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

⅔ cup orange juice 5-6 tablespns. lemon juice Boil sugar and water to syrup; cool, add orange and lemon juice, strain. If desired, flavor with oil of orange. =Boiled Dressing with Cornstarch= I insert this dressing with many apologies for the cornstarch, which as we know, is entirely out of place in a salad dressing, and trust that it will be used in emergencies only when eggs are very scarce. 2 cups water ½ cup corn starch 2 teaspns. salt 3 eggs or 4 yolks ½ cup lemon juice Boil salt and water, add the cornstarch which has been stirred smooth with cold water; boil up, add beaten eggs and lemon juice; beat well, cool. UNCOOKED DRESSINGS =French Dressing= Suitable for vegetables, apples, tomatoes, eggs, legumes and nut foods. The proportions of lemon juice and oil in this dressing vary from 1 part of lemon juice to 4 parts of oil, to equal parts of each, and in extreme cases to the use of four or five times as much lemon juice as of oil according to the ingredients of the salad and individual taste, but the proportions most generally used are the following: ¼-½ teaspn. salt 3 tablespns. oil 1 tablespn. lemon juice Mix salt and oil well, add lemon juice slowly, stirring, pour over salad, serve at once. If flavorings are used, mix them with the salt and oil before adding the lemon juice. My experience is that this method of combining the ingredients gives the best results. A bit of ice may be added while stirring, but if ingredients and utensils are ice cold it will not be necessary. =Orange French Dressing= Let orange juice stand for a few moments with thin shavings from the outside of the rind in it, strain and combine with the salt and oil as above, using equal quantities of oil and orange juice or only ½ as much of the juice. Serve over sliced apples or tomatoes. =Grape French Dressing= Equal quantities of grape and lemon juice with salt and a small proportion of oil. Delightful over apples, oranges, grape fruit,