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

tender 15-20 m., add a little salt to the water and finish cooking. They should be just tender, not soft when done. They will take about 20-25 m. cooking in all, never over 30 m. Drain thoroughly. Serve with sauce 75, 34, 28 or 29 or with 16 made of cocoanut or dairy milk. On toast, with egg cream sauce like asparagus, they are especially nice. Sprinkle chopped parsley in the sauce. =Egg Plant= Egg plant belongs to the family of the deadly night-shade, the same as the potato, tomato, peppers and tobacco, and contains an irritating principle which should be removed by thorough parboiling when used. =Egg Plant in Batter= Cut egg-plant into ½-¾ in. slices, put into a large quantity of cold water, heat to boiling and boil 5 m.; drain, repeat the process, add salt to the third water and boil until just tender; drain thoroughly. Drop spoonfuls of the following batter on well oiled griddle or dripping pan, lay on slices of the egg plant and cover with the batter. Brown delicately on both sides on the griddle or bake in a quick oven to a delicate brown. Serve at once. _Batter_-- 2 tablespns. oil or melted butter 3 tablespns. flour 1½ cup boiling water 2 eggs ⅓ teaspn. salt 5 tablespns. stale graham bread crumbs, or enough to make a batter of the right consistency Heat oil (without browning), add flour, stir smooth, add water, stirring; when smooth, remove from fire, add beaten eggs, salt and crumbs. =Greens= One of the many advantages that the country dweller has over those who live in the city is the great variety of “greens,” as we call the edible weeds, nearly all of which are superior in flavor to the much prized spinach. There is _narrow or sour dock_, easily distinguished from the broad-leaved (which is not edible) by its long, slender leaf curled on the edges; the _dandelion_, which should be gathered before the buds appear or at least when they are just peeping out, as the greens are bitter when the buds are well developed; _milkweed_,