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

rub with soft pieces of paper or a cloth after using, and occasionally scour them with salt. Do not wash them. Keep in warm, dry place. Omelets should be served immediately, when made. =Plain French Omelet= 3 eggs 1-3 tablespns. water ½ teaspn. salt Beat. Have butter or oil in pan to well cover the bottom. Heat hot, but not to smoking or brownness. Turn the eggs in and with a spatula (or a thin bladed knife) lift the set portions, allowing the liquid part to run underneath. When all is set, jelly-like, not hard, roll quickly from one side into the form, as one writer says, of an “oval cushion.” Hold omelet for a moment over the fire to take a delicate cream color underneath. Turn on to a hot platter, the under side up, garnish and serve. If an omelet is quite thick it may be folded over just double. It should be a little soft on the top before folding. The perfect shape is higher in the center and pointed at the ends. Olive oil, in the pan, gives a flavor much enjoyed by many. If the oven is just right, setting the pan in the oven a moment before or after folding puffs the omelet nicely. The plain omelet may be varied by mixing some garnish with the eggs and spreading it over the top before folding, or serving it around the omelet on the platter. When the material is to be folded in, leave the center of the omelet a little thinner. Accompaniments to omelets must be well seasoned and flavored. Sweet omelets with fruits make nice desserts or luncheon dishes. =Omelet Variations= =Apple and Onion=--Garnish omelet with apple and onion sauce. =Apricot=--Stewed, dried apricots folded in omelet. =Asparagus=--Season asparagus tips with butter and salt; lay between folds of omelet and on the top, or, pile at one side of the omelet. The butter may be omitted and a rich cream or egg cream sauce poured over the tips and around the omelet. =★ Banana Cream=--Heat, do not boil cream and sugar; add banana cut