Cucumber Sandwiches

1 8-oz pkg cream cheese, softened

¼ cup mayonnaise

¼ tsp garlic powder

¼ tsp onion salt

1 dash Worcestershire sauce

1 loaf sliced bread, crusts removed

Lemon Pepper seasoning

1 cucumber, peeled intermittently and sliced

Peel the cucumber prettily (skipping some strips of green), and slice thinly.

Place cucumber slices in one layer on paper towels. Cover with more paper towels and press lightly. Allow the cucumber slices to drain for 10 minutes.

In the meantime, mix cream cheese, mayo, garlic powder, onion salt, and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl. Spread this mixture on one side of every slice of bread.

After the cucumber slices have drained, place slices on one piece of bread. Sprinkle Lemon Pepper mixture on top of cucumber slices, then cover with another cream-cheesed piece of bread.

At this point, you can cut up the sandwiches however you like. You can cut off the crusts if you want to. You can cut the sandwiches into four triangles or four squares, or you can use a cookie cutter to make perfectly round little sandwiches. It's entirely up to you.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

WARNING: These sandwiches do not keep. You have to make them within two hours of serving time, and they will not keep overnight. If you don’t eat them all the first time, that’s it. Throw them away. They’re seriously gross later on.

I do not have a picture of my beloved cucumber sandwiches because the moment I start making them, I'm hounded by children (grown children!) who want to eat them -- RIGHT NOW. Sometimes I can't even get the little things (the sammitches, not the children) refrigerated before they're half gone. I love these on honey wheat bread with the crusts cut off. Or left on. I've been toying with the idea of adding a layer of prosciutto to the whole shebang. That sounds tasty. Oo! Or smoked salmon! Maybe. Not sure.

Anyway, the picture above is my corgi Doris Daylily and my currently very green tomato patch. Tomatoes are late this year, and it's driving me crazy.

Let me know if you try this recipe, please, and if you add ham or some other yummy thing, let me know how it turns out! Thanks!

--Bay

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