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

teaspn. salt 3 tablespns. almond or other nut butter rubbed smooth with 1 qt. of water Cook, stirring often, in oven or on top of stove until creamy, then brown. May flavor just before it is done. =“Indian” Rice Pudding= 2 tablespns. rice ½ cup molasses ½ teaspn. salt 2 qts. milk Bake in slow oven 4 or 5 hours, stirring. =★ Emeline’s Indian Pudding= ⅞ cup Rhode Island meal (⅔ granular) ½ cup molasses ⅓-½ cup sugar 1½ teaspn. salt 2 qts. skimmed milk The older the milk without being sour, the better. Mix salt, sugar, molasses and flour together in pudding dish and pour over them stirring 3 pts. of the milk boiling. Set dish in oven, pour the remaining pint of milk, cold, into the pudding without stirring; cover and bake very slowly for 3 or 4 hrs. Cool pudding before dipping into it, to allow the jelly to set. Serve another day warm or cold, plain, or with cream whipped or plain. The pudding may be baked for an hour before the cold milk is poured in. Add 1 qt. rich sweet apples, in eighths, or stoned dates with or without grated cocoanut, sometimes. =Mrs. Hinsdale’s Indian Pudding= 2 qts. water 3½-4 cups granular meal 1½ cup raisins salt Stir meal gradually, with wire batter whip, into rapidly boiling, salted water, add the raisins, turn into well oiled mold, cover and steam 3-5 hrs; serve hot with maple syrup, cream and sugar, or hard sauce. In early days it was served with molasses. The pudding may be sweetened and served with cream only. It should be stiff enough to slice well. Chopped or broken nuts may be added for variety. =Graham Porridge Pudding= Take ½ or ¾ milk and ½ or ¼ water, add sugar and salt, stir in gradually graham flour till thick, cook in double boiler 1 hr. or longer; serve warm with cream, nut or dairy, or mold and serve cold with sweet fruit sauce or cream. Omit sugar and serve with honey, maple syrup or molasses or with molasses sauce. =Blanc Mange=