Recipe: Caterpillar Sandwich (using loaf of Italian bread)

CATERPILLAR SANDWICH

1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1 loaf Italian bread
Luncheon meat
Cheese slices
Thinly sliced celery stalks
Olive slices with pimento in center

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, parsley, dry mustard, and onion powder. Stir well and set aside.

Cut bread into 10 slices without cutting all the way through the loaf. Spread mayonnaise mixture between every other slice. Fold luncheon meat in half and tuck a slice of cheese in between. Insert folded meat and cheese into every other slot that has the mayonnaise mixture in it.

Wrap the loaf in foil and bake for 25 minutes.

Use celery sliced for antenna. Use olive slices on toothpicks for caterpillar eyes.

To serve, cut the loaf in slices at the cuts you didn't fill. Remove toothpicks if serving to children.

From: Dawn NY - 10-05-99