Meatless Cookery

Published as America rationed meat for the war, this is a whole cuisine built without it — nut roasts and cheese soufflés, dasheen and okra soups, vegetable gelatine, and a chapter on what to do with the whites of eggs.

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Bechamel Sauce

1 pint milk 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons chopped onions 2/3 cup chopped celery 1 1/2 teaspoons salt Add the chopped celery and the onion to the milk, and heat in a double boiler. Rub the flour and butter together, and add the hot liquid slowly. Return to the double boiler, and cook fifteen to twenty minutes. Add the salt just before serving.

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