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

of hot. To raw nut meal (not butter) add one half more of water than you have of meal. Mix and beat well, strain through a thin cloth, squeeze as dry as possible. Let milk stand in a cool place and a very rich cream will rise which may be used for shortening pie crust, crackers and sticks, or in place of dairy cream in other ways. The skimmed milk will be suitable for soups, stews or gravies. It may be cooked before using if more convenient. The pulp also may be used in soups. It should be thoroughly cooked. =Nut Relish= Different nut butters and meals may be combined in varying proportions. For instance, 2 parts Brazil nuts, 1 part each pine nuts and almonds; or 1 part each Brazil nuts, almonds, pecans, and pine nuts. Dry nuts well and grind all together or combine after grinding. Press into tumblers or small tins and stand in cool place. Unmold to serve. The relish may be used in combinations suggested for whole nuts, and it is a great improvement over cheese, with apple pie. =Toasted Almonds= When blanched almonds are thoroughly dried, put them into a slow oven and let them come gradually to a delicate cream color, not brown. These may be served in place of salted almonds. Sweetmeats of fruits and nuts will be found among confections. COOKED NUT DISHES =Nut Croquettes= 1 cup chopped nuts (not too fine), hickory, pecan, pine or butternuts, or a mixture of two with some almonds if desired; 2 cups boiled rice or hominy, 1½ tablespn. oil or melted butter, salt, sage. Mix, shape into rolls about 1 in. in diameter and 2½ in. in length. Egg and crumb; bake in quick oven until just heated through and delicately browned, 8 to 10 m. Serve plain or with any desired sauce or vegetable. =Nut Croquettes No. 2= 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 cup cooked rice, any desired seasoning or none, salt; mix. _Sauce_-- 2 tablespns. oil ½ cup flour 1-1¼ cup milk 1 egg or yolk only or no egg salt Heat