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

trumese boiled dinner. One rule with few exceptions to be followed in hashes, is not to chop the ingredients too fine; they should be distinguishable one from another. Always finish hashes in the oven when possible, either in frying pan or baking dish. Cold baked potatoes or those boiled in jackets are preferable for hash, but steamed or plain boiled ones will do if not too soft. Rice may be substituted for potato. Do not be skeptical in regard to these dishes; try them. =Acushnet Hash= Heat chopped onion in oil or butter, add 2 parts chopped potatoes and ½-1 part coarse zwieback crumbs or granella, with salt. Pour a little nut milk or dairy cream, and water over. Cover and heat well, then brown in oven uncovered. A little sage may be used sometimes, or both onion and sage may be omitted. =Cabbage and Potato Hash= 1 or 2 parts cold boiled or steamed cabbage and 2 parts potato, with cream, or butter and water makes a very meaty flavored combination. Do not brown this hash. Heat slowly, covered. Use parsnips or carrots in place of cabbage for other varieties. Cream is used to advantage in these dishes. The recipes given are merely suggestive of the many combinations possible. =Hash with Poached Egg= Nicely poached eggs, one for each serving, may be laid on to any of the hashes spread on a platter. =Savory Hash= Equal quantities mashed or whole stewed lentils and rice or chopped potato, with sage and onion, cream, or butter and water, salt. =Toasts= We learn from Dr. Vaughn of the Michigan University, and other eminent authorities, that yeast bread browned on the two cut surfaces only, is as unwholesome as when fresh baked, the slice being soggy and indigestible on the inside. So, for all dishes where the ordinary toast is usually used, we recommend the following: =Zwieback= Cut slices of light yeast bread into any desired shape or size. (Square slices cut diagonally across are convenient and attractive). Lay in a flat pan or wire dish drainer and put into a warm oven.