This recipe comes from For Luncheon and Supper Guests by Alice Bradley, published 1922 by Whitcomb & Barrows. It’s a series of 10 menus meant for small dinner parties, automobile picnics (road trip food!), lunch rooms, etc. and it’s very well written– it even has an introductory section explaining how to prepare everything ahead of time for the party, where to get your ingredients and how to order them, the pantry staples you should have at hand, and so on.
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I’ve pulled a selection of recipes from the book and will be sharing them here on the blog, but if you’re interested in seeing an entire menu then definitely check out the book yourself. You can get a digital PDF here on Archive.org, an EPUB here on Project Gutenberg, or else get a paper copy here on eBay.
Pepper Jam Recipe
Drain 1 small can pimiento and force through food chopper. Put in saucepan, add
3/4 cup sugar and
1/2 cup vinegar, stir until sugar is dissolved and boil gently to 220 degrees F. or until mixture is the consistency of jam. Pour in small sterilized glasses and when cool cover with melted paraffin.
If preferred, use 3 sweet red peppers in place of pimientos. Remove seeds, force through food chopper, sprinkle with
Salt and let stand 3 or 4 hours. Drain, rinse and finish as above.
Pepper Jam Sandwiches Recipe
Cut an equal number of slices of Dark Graham bread and white bread, remove crusts and spread bread with creamed butter.
On one slice of white bread spread pepper jam, cover with slice of Graham bread, spread with butter and pepper jam and cover with a slice of white bread.
Make other sandwiches with Graham bread on the outside and white bread for the center layer. Wrap in damp cheesecloth, press under a light weight, and leave in a cool place until serving time. Trim edges, cut in slices, and arrange on doily-covered plate.
Recipe Notes
- I think a 1922 food chopper is maybe something like a meat grinder (I found one on Etsy), but I’m sure you could use a modern version like this.
- Pimientos are the same as pimentos, just fyi.
- For the jam jars, I’m sure the paraffin covers aren’t necessary and you can use these Ball jelly jars with lids.
- Dark graham bread is a type of brown bread made with molasses. Here’s a Wikipedia page about it!
Source
Bradley, Alice. For luncheon and supper guests; ten menus, more than one hundred recipes, suitable for company luncheons, Sunday night suppers, afternoon parties, automobile picnics, evening spreads, and for tea rooms, lunch rooms, coffee shops, and motor inns. Boston, Whitcomb & Barrows, 1922. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/22021004/.
