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

whole wheat or Boston brown bread or crackers. Spread on slices of rye bread (made with or without caraway), with pecan meats between, with or without celery. =Boston Brown Bread=--Whipped cream, butter or oil (not forgetting salt); sliced cucumbers. Brazil nut, almond or pine nut butter may be used. Roasted peanut butter and sliced figs or dates. =Spinach=--Tender fresh leaves, cut fine, a few delicate whole ones around edge, with any preferred dressing. =Celery=--Brazil nut butter on bread or crackers; sliced, crisp celery between. =Tomato=--Thin slices of tomato between slices of bread spread with improved mayonnaise dressing. A little chopped onion sometimes. =Cucumber=--Substitute cucumber for tomato in above. =Mayonnaise=--Improved--Flavor with onion, chives, parsley, fresh thyme or tarragon, or combinations of same and spread on bread or crackers. =Onion=--Slice fine, let stand in ice water ½ hour or more, changing water 2 or 3 times. Drain and dry in clean towel and place with parsley leaves between slices of bread spread with mayonnaise dressing, or nut or dairy butter or salted oil. =Carrot and Celery, or Onion=--Grated raw carrot and fine sliced celery or onion, French or mayonnaise dressing. =Scented--Clover=--Place blossoms in bottom of tureen, lay on loaf of bread from which the crusts have been trimmed and cover with blossoms. Cover and set in cool place for 12 hours or longer. Wrap butter in cheese cloth and put into another dish the same way. These sandwiches are simply bread and butter. Mignonnette, violets, nasturtiums, rose leaves or any highly scented flowers or leaves may be used. =Brown and White=--Lay together three slices of buttered white bread and two of graham or rye, alternating. Set in cold place with gentle pressure for an hour or more. Slice to serve. =Sweet--Better than Cake=--Spread crackers or thin universal biscuit with butter and honey. English walnuts, raisins, sugar, white of egg, vanilla; put between crackers and heat in oven. Brazil nuts, pecans or almonds, with figs or dates. Orange pulp, shredded mint, sugar, sweet dressing or whipped cream. Grated or desiccated cocoanut, moistened with cream, with sliced or ground dates, figs or raisins and