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

to keep the dish from touching the bottom of the pan, and leave over the fire until the white is set. =Poached Beaten Eggs= Beat eggs to a foam with water, or any desired addition, and cook in steam poacher. =Creamed Eggs= Break eggs into a shallow baking dish, cover with thin cream and bake in a moderate oven; sprinkle with salt and dot with parsley leaves before serving. Or, bake or steam singly in ramekins or custard cups. Rye bread crumbs may be sprinkled in the bottom of the dish and over the eggs for variety, also ground pine nuts. =Rice with Poached Eggs= Steam rice in shallow dish; when done, make depressions for the required number of eggs; break one into each hollow, set dish in steamer for 2 m., or till whites are set, sprinkle with chopped parsley and send to table. Creamed potatoes may be substituted for rice sometimes, and either may be baked in the oven by covering with a pan. =Poached Eggs--Creamed Celery= Put nicely poached eggs on rounds of toast and arrange in a circle on a chop tray; fill the center with celery in cream sauce. Garnish with leaves of spinach. =Hard Boiled Eggs= Put eggs into warm water, bring to just below the boiling point, 200 degs. and keep at that temperature for about 30 m. Drop for a moment into cold water before removing the shells. Or, when necessary, boil rapidly for 10-20 m. Hard eggs agree with some stomachs better than soft ones. =Italian Eggs= Cut hard boiled eggs in halves lengthwise, lay on to cutlets of corn meal porridge and pour Italian sauce around. =Creamed Eggs on Toast= Serve halves or quarters or slices of hard boiled eggs on toast with cream sauce, plain, or flavored with celery or onion, with chopped parsley sprinkled over. Plain or tomato drawn butter may be substituted for cream sauce. =Eggs and Macaroni= Cook macaroni in 2-in. lengths, in salted water with onion and garlic or garlic only. Drain and arrange in nest fashion on chop tray. Lay whole, shelled eggs in