The Goodly Guava


place a mound of cottage cheese, well seasoned with cream mayon-
naise and chopped nuts. Decorate the top of the cheese mixture
with julienned green peppers and with pieces of guava in form
of small flower and place Surinam cherry in center. Serve with
lime dressing. Carissa also makes a pretty garnish. Salmon
colored or the yellow guavas may be used instead of the red, with
kumquats used as the garnish.
 Lime Dressing
 4 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. salt
 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice 1/4 tsp. celery salt
 5 drops Tabasco sauce 2 tsp. sugar
 % tsp. pepper Few grains cayenne
 Mix ingredients; chill and shake thoroughly.
 Virginia Salad
 Yellow guavas, tangelos or grapefruit, celery,
 carrots, peppers, kumquats and endive
 On a bed of well-trimmed and bleached endive, or in a bowl
lined with endive, place equal quantities of yellow guavas, cut 1/4
lengthwise, peeled and seeded, sectionized tangelos, finely juli-
enned celery and carrots.
 Garnish with a ring of thinly sliced kumquat and minced red
and green peppers in center. Serve with lime dressing.

 GUAVA SANDWICHES
 The sweet sandwich is not only appropriate for social functions
but is most welcome in the child's school lunch, where it provides
the sweet that is desirable.
 Guava Preserve Sandwich
 1 small cream cheese, or 3 tbsp. chopped nuts
 3% cup cottage cheese 3 tbsp. guava preserves
 Mayonnaise Lettuce
 Mash cheese and if needed, moisten with syrup from preserves.
Add nuts and preserves. Spread thin slices of bread with mayon-
naise, add lettuce sandwich mixture and put together. Guava
jam may be substituted for the preserves.
 Guava and Nut Sandwich
 Mix half cup guava preserves with 1/2 cup chopped peanuts or
pecans, add lemon, lime or calamondin juice to moisten and spread
on buttered whole wheat or other bread.
 The preserves and nuts may be put through food chopper, if
preferred.