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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Johnny Cake

1 breakfast-cup of Maize meal 1 1/2 breakfast-cups of flour 1 teacup of sugar 1 1/2 ounces of butter 1/2 teacup of milk Baking powder Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and baking-powder; add milk to the dry ingredients, forming a very thick batter. Bake in a well-greased, shallow baking-tin, in a moderately hot oven for about three-quarters of an hour. Cut open and butter while hot; or it may be eaten cold. A teacup of sultanas may be added if liked.

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