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.

Miscellaneous

18 recipes in this part of Meatless Cookery.

Salted Almonds

1 pint water 1/2 cup salt 1 cup almonds 2 teaspoons butter or oil Blanch the almonds. Heat the salt and water, and when boiling add the…

Celery Relish

1 quart can tomatoes 1 quart celery--chopped very fine 1 pint onions--chopped very fine 2 tablespoons salt 1/4 cup lemon juice Cook the…

Savory Beet

1 slice onion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon Harvey's sauce 1/2 beet or 1 small one 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 3 tablespoons cream 3…

Chili Sauce

1 pint condensed tomato 1/2 cup lemon juice 4 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cloves 4 tablespoons grated onion…

Plain Pastry

1 1/4 cups pastry flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/3 to 1/2 cup butter 1/4 cup ice water Mix in the order given. All the materials must be as cool…

Pumpkin Pie

1 cup baked pumpkin 2 cups milk 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon molasses To…

Cherry Pie

1 pint canned or stewed cherries drained 1/2 cup cherry juice 4 tablespoons flour 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar Pastry Prepare plain or nut meal…

Vanilla Cream Pie

2 cups milk 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 2 tablespoons powdered sugar Pastry…

Cocoanut Cream Pie

1 pint of milk 1/2 cup cocoanut 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1/2 cup flour Steep the cocoanut in one and one-half cups of the…

New England Apple Cream Pie

1 cup diced apples 1 cup water 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 cup cream 2…

Apple Tart (Quart apples quartered Sugar)

1 quart apples quartered Sugar Pastry Peel and put the apples in a deep pie dish, sprinkle with sugar, cover with a pastry crust, and bake…

Pastry Strips

Roll out pastry into oblong shapes, spread with a paste made as follows: 1/2 cup seeded dates 1/2 cup seeded raisins 1/4 cup chopped…

Peach Cobbler

2 quarts drained canned peaches 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 tablespoons butter Biscuit dough Place the peaches, sugar and butter in a deep pan…

Vegetable Marrow Tartlets

Vegetable marrows, about 1 1/2 pounds 1 tablespoon of sugar 1 teaspoon of ginger 1/2 pint of milk 1 tablespoon of flour Peel and remove the…

Treacle Tart

3 tablespoons of golden syrup Paste 2 ounces of bread crumbs 1/2 ounce of butter Make the paste according to the recipe for "Paste, Puff…

Mince Pie

Mince-meat Paste Prepare the paste according to recipe for paste, and use the mince-meat prepared according to either recipe for mincemeat.

Mince-Meat No. 1

1 pound of raisins 1 pound of currants 1 1/4 pounds of apples 1/4 pound each of candied citron, orange and lemon 1 pound of sugar 1…

Mince-Meat No. 2

1 pound of raisins 1 pound of sultanas 1 pound of apples (after they are cored) 8 ounces of pine kernels 8 ounces of chestnuts 12 ounces of…

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