The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

cup sliced celery may be substituted for the onion. Spanish rice calls for 2-3 cloves of garlic in addition to Pilau with six cups of water and one only of tomato. =Macaroni with Onion or Celery, and Tomato= Substitute 1¼-1½ cup of macaroni for the rice in pilau. Hominy also may be used in place of rice. =Parsnip and Potato Stew= Cut potatoes in quarters lengthwise, then across the center, and cut parsnips into about the same size; cook separately or together and drain; add both to cream sauce, heat, and serve on toast, or put small slices of toast (zwieback) in the stew. This is a delightful dish though simple. =Succotash--Corn and Beans= In the summer cook shelled Lima or other beans until tender. Add corn which has been cut from the cob, boil 10-15 m., pour in a little heavy cream, heat but do not boil; add more salt if necessary. Succotash is one of the dishes which calls for cream. Just a few spoonfuls is all that is required for a large quantity of succotash, but that little perfects it. Corn and beans may be cooked separately, combined and seasoned. All sorts of corn and all sorts of beans may be combined with great satisfaction, but the richest and most delightful of all is nice dried corn (the yellow sweet corn is best) and dry common white beans. Raw nut butter cooked to a cream is good with the dry bean succotash. =Dried and Hulled Corn= A very near relative (which some prefer) to succotash is the combination of dried and hulled corn; 2 parts dried and 1 part hulled corn, finished with cream the same as succotash. =Vegetable Hashes= My first experience with a vegetable hash was at a hotel in one of the new towns in North Dakota where the landlady herself did the cooking. The hash was made from the different vegetables left from a boiled dinner chopped and heated, and was one of the happy gastronomic surprises. Just such a surprise is in store for the vegetarian who utilizes the remains of the