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

2-3 tablespns. cream with milk to make 1¼-1½ qt. of soup, salt, and chopped parsley. Finely-sliced celery may be used in place of onion. For parsnip soup substitute parsnip for half or all of the potato. =Vegetable Soup--Milk= 1½ tablespn. oil, or 2 tablespns. melted butter 4 tablespns. finely-sliced celery 2½ tablespns. chopped cabbage 2½ tablespns. chopped carrot 2 medium sized onions sliced thin scant ½ cup stale bread crumbs 2 cups boiling water 1½ cup milk salt 1 tablespn. parsley Simmer, but do not brown, vegetables in oil 10-20 m., add boiling water and bread crumbs and cook till vegetables are very tender. Rub through colander or not as preferred. Add milk, salt and parsley. Reheat. If too thick add more milk or water. Soup may be thickened slightly with pastry or rice flour instead of crumbs. =Mayflower Soup= 3 level tablespns (¼ cup) raw nut butter or meal 1 cup each tomato, onion and corn 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespn. butter 1-1½ tablespn. flour 1 qt. milk salt ½ teaspn. celery salt Cook nut butter, onion and garlic in salted water; when tender add tomato and corn; heat. Rub butter and flour together, pour hot milk over gradually, stirring. Boil up well, combine with vegetables, add salt and celery salt, and if necessary, water to thin. A little cream may be used in place of butter, but the soup is excellent without either. =★ Oyster Bay Soup= 1 qt. sliced oyster plant (about 20 roots, 3 bunches or less) 1-1½ pt. chopped cabbage 1 pt. milk ¼-½ pt. cream 1-1½ tablespn. flour 2-2½ teaspns. salt ½-1 teaspn. olive oil Cook oyster plant in 1½ pt. water; when nearly tender, add salt. Cook cabbage till tender (20-25 m.), in so little water that it will be nearly dry when done. Add milk, heat, strain; add liquid from oyster plant. There should be 3 pts. of liquid in all. Boil, stir in flour rubbed smooth with the oil and part of the cold milk. Boil up well. Add cooked oyster plant. Heat. Do not make too thick. The flour may