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Practical vegetarian cookery
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cheese; season as before; whip two eggs to a froth and beat into one pint of milk; pour it over the bread and cheese mixture and bake a delicate brown; serve hot. CHEESE WAFERS. Take a quarter of a pound each of flour, butter, and grated cheese; mix them thoroughly with one quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper. Mix with yolk of egg and water to a smooth stiff paste; roll this out to the thickness of half an inch, then cut into pieces about three inches long and one inch wide. Bake these until they are lightly browned, and serve them as hot as possible. CHEESE CUSTARDS. Six tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, two of butter, four eggs, one cupful of milk with a teaspoonful of corn starch stirred into it, salt and pepper to taste. Beat the eggs very light and pour upon them the heated milk (with a pinch of soda), having thickened with the corn starch. While warm add butter, pepper, salt and cheese. Beat well and pour into greased custard-cups. Bake in a quick oven about fifteen minutes, or until high and brown. Serve at once, as a separate course, with bread and butter, after soup, or before serving dessert. SALAD DRESSINGS, AND SALADS. CREAM DRESSING. To one pint of boiling cream, add two ounces of flour, stirred to a smooth paste with two ounces of butter; cook two minutes. Remove from sauce pan and add one ounce more of butter, stirring until cool and perfectly mixed; then season to taste with lemon juice, salt, pepper, and mustard (blending the mustard first in a little lemon juice). Add sliced olives; or, if preferred, use one tablespoonful of chopped parsley and one half teaspoonful of finely chopped onion; the olives are best with cabbage, and onion and parsley with mixed salads. PLAIN DRESSING. Beat one egg very light; add one tablespoonful of vinegar and cook in double boiler until thick; place one tablespoonful of butter in a bowl and pour the hot custard over it; beat until smooth, then add mustard and salt to taste--one half
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