Cook and Be Cool

Twenty complete cold luncheons for hot weather — “efficiency is only another name for intelligent laziness.”

Pickles

3 recipes in this part of Cook and Be Cool.

Nasturtium Seed Pickle

Put half a cup of vinegar, in which a tablespoonful of salt has been dissolved, in a pint glass preserving jar that has a cover. As you…

Higdon Cold Pickle

Chop four quarts of green tomatoes, six onions and six green peppers, salt well and let them stand overnight in a stone crock. In the…

Whole Ripe Tomato Pickles

Take the desired quantity of rather small firm ripe tomatoes, set them in boiling water for a few minutes, lift out and peel carefully, put…

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