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

Milk Soups Bisques Chowders Purees Our Famous Soups Fruit Soups Soup Garnishes and Accompaniments ENTREES 109 TRUE MEATS 139 Nuts and Nut Foods Trumese Trumese Dishes Nutmese Nutmese Dishes Trumese and Nutmese Dishes Roasts Legumes Eggs MUSHROOMS 216 STUFFINGS AND DRESSINGS 221 MEAT AND VEGETABLE GRAVIES AND SAUCES 223 VEGETABLES 237 CHESTNUTS 271 SALADS 273 Secrets of Success Cooked Dressings Uncooked Dressings True Meat Salads Vegetable Salads Fruit Salads PUDDINGS WITHOUT EGGS 294 PUDDINGS WITH EGGS 309 PUDDING SAUCES 324 GELATINE--VEGETABLE 335 PIES 347 CAKES 370 Icings and Fillings ICE CREAM AND FRUIT ICES 402 CEREALS 409 MACARONI 419 BREADS--LEAVENED 424 BREADS--UNLEAVENED, WITHOUT CHEMICALS 445 SANDWICHES 465 MILK, CREAM, BUTTER AND CHEESE 473 DRINKS 479 INVALID FOODS 486 CONFECTIONS 488 MEALS AND MENUS 493 PICNIC AND TRAVELLING LUNCHES 504 GENERAL COOKING UTENSILS, THEIR USES AND CARE “A good housekeeper without perfected kitchen conveniences is as much of an anomaly as a carpenter without a plane, a dressmaker without a sewing machine.”--_Anonym._ What would we think of the farmer who to-day was cutting his hay with a scythe and reaping his grain with a cradle because he could not “afford” a reaper and mower? While we should be able to adapt ourselves to circumstances, to improvise double boilers, steamers and ovens when necessary, it is at the same time true economy to have an abundance of cooking utensils if possible. A half dozen saucepans will last six times as long as one used for everything and save much valuable time. “To many people, anything out of the usual custom is deemed extravagant.” This I suppose accounts for the fact that many housewives who have beautifully furnished parlors and wear fine clothing cannot afford conveniences for the kitchen. The room in which is prepared the “food to sustain life and nourish brain, bone and muscle,” should be the most attractive place in the house, and it will be when arranged and furnished for convenience. I can think of nothing more interesting than a kitchen with the frequently used utensils decorating the walls where they can be reached with few steps; and such