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1917

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Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
coffee, glucose, sugar, cream, or milk, but is a pure product of tropical fruits and nuts. It can be used in any way in which cocoa or chocolate h employed. C. A. L. NUT AMBROSIA. A preparation similar to malted nuts in composition but treated in such a manner as to produce a crisp, crusty mass with a vich nutty flavor, Veritably the daintiest and most delicious food product ever discovered It melts in the mouth, comforts the stomach, and makes fat and blood with great rapidity. One-half pound to a pound per day h a not uncommon gain in weight on using. Ambrosia dissolves in hot or cold water. P. E. F. PROTOSE. Vegetable meat. It resembles animal food in appearance and com- position, but is far more nourishing. D. B. M. NUT SOUP STOCK. This consists of the concentrated, soluble portions of choice nuts and is a perfect substitute for meat stocks. Can be used by itself or with vegetable products. It may be used just as extract of beef is.* Dissolve in hot or cold water. Add the water sloWly at first, one part stock to ten of water. M. A. B. SALTED ALMONDS. Warm an ounce of butter in a baking pan and when it is quite hot throw in a pound of blanched and dried almonds, sprinkle with salt and put in a hot oven; when they begin to assume a fine delicate brown and the salt adheres pour them on a sieve and leave till cold. Serve cold on small dish. Walnuts, pecan nuts, peanuts, and others can be prepared in the same way. W. T. M. CHESTNUT CROQUETTES. Shell four dozen chestnuts, put into a stew-pan with enough water to uover. Boil thirty minutes. Drain and pound the nuts until very fine; 452 NUTS AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET, add one tablespoonful of butter and pound until well mixed; add another tablespoonful of butter and pound ten minutes, then add a little salt, one-half pint of cream, a little at a time. When all is worked rub the mixture through a sieve. Beat three eggsChestnut Croquettes until light and stir into that which has been strained. Place in a double boiler and cook eight min- utes, stirring constantly. It should by this time be smooth and thick, if the water in the outer boiler has been boiling rapidly. When cold, butter the hands and mold into balls. Dip into a beaten egg, then into bread- crumbs; fry one and one-half minutes. Serve hot. M. W. T. CHESTNUT SALAD. Shell, blanch and boil until tender as many chestnuts as needed. Drain and set aside to cool. Boil two eggs hard. Arrange lettuce in a salad bowl, pvt the chestnuts over and then a dressing made of lemon juice, olive oil, salt and a pinch of sugarChestnut Salad. Hold a small sieve over the salad, grate over the chestnuts the yolk of the ^gg and over all lay the white of the egg cut In rings. Emma Brooks. THEIR IMPORTANCE. IT MAY seem superfluous to give directions about the cooking of vege- tables, for to many housewives it is the simplest matter in the world to wash and cook them in scores of appetizing ways. Yet, now that vege- tables are beginning to form the main diet of hundreds of thinking men and women, it is not out of place to learn that more is involved in their cooking than sometimes seems. Even the potato, with which all are familiar, when brought to the table in a sticky, soggy condition, will neither gladden the eye, tempt the appetite, nor furnish the nourishment it other- wise would.