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

strainer and mix to a smooth paste with Improved Mayonnaise dressing (flavored with onion or garlic if desired), fill the whites and press the halves together. Lay in nests of shredded lettuce dotted with the dressing. Or, rub whites through strainer, place around the inside of nests of shredded lettuce; mix yolks with dressing, shape into small eggs and place in nests. =Shirred Eggs= Butter and crumb individual dishes, break 1 or 2 eggs into each, set over pan of hot water in oven and bake until eggs are set. The dish may be rubbed with a cut clove of garlic. If preferred, sprinkle oiled griddle with crumbs, set buttered muffin rings on it, pressing them down firmly, and drop an egg into each ring. Bake. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, serve on toast with any desired sauce. =Scrambled Eggs.= Put oil in pan and heat very hot but not smoking. Turn in eggs which have been broken and salted but not beaten. As they set, draw carefully from the bottom of the pan with a spoon without turning over. When all are set but not hard, slide quickly (leaving the shining side up) on to a plate or platter. The dish must be all ready, as a moment’s delay will overcook the eggs. _Another Way_--Take from 1 teaspn. to 1 tablespn. of water (never milk) for each egg; beat, and scramble as above. Do not stir, just draw the eggs from the bottom of the pan. Cream may be used but the flavor is inferior to the water scramble. Nut cream may be used instead of water. =To Scramble a Large Quantity of Eggs= Break 3 or 4 dozens of eggs into an oiled agate or aluminum kettle, add salt and water, beat slightly and set kettle into hot water. Stir occasionally at first, then more often as eggs begin to set. Do not try to keep warm long, but make fresh lots as required. =★ Tomato Scrambled Eggs= Take ¾-1 teaspn. thick tomato pulp to each egg, with salt. May flavor with onion. =★ Sour Milk Scrambled Eggs= 1