The Importance Of Being Earnest Cucumber Sandwiches Recipe

Cucumber sandwiches are a quintessentially British dish. Much of the credit for that, we believe, goes to Oscar Wilde who mentioned cucumber sandwiches multiple times in his popular play “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Indeed, Wilde is rumoured to have been a connoisseur of food and wine having famously said “I can’t stand people who do not take food seriously.”

Algernon’s Cucumber Sandwiches

Indeed, in The Importance Of Being Earnest, Algernon takes cucumber sandwiches very very seriously. When his aunt, Lady Bracknell is visiting he makes very sure to have cucumber sandwiches on hand. He’s also very strict about not allowing Jack to eat the sandwiches saying –

Algernon: Please don’t touch the cucumber sandwiches.  They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta.  [Takes one and eats it.]

Jack.  Well, you have been eating them all the time.

Algernon.  That is quite a different matter.  She is my aunt.

Algernon then proceeds to eat up all the cucumber sandwiches, blaming an absence of cucumbers in the market when Lady Bracknell asks for them. Considering Algernon seems unable to resist the sandwiches, we imagine they’re pretty darn delicious.

Cucumber Sandwiches

Cucumber sandwiches are traditionally made by placing thin slices of cucumber between crust less, lightly buttered white bread.

Traditionally, cucumber sandwiches have been served for high tea among upper classes in the United Kingdom and are used in literature to identify the consumers as the upper class.

Serve these sandwiches with tea or have them as a light supper.

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Ingredients

• 1 cucumber peeled and sliced thinly
• 1 package cream cheese softened
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion salt
• 1 dash Worcesthsire sauce
• 1 loaf sliced bread crust removed
• 1 pinch lemon pepper

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1 cucumber peeled and sliced thinly 1 package cream cheese softened 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp onion salt 1 dash Worcesthsire sauce 1 loaf sliced bread crust removed 1 pinch lemon pepper

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Instructions

1. Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, garlic powder, onion salt and worcestshire sauce together.
2. Whisk until smooth.
3. Spread the mixture across the bread slice.
4. Layer the cucumber slices over half of the bread slices.
5. Sprinkle the lemon pepper over the cucumber.
6. Place the other bread slices over the cucumber and cut the sandwiches diagonally to make triangles.
7. Serve and enjoy.