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.

Cold Desserts

33 recipes in this part of Meatless Cookery.

Cornstarch Pudding

1 pint milk 2 tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Dissolve the cornstarch in a little cold water. Stir the…

Caramel Cornstarch Pudding

1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons water 1 pint milk 1/2 cup caramel To prepare the caramel, melt…

Chocolate Blanc Mange

2 cups milk 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup cocoa 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Blend the cornstarch with an equal amount of milk. Heat the…

Cocoanut Blanc Mange

4 tablespoons cornstarch 2 cups milk 4 tablespoons sugar 1/2 cup cocoanut Moisten the cornstarch with four tablespoons of milk. Heat the…

Date Surprise

1 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoons sugar 1 quart milk 4 tablespoons cornstarch 1 cup chopped dates 1 teaspoon almond extract 1/2 teaspoon…

Indian Trifle

3 tablespoons rice flour or cornstarch 3 tablespoons white cornmeal 4 tablespoons sugar 1/2 cup shaved citron 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 3 cups…

Rice Pudding

5 cups milk 1/2 cup rice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup sugar Grated rind of 1/2 lemon Wash the rice, mix ingredients, and pour into a buttered…

Milk Rice

4 ounces of rice 1 quart of milk Nutmeg or vanilla Sugar Wash the rice, and put it in a double pan. Boil the milk, and pour it over the…

Rice Pudding a La Francaise

4 ounces Carolina rice 1 pint of milk 1 ounce of butter 2 ounces sugar 4 drops essence vanilla or 4 ounces of ground almonds Wash the rice…

Rice Whole in Molds

4 ounces rice 1 pint milk 1 dessertspoon sugar 1 bay leaf Wash the rice; put it in a double boiler after picking it over. Boil the milk…

Rice and Almond Molds

4 ounces rice 1 quart milk 2 tablespoons sugar 1 ounce sweet almonds 2 bitter almonds

Rice Balls

3 ounces of rice 1/2 pint of milk Rind of 1 lemon A pinch of sugar Pick over the rice, but do not wash it; put it into a saucepan with…

Rice Blanc Mange

2 1/2 ounces ground rice 1 bay leaf 1/2 pint milk 1 tablespoon sugar Take enough milk from the pint to mix the rice smoothly. Put the…

Grated Cocoanut Pudding

1 large cocoanut Clear strawberry or currant jelly Take a large cocoanut, break in pieces, pare off the outside bark. Throw the pieces into…

Nut Puree

3 ounces walnuts 3 ounces almonds 3 ounces chestnuts or Brazils 4 ounces biscuits 1/2 pint of cream 1/4 pint milk A few drops of vanilla…

Mixed Nut Puree

5 ounces of almonds 4 ounces of pine kernels 1 1/2 ounces of walnuts 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 ounces biscuits--any kind 1 1/2 pints milk…

Pistachio Creams

6 ounces pistachio nuts 1 pint cream 2 tablespoons rosewater 1 ounce sugar Blanch the nuts, and pound them well with the rosewater, until…

Fun Pudding

1/2 pound ratafias 2 ounces sugar 3 ounces flour 1 1/2 pints milk 3 ounces grated cocoanut Add the sugar to a little of the milk; sprinkle…

German Pudding

3 ounces rice 2 ounces butter 3 ounces ground almonds 2 ounces stoned raisins 1 pint milk Speck of powdered cinnamon Cook the rice and milk…

Ginger Pudding No. 1

1 breakfast cup of flour 1/2 breakfast cup of syrup 1/2 breakfast cup milk 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon…

Ginger Pudding No. 2

1/2 pound bread crumbs 1/4 pound butter 1/4 pound moist sugar 2 large tablespoons of ginger Warm the butter, and mix with the sugar; mix…

Brown Ginger Pudding

2 ounces bread raspings 1 teaspoon ground ginger 3 ounces butter 1 tablespoon Golden Syrup 2 ounces candied lemon peel 1/2 pint milk 1…

Green Ginger Pudding

4 ounces bread crumbs 4 ounces green ginger 2 ounces flour 1/4 pint of milk 2 ounces butter In weighing the ginger for this pudding, it is…

Ginger with Cream

Preserved ginger Whipped cream Cut up some ginger about the size of peas, and put a teaspoon and a very little syrup in each paper ramequin…

Semolina Mold

2 ounces semolina 1 ounce sugar 1 pint milk 1/2 lemon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Rinse a saucepan with cold water, then put in the milk and…

Milk Sago

4 ounces of sago 1 quart milk Nutmeg Sugar Prepare this exactly as for milk rice. Any other flavoring can be substituted for the nutmeg. A…

Maple Marguerites

1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1/4 cup chopped nut meats Crackers 1/2 cup water 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring Boil the sugar and water…

Restorative Jelly

1 ounce of barley 1 ounce of rice 1 ounce of sago 2 pints water 1/2 small lemon 1 tablespoon sugar Thoroughly wash the rice, sago, and…

Tapioca Pudding

1 ounce tapioca 1 pint milk 1 dessertspoon sugar 1/2 ounce butter Thin rind of 1/2 lemon 1 tablespoon finely grated bread crumbs A little…

Tapioca and Apple Pudding

1 ounce tapioca 1 pint of milk 1 dessertspoon sugar 1/2 ounce butter 1/2 pint stewed apple A little grated nutmeg Wash the tapioca, and…

Pineapple Tapioca Pudding

3/4 cup minute or pearl tapioca Cold water to cover 2 1/2 cups boiling water 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 cup finely cut pineapple 1/4 teaspoon…

Castle Puddings

2 ounces of butter 2 ounces flour 1 1/2 ounces sugar 1/2 lemon rind 1 teaspoon baking powder Beat the butter and sugar until it is like…

Castle Baskets

6 castle puddings 4 ounces red currant jelly 3 gills of cream 3 ounces of angelica Juice of 1/2 lemon 2 ounces cocoanut 1 tablespoon sugar…

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