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.

Vegetable Gelatine

20 recipes in this part of Meatless Cookery.

Cucumber Jelly

1 3/4 cups cucumber pulp 1/3 package vegetable gelatine--1/4 ounce 1/4 cup lemon juice 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon salt Few drops onion juice…

Buttermilk or Yogurt Jelly

1/3 box vegetable gelatine 1 1/2 cups buttermilk or Yogurt buttermilk 1/2 cup thick cream 1 cup boiling water Juice and grated rind of 2…

Tomato Jelly

1 can tomatoes or 1 1/4 cups condensed tomato 3 bay leaves 1 medium-sized onion 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/3 box vegetable…

Wine Jelly

1/3 box vegetable gelatine 1/2 cup cold water 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 cups boiling water 1 cup wine Juice of one lemon Cover the gelatine with…

Lemon Jelly No. 1

8 lemons 1 ounce vegetable gelatine 4 ounces sugar 2 oranges 1/2 pint water Take the oranges and lemons, and grate the rinds, and add it to…

Lemon Jelly No. 2

3/4 cup lemon juice 1 1/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups cold water 1/3 box--1/4 ounce--vegetable gelatine 1 cup boiling water Prepare the vegetable…

Pineapple Jelly

2 cups pineapple juice 1/2 cup lemon juice 1 1/4 cups sugar 1/3 box--1/4 ounce--vegetable gelatine 1 cup boiling water To the pineapple…

Fruit Jelly

2 cups fruit juice 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/3 box--1/4 ounce--vegetable gelatine 1 cup boiling water Soak the vegetable gelatine…

Orange Jelly

1/3 box vegetable gelatine 1 1/2 cups cold water 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar 2 cups orange juice Juice of 1 lemon Prepare the gelatine…

Moonshine

1 ounce of vegetable gelatine 1/4 pound of sugar 1 pint of boiling water 2 lemons Dissolve the gelatine in a little cold water, add the…

Mint Jelly

1/2 cup lemon juice 2/3 cup sugar 2 1/2 cups water 2 tablespoons mint 1/3 package vegetable gelatine--1/4 ounce Soak the mint in the lemon…

Nut Jelly

2 ounces of grated almonds 2 ounces of grated pine kernels 1 1/2 pints of milk 2 tablespoons of cream 1 1/2 ounces of vegetable gelatine 1…

Milk Jelly

1/2 ounce of vegetable gelatine 1 pint of milk 1 ounce of sugar Lemon rind to flavor Soak the gelatine in a very little water all night…

Banana Cream

5 bananas 1/4 ounce vegetable gelatine 1/2 pint milk 1 tablespoon sugar 2 oranges 1/2 pint cream Peel the bananas, and pass them through a…

Banana and Orange Cream

4 bananas 2 oranges 1 tablespoon powdered vegetable gelatine 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teacup of sugar 1/2 pint cream Soak the gelatine…

Salpicon of Fruit

1/2 cup strawberry juice 3/4 cup pineapple or orange juice 1/6 box vegetable gelatine 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup water…

Apple Gateau

1 pound of apples 3 ounces of loaf sugar 1/2 ounce of vegetable gelatine Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 pint of water Peel and core the apples; cut…

Jellied Peaches

6 peaches 1 cup sugar 3 cups boiling water 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/3 box--1/4 ounce--vegetable gelatine 3 dozen almonds Pare, and cut into…

Jellied Apricots

1 quart can apricots 3/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 1/2 cups water 1/3 box--1/4 ounce--vegetable gelatine Soak the vegetable…

Casserole of Apples

2 pounds of apples 2 ounces of vegetable gelatine 1 teaspoon of essence of ginger 6 ounces of sugar Dissolve the gelatine in a pint of cold…

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