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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Celery Au Gratin

4 heads of celery, white part only 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 1 pint milk 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon butter Pepper and salt to taste Cook the celery in the milk for half an hour, salt, and then drain and cut in three-inch lengths; make a sauce with the flour, butter, and the milk the celery was boiled in, and then add the cheese; mix well, butter a baking dish, put in a layer of celery and then a layer of sauce till the dish is full. Sprinkle bread crumbs on the top, and add bits of butter. Put in the oven to brown. Cook about half an hour.

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