The Story of Crisco

The Story of Crisco, 1913 — how Procter & Gamble taught America a new fat, with 250 recipes and a year of dinners to seal it.

Vegetarian Dishes

26 recipes in this part of The Story of Crisco.

Dishes

E VEN those who are by no means decided vegetarians may be glad to pass over a dinner occasionally without meat. It is perhaps not too much…

Bean Cutlets

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 tablespoonful flour 1½ cupful bean liquor Salt and pepper to taste 2 eggs 14 lb. dried beans Soak beans in water…

Vegetarian (Very fine blend Crisco)

very fine; blend Crisco with flour in saucepan over fire, add bean liquor, beans, salt and pepper, and yolks of eggs; turn out on to a dish…

Devilled Bananas

8 bananas 2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1½ teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful chopped pickles Few grains red pepper, or 1 dessertspoonful chopped…

Cauliflower Snow

2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 4 poached eggs 2 cauliflowers Salt and paprika to taste Toasted bread Boil cauliflowers in salted water till…

Toast

1 teaspoonful chopped gherkin or capers Skin, seed and chop tomatoes, add eggs well beaten, gherkin, milk, salt and pepper. Melt Crisco…

Excellent Lemon Mincemeat

1/2 cupful Crisco 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon 2 large lemons 1 teaspoonful powdered ginger 4 apples 1½ teaspoonful grated nutmeg 1/4…

Vegetarian (Change water at least twice)

Change water at least twice, drain and pound peel to a paste, add apples, cored, peeled and chopped, lemon peel, Crisco, currants, raisins…

German Tart

6 tablespoonfuls Crisco 3/4 cupful flour 3/4 cupful potato flour 1 tablespoonful sugar 3 apples 3/4 cupful prunes 4 tablespoonfuls sugar

For Pastry (Teaspoonful mixed spices)

1½ teaspoonful mixed spices 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful lemon juice

For Mixture

Cold water 1/2 lemon 1½ cupful water 1 tablespoonful cakecrumbs For mixture, peel, core and slice apples, and wash prunes in lukewarm…

Marchette

2 tablespoonfuls Crisco 4 tablespoonfuls cooked spinach 3 small cooked potatoes 1 tablespoonful chopped onion

Croquettes

Salt and pepper to taste 2 hard-cooked eggs 1 raw egg

Breadcrumbs (Crisco flake pastry Rub)

Crisco flake pastry Rub spinach and potatoes through wire sieve; fry onion in Crisco, add spinach and potatoes, season with salt and…

Mixed Vegetable Souffle

1 tablespoonful Crisco 14 lb. cooked carrots 1½ lb. boiled potatoes 3/4 lb. boiled turnips 3 eggs 1½ lb. stewed onions 1 tablespoonful…

Nut and Macaroni Savory

4 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco ½ lb. chopped Brazil nuts 1 cupful boiled macaroni 13/4 cupfuls breadcrumbs 2 eggs 3 cupfuls milk 2…

Potato and Nut Croquettes

2 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 cupfuls riced potatoes 1 tablespoonful milk Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste Few drops onion juice 1…

Potato Sausage

1½ lb. breadcrumbs Salt and pepper to taste 2 beaten eggs 1½ lb. cold boiled mashed potatoes Mix all ingredients thoroughly well together…

Vegetarian (Poly If not to be eaten when)

poly. If not to be eaten when newly cooked, put aside, and untie when wanted. This sausage is also good if oatmeal is added instead of…

Sefton

1 yolk of egg Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste 1 tablespoonful cream Chopped parsley

Watercress (Baked potatoes Split potatoes)

3 baked potatoes Split potatoes in halves lengthways. Scoop out centers, rub them through a sieve, add seasonings, melted Crisco, yolk of…

Rice a la Maigre

4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 grated shallot 1½ cupful boiled rice 4 chopped hard-cooked eggs 1 tablespoonful white sauce 1 raw egg 1 cupful…

Rhubarb Pudding

4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 4 tablespoonfuls sugar 2 eggs 1 lemon 1½ cupful flour 1 cupful stewed rhubarb 1/2 teaspoonful salt Few breadcrumbs…

Spanish Rice

5 small onions 1 cupful hot water Salt and red pepper to taste 1/4 cupful chopped olives Wash rice and put it in bowl, add Crisco…

Timbale Molds

1 teaspoonful melted Crisco 3/4 cupful flour 1 egg 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1/2 cupful milk Sift flour and salt into bowl, add egg well beaten…

Vegetable Pie

1/4 cupful melted Crisco 1 cupful sliced beans 6 potatoes 2 carrots 1 parsnip 1½ head celery 1 cupful peas 4 tomatoes Pepper and salt to…

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