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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Creamed Chestnuts

1 quart Italian chestnuts 1 cup white sauce Plunge the chestnuts into boiling water, and boil them for ten minutes. With a sharp paring knife remove both the outer and the inner skin. Prepare one cup of white sauce, and add the cooked chestnuts, also one-half teaspoon salt. Cook a few minutes and serve.

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