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

water. Crack, and remove meats at once. Do not leave nuts in water long enough to soak the meats. =Pinenuts= come all ready blanched. When they require washing, pour boiling water over them first, then cold water. Drain, dry in towels, then on plates in warm oven. =Peanuts=--ground nuts, because of their large proportion of oil, and similarity in other respects to nuts are classed with them, though they are truly legumes. The Spanish peanut contains more oil than the Virginia, but the flavor of the Virginia is finer and its large size makes it easier to prepare. The “Jumbos” are the cheapest. To blanch Spanish peanuts the usual way, heat for some time, without browning, in a slow oven, stirring often. When cool rub between the hands or in a bag to remove the skins. The best way to blow the hulls away after they are removed is to turn the nuts from one pan to another in the wind. Spanish peanuts can be obtained all ready blanched from the nut food factories. The Virginias, not being so rich in oil must always be blanched the same as almonds. Be sure to let them boil well before draining. I prefer to blanch the Spanish ones that way, too, the results are so much more satisfactory. When peanuts are partly dried, break them apart and remove the germ, which is disagreeable and unwholesome: then finish drying. A FEW SUGGESTIVE COMBINATIONS For Using Nuts in the Simplest Ways Brazil nuts, filberts or blanched almonds with:-- Fresh apples, pears or peaches; Dried, steamed or stewed figs, raisins, dates, prunes, apple sauce, baked apples or baked quinces; Celery, lettuce, cabbage, tender inside leaves of spinach, grated raw carrot or turnip; Breakfast cereals, parched or popped corn, well browned granella, crackers, gems, zwieback, Boston brown and other breads; Stewed green peas, string beans, asparagus, corn, greens, potatoes, squash, cauliflower, all vegetables; Pies, cakes and different desserts when used. =Nut Butter= A good nut butter mill is an excellent thing to have, but butter can be made with the food cutters found nowadays in almost