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

a tin can, something deep and small around. Of course the cream and utensils should be very cold. Stop whipping while cream is smooth, before it begins to have any rough appearance. =Scalded, Devonshire or Clotted Cream= Let milk stand undisturbed in a cool, well ventilated place for 12 hours in summer, 24 in winter. Then set the pan carefully in some place over the fire where it will heat very slowly almost to the boiling point; it must not boil. (It is better to set the pan in water which will come up on the sides as high as the milk.) Let stand again in a cool place for 12 hours or until thoroughly cooled. Divide with a knife into squares, and skim by folding these squares over and over in rolls. Set in a cool place. This is a most delightful substitute for butter on bread, and it may also be used with cereals and fruits. The cream may be placed by skimmerfuls in layers on a plate instead of being rolled. USES OF SOUR CREAM WITHOUT SODA Sour cream may be used without soda in--Pie Crust; Shortcake Crust; Dumplings for Pot Pies; Steamed Puddings, and all places where universal crust is used; Salad Dressings in all places where sweet cream is used; Soups, just before serving; Stewed Cabbage and Stewed Tomatoes; Gravy; Macaroni; Cottage Cheese--much better than sweet cream; Dominion Salad Dressing; Crackers; Cream Lemon Sauce; Lemon Cream Sauce; Sauce Antique; Pie Filling and Cake Fillings. With Green Peas, mixed with a little flour before putting it in, it can not be distinguished from sweet cream; and the same with all vegetables with which I have tried it excepting string beans: in those it tastes a little tart. It may be poured over Trumese in half-loaves or in slices to bake; and Whipped, when the slight tartness is desirable. CHEESE The process of “ripening” in cheese is a process of decay, and poisonous ptomaines are often developed. I have no doubt but it would be better if cheese were never taken into the human stomach. Our Father