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

mushrooms in water 5-10 m. Add more water if necessary and heavy cream; thicken with flour to the consistency of heavy cream. Add salt and a few cooked caps if desired, or, from 1-3 caps may be placed in each dish when the soup is served. This soup cannot be improved upon. =★ Boundary Castle Soup= Add sufficient water with salt to Boundary Castle sauce to make of the consistency of soup. Very delicious. Directions for canning and drying mushrooms pp. 71 and 72. STUFFINGS AND DRESSINGS The quantity of liquid, if any, must be determined by the purpose the dressing is to be used for and the dryness of the ingredients. As a rule, dressings are better without eggs. Dressings may sometimes be put over the top of suitable meat pies for the crust. They may also be put into the bottom of a well oiled tin or pudding dish with slices of or minced nut meat or mashed legumes on top, baked and inverted on a platter or chop tray for serving; garnished with halves of nut meats, accompanied of course with a suitable gravy. Whole pine nuts, or broken nuts of different kinds may sometimes be used in stuffings. =Simple Dressing= Dip slices of stale bread into salted hot water quickly. Lay them in a baking tin and sprinkle delicately with powdered leaf sage or savory. When a sufficient number of layers is prepared, sprinkle with crumbs and a little more water if necessary. Bake in a quick oven about 20 m., or until browned over the top. Serve on a platter with some ragout over it. Or, bake in a pudding dish and send to the table to be served with the meat dish with gravy. =Savory Dressing= Crumbs, egg or not, butter or oil, parsley, thyme, sage, summer savory, onion juice and salt. =Danish Dressing= 3 large tart apples, chopped 1 cup cooked rice 3 chopped onions ½ cup dry bread crumbs 1 cup English currants a very little thyme, sage or savory salt a little melted butter hot water if necessary =Onion and Parsley