This section is from the book "Mrs. Allen's Cook Book", by Mrs. Ida C. Bailey Allen. See also: The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat.
2 cupfuls well-seasoned fluffy mashed potatoes 1 tablespoonful butter Few grains mace
3 eggs
1 teaspoonful powdered parsley (optional)
Melt the butter in the baking dish; beat together the egg yolks, potato, mace and parsley. Then fold in the egg whites beaten stiff. Brown in a quick oven. One-half cupful of grated cheese may be added to this mixture if desired.
1 pint yellow bean pulp
4 eggs
Few drops onion juice
1/4 teaspoonful celery salt Few grains pepper
Beat the egg yolks well. Add the seasonings and combine with the bean pulp. Beat the whites stiff, fold them into the first mixture, and pile lightly into well-oiled ramekin dishes. Bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
1 cupful stewed tomatoes 4 tablespoonfuls flour
2 tablespoonfuls butter on savory drippings
1 teaspoonful salt 1/8 teaspoonful pepper 5 eggs
Melt the butter, stir in the flour and seasonings, and gradually add the tomato. Separate the eggs, beat the yolks well, combine with the tomato and whip the egg whites till stiff; fold into them the tomato mixture, turn into well-oiled ramekin dishes, and bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
1/2 cupful minced cooked spinach 2 tablespoonfuls butter 2 tablespoonfuls flour 1 teaspoonful salt Few grains mace'
1 cupful milk
2 tablespoonfuls chopped raw prunes
4 tablespoonfuls chopped cashew nuts or pecans
5 eggs
Make a white sauce of the butter, flour, mace, salt and milk. Add the prunes, spinach and nuts, and mix well; add the egg yolks beaten light, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Pour into a buttered baking dish or ramekins, and bake according to general directions for cooking souffles.
2 tablespoonfuls butter
2 tablespoonfuls flour 1 cupful milk
1 cupful chicken stock
1/2 cupful soft bread crumbs
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoonful salt
1/8 teaspoonful paprika
1/8 teaspoonful celery salt 1/2 teaspoonful powdered parsley (optional)
2 cupfuls minced chicken
Make a sauce of the butter, flour, milk and stock; add the bread crumbs and seasonings, then the chicken, and pour into the egg yolks well-beaten. Fold in the whites beaten dry and bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
2 1/2 tablespoonfuls butter 2 tablespoonfuls flour
2 cupfuls milk
1/2 cupful bread crumbs
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoonful salt
Few grains cayenne
1/2 teaspoonful scraped onion
(juice) Few grains mace 2 cupfuls finely-flaked cooked halibut
Make a sauce of the butter, flour, milk and seasonings; add the crumbs and fish, pour into the egg yolks well-beaten, fold in the stiffly-beaten whites and bake according to general directions. Cooked haddock, codfish or bluefish may be substituted for the halibut.
Make according to the recipe for halibut souffle, substituting salmon.
Make according to the recipe for halibut souffle, omitting the onion, and adding the juice of one-quarter of a lemon. Crabflakes may be substituted for the lobster.
1 cupful shredded salt codfish
2 tablespoonfuls flour
2 tablespoonfuls butter, oleomargarine or savory drippings
1/4 teaspoonful pepper
3 eggs
1 teaspoonful minced pars ley 2 cupfuls milk 1 cupful soft bread crumbs 1/4 teaspoonful onion juice
Make a white sauce of the butter, flour and milk.
Freshen the codfish, rinse well, then add to the sauce with the seasonings and crumbs. Separate the eggs, and beat the yolks light. Stir into the mixture, fold in the whites beaten stiff, and pour into a well-oiled baking dish. Bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
3 eggs
1/2 tablespoonful lemon juice
3 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar 1/2 tablespoonful butter
Heat a baking dish, first putting the butter in it; when the latter melts, tip the dish so that it will oil the sides thoroughly. Separate the eggs and beat the yolks till lemon-colored. Add to them the sugar and lemon juice. Beat the whites stiff and dry, fold in the yolk mixture, heap into the baking dish, sprinkle with a little additional sugar, and bake gently until puffy and brown, according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
3/4 cupful finely-chopped, cooked figs, and a little juice
1/3 cupful sugar
2 tablespoonfuls corn starch
1/2 tablespoonful lemon juice
Few grains salt
4 eggs
Grated lemon rind
Heat the figs, add the corn starch, sugar and salt well-mixed, and bring to boiling point. Turn in the lemon juice. Pour this mixture into the egg yolks beaten light, and fold in the egg whites beaten stiff. Bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
3 tablespoonfuls butter 3 tablespoonfuls corn starch 1/2 cupful strong black coffee 1/2 cupful rich milk or cream
1/3 cupful sugar Few grains salt 4 eggs 1/3 teaspoonful vanilla
Make a sauce of the butter, flour, milk and coffee, add the salt and sugar, and pour into the egg yolks well-beaten. Fold in the egg whites whipped stiff, and bake according to the general directions for cooking souffles.
 
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