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

heat, strain through coarse strainer, if necessary. If the milk is not rich a little butter may be added just before serving. Browned coarse crumbs (fine croutons) may be sprinkled over the dish with which the sauce is served. Flavor sauce with onion, onion and sage, chives, celery salt, or onion and parsley, sometimes. =33 Bread and Bean Sauce--Sister Elsie’s= 1 cup mashed beans ¼-½ cup bread crumbs (from salt rising bread if you have it) 1½ cup rich milk 1 teaspn. flour salt 1 tablespn. butter if desired Milk from raw nut butter gives another sauce. =34 Drawn Butter= 1½-2 tablespns. butter 1 tablespn. flour 1 cup boiling water salt Rub butter and flour together, pour boiling water over, heat to boiling, remove from fire and add salt; or, follow directions for sauce with roux. VARIATIONS OF DRAWN BUTTER =35 Cream=--Use 1¼ cup milk instead of water in preceding recipe. =36 Tomato=--Use ¼-½ cup of strained tomato, and water to make 1¼ cup, in drawn butter. Flavor with onion if desired. =37 Egg=--Chopped or sliced hard boiled eggs in drawn butter. =38 Sour=--½ to 1 tablespn. lemon juice to each cup of liquid in drawn butter. =39 Onion=--Add crushed boiled onions to drawn butter. Use sometimes 1¼-1½ tablespn. browned flour No. 1, instead of white flour. May simmer (without browning) sliced or chopped raw onion in butter before adding flour. =40 Drawn Butter Sauce= Add ½ cup of cream to plain drawn butter. =41 Emerald Parsley Sauce= Add 3-4 tablespns. chopped parsley to drawn butter of 1 pt. of water. 2 or 3 teaspns. lemon juice may be added, also a little mint and sugar sometimes. A nice way to prepare the parsley is to wash it well and boil 10 m. in salted water, drain, chop and bruise to a pulp. Milk with less flour may be used for the sauce. =42 Tarragon Sauce= Substitute finely-chopped fresh tarragon for parsley in preceding recipe. Use a little lemon juice if desired. =★ 43 Sauce for Meat and Vegetable Pies= Rub together 5 tablespns. oil or melted butter and 5