread alternately, with one slice of bread b.u.t.tered and sprinkle thickly with grated cheese; the color effect is pretty when cut in fancy shapes and served on crisp lettuce leaf, or mix red and green chile together; fry, cool, add grated cheese, spread on tortillas that have been dipped in hot b.u.t.ter, roll lightly, fasten with toothpick; garnish with sprig parsley; serve on crisp lettuce leaves.

Spanish Brown Cake

Cream two cups brown sugar with one cup b.u.t.ter, pour around this one cup sweet or sour milk, whip four eggs and pour on top, add three cups flour with three teaspoons baking powder sifted through, two teaspoons cinnamon, mix and pour into baking tins, sprinkle top with brown sugar, ground pecans and cinnamon while raw; bake in medium oven. Or add enough flour on rolling board to make a soft dough, cut into large round buns; bake and spread with icing made of hot water and brown sugar cooked until thick with pecan nuts added.

Spanish Chocolate Cake

Get the Spanish chocolate, a little round cake about three inches across, flavor different from other chocolate. Melt two cakes, add one-half cup b.u.t.ter, one cup brown sugar, beat four eggs separately, mix yolk into chocolate, b.u.t.ter and sugar, beat well, pour one cup milk on top, the beaten egg white on top of milk, three cups flour with two tablespoons baking powder, stir all together, add teaspoon vanilla, bake in loaf or layers, make icing of melted chocolate cake, tablespoon b.u.t.ter, one-half cup brown sugar, cook; when cool spread on cake or use as filling.

Mexican Candy

Two cups dark brown sugar, one-half cup water, teaspoon b.u.t.ter, cook until it forms a soft ball in water, put pecan nuts in bottom of b.u.t.tered saucers and pour sugar on while hot; let cool and there is the little thin round cakes one sees on the street sold by Mexicans.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A TYPE OF SPANISH WOMEN]

[Ill.u.s.tration: ANOTHER TYPE OF SPANISH WOMEN]

[Ill.u.s.tration: MRS. HAFFNER-GINGER IN HER KITCHEN]

[Ill.u.s.tration: MRS. HAFFNER-GINGER GIVING A LESSON IN HOW TO SET A TABLE]

[Ill.u.s.tration: CALIFORNIA AUDIENCE WATCHING MRS. HAFFNER-GINGER MAKE A SPANISH OMELET]