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

Variegated Meat= Put different colored mashed legumes, for instance, red and white beans, or red and white beans and green peas, lentils and white beans (sometimes red beans also), green peas and red beans, yellow peas and red or black beans, or green and yellow peas, red and white kidney beans and green peas, or red and black beans with green peas into a mold or a brick-shaped tin dipped in cold water, in straight or irregular layers. Press down close, cover and set in a cold place until firm. Unmold and slice, or, send loaf to table whole on platter garnished with lettuce or spinach leaves. Pass Improved Mayonnaise (with chopped parsley) or French dressing, olive oil or Chili sauce. This makes a good summer Sabbath dinner dish. The Salad Entrée dressing is delightful with mashed legumes. =★ Peas Pie--Corn Crust= _Crust_-- 2 cans (1 qt., 16 ears) of corn not very moist 2 or 3 eggs 1 cup milk salt Beat eggs, add corn, milk and salt. Put mashed green peas in oiled baking dish, cover with crust, bake only till the eggs in the crust are set; serve at once. No sauce. =Lentil Pie--Potato Crust= Cover mashed lentils in baking dish with nicely seasoned mashed potato, brown in oven; serve with sauce 6, 16, 49, 51, 53 or 54. =Lentil Pie--Universal Crust= Mashed lentils, not too dry, flavored with browned flour and chopped onion, a little sage also if desired, with universal crust. Serve with sauce 1, 16, 43 or 53. A rich pastry crust may be used. =Mashed Peas--Macaroni or Vermicelli= Cook macaroni or vermicelli with garlic, or onion and garlic. Put into thick cream sauce and serve around rocky mound of mashed peas. =Creamed Beans= 1 pint white beans 1 tablespn. butter 1 tablespn. flour 1 large cup milk 1 teaspn. salt 2 eggs crumbs Cook and mash beans according to directions for mashed lentils; add salt, and cream sauce made with butter, flour and milk; then eggs beaten. Turn into oiled baking dish, sprinkle with crumbs, bake a delicate brown, serve at once. The