Mazdaznan encyclopedia of dietetics and home cook book

Particularly field corn, raw or boiled for three minutes, is an excellent regulator. STUFFED TOMATOES. Take fresh tomatoes, scoop out the middle, mash up fine and put thru colander. Put into bowl to make a stuffing by adding chopped nuts, onions, hard-boiled eggs, finely-cut parsley, flaked rice, salt and pepper to suit taste and stir into a paste. Then fill your tomatoes with the stuffing and bake. May be served without baking upon lettuce leaves garnished with cress and nasturtiums. VEGETABLE DISH. As In the mixed dish, you can make use of any canned vegetables and combining two or three, heating the cans before opening them, you can prepare ever so many nice dishes. Asparagus, mushrooms and green beans make an ideal combination, especially when served with mint or lettuce leaves sprinkled with green onions or celery. MUSHROOM DELICACY. Arrange in a buttered casserole alternate layers uncooked mushrooms, bits of butter, seasonings of salt and pepper, cream and fine buttered crumbs. Let the first layer be the buttered crumbs. Pour in a little more cream, cover and bake forty-five minutes. Uncover, brown slightly and serve from the dish. CUCUMBERS Are of value for salads, and should be used only when prepared as such. They contain no nutriment, but are very cooling to the blood when served with lemon juice, but not vinegar. DANDELION. Prepare same as spinach. Its blood-purifying properties are many. BOILED ONIONS. Peel onions and put in covered saucepan with cold water and boil one hour. When done, add one tablespoonful chopped parsley, and a little flour mixed with sweet milk; boil five minutes, then serve. Young or old onions may be used, as preferred. SPINACH. Wash desired quantity of spinach, boil for ten minutes; pour off the water; add fresh boiling water and boil for one hour, or until tender. Add a little salt, lemon juice, and olive oil to taste. Do not mix butter or other animal oils with spinach. It will, in many instances, cause severe de- rangements of the stomach, and often cholera morbus. Spinach is a valuable blood purifier, and should be eaten whenever desired. Indispensible in cancer troubles. STUFFED EGG PLANT. Wash a good-sized egg plant, put in kettle, cover with boiling water, to which has been added a little salt, and boil twenty minutes. Cut lengthwise into halves and carefully take out the insides, leaving wall three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Mix the pulp just removed with one-fourth cupful cracker-dust, one-half cupful chopped or ground almonds, one tablespoonful olive oil, and a little salt. If the mixture is too dry, add a little milk. Fill the shells, heaping them up, sprinkle over a small quantity cracker-dust, put in baking dish, set in brisk oven and bake until top Is nicely browned, then serve. Egg plants may be cut in slices, soaked one hour in strong salt water, rolled in beaten egg and cracker-dust, fried in oil, then served. This vegetable has good food value and may be eaten at all times. OYSTER PLANT. After scraping, cut crosswise in thin slices ; put In sufficient water to cover and stew until quite tender. Add a little milk, olive oil and salt. May be served with toast if desired. POTATOES