Friends are still asking for vegetarian menus. Here is what we had for six o'clock dinner on a recent Sunday, as noted by the editor of this department:

HOW TO PREPARE THE DISHES.

Last month we promised to let you know how the dishes served at the "Big Doings" were prepared; so here we give you, in as few words as possible, the essential points in the preparation of these delicious viands. All of these dishes can be cooked in the usual way. The point we wish to bring out is that no animal fats or meats need be used to help the taste of vegetables. Many people have the idea that vegetables need meat to flavor them, but we assure you that vegetables properly cooked and seasoned with oil do not lack good taste in any way, and are more easily prepared than those in which meat is used. You will also find dishwashing much easier when vegetables are cooked in this way.

Mashed Potatoes. Put pealed and cleaned salted boiling water and boil till done. Drain dry. oil, or any kind of cooking oil, and season to taste. usual way.

potatoes into Add Wesson Mash in the

Peanut Roast. After peanuts have been roasted and shelled. remove the brown skin and grind them fine in a food chopper, (These food choppers can be purchased at any hardware store for a small cost, and are very useful in preparing many dishes.) To one pint of ground peanuts add one-half pint of cold water, and soak over night. Next morning add one pint of cracker crumbs, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of flour. Salt and pepper to taste. The eggs can be left out, and when they are, it will make the roast drier. Bake in a slow oven for two hours. little Spanish peanuts are best for this purpose.

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Brown Gravy. Take three tablespoonfuls of oil and heat in skillet to boiling point, then stir in one tablespoonful of flour; brown it thoroughly, and add one pint of hot water. Pepper and salt to taste. This gravy is fine to serve with the roast or to put over potatoes. The gravy can be flavored by putting in a handful of roasted peanuts, ground or whole, while gravy is browning. Rice Balls. Boil rice dry, and make into patties with the hands.

Parker House Rolls. Are made as per directions in any cook book, using vegetable oil in place of animal grease.

Fruit Salad. Select good tart apples and good celery. Chip in small pieces. Two parts apples to one of celery. Add preserved cherries if desired; also put in chopped nuts of any kind excepting peanuts. Mix the whole thoroughly with mayonnaise dressing made as given in the cook-book, using vegetable oil. Olive oil is best for this purpose.

French Peas with Carrots. Peel and chop fine the carrots and cook them until tender. Heat French canned peas thoroughly with a little oil and seasoning. When ready to serve, put the carrots and peas together.

Peanut Butter. Grind roasted and shelled peanuts very fine by running them through the food chopper several times, add salt and just a dash of prepared mustard. This can be thinned by working in a little water. This is fine spread on bread, or used to make sandwiches. It is often made by simply grinding the peanuts very fine and adding a little salt. In many cities it can be bought already made, in bulk or in bottles.

Lima Beans. Boil until tender and season with oil and pepper and salt as desired.

The rest of the menu will need no explanation, for all are familiar with the articles and their preparation. In fact, all vegetable cooking is very simWe do not advocate ple, the simpler the better. the use of pepper, milk or eggs, although we do not keep them out of our diet list as carefully as we do all kinds of animal food, including fish, fowls, and oils and fats obtained by taking the life of animals.

A NEW THOUGHT MINCE PIE WITHOUT THE MEAT.

BY GRANDMA FILLMORE.

Take one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, one quarter pound of citron, about ten apples chopped fine and a teacup

ful of chopped nuts (any kind but peanuts). Add enough cider, or juice from spiced fruit, to wet this thoroughly. Then put in a cup of molasses and one pound of sugar. Salt and spice to taste. Be sure to think good thoughts while putting this all together, and say something like this, "The true substance of the Spirit I now put into this pie and it is good." Make this up several days before you intend to bake it, and put away in a stone jar to season. When baking add some broken crackers and cooking oil or butter. Proceed as with any pie. This pie will be a great addition to the Thanksgiving dinner.

We should be like one great family, and one good way to help each other, we think, would be for everyone who finds a good pure-food receipt, to send it here so that all may have the benefit of it. You may find a new way of cooking a certain vegetable or of preparing a new dish.

A subscriber asks this question: "Can hot bread, like whole-wheat muffins, gingerbread, Johnny-cake, etc., be made without eggs or milk? If so, can you tell me where I can procure the receipt?"

Here are some receipts which we think will be found invaluable to the lovers of warm breads, who do not care to use milk and eggs:

Muffins. One pint of water, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt, two tablespoonfuls of cooking oil, and flour to make a stiff batter. Drop in hot gem pans and bake in a quick oven. Corn meal or whole-wheat flour can be used in place of flour, if desired.

Gingerbread. Stir together one cup of molasses, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of cooking oil, one cup of boiling water, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder mixed with the flour, salt, and one teaspoonful each of cinnamon and ginger. Use enough flour to make a stiff batter. Drop in gem pans or bake in a loaf. When cooking oil is used in any receipt, be sure to use

plenty of salt.

Johnny Cake. Old Style. Sift one pint of Indian meal into a pan, make a hole in the middle and pour in a half pint of warm water, adding 1⁄2 teaspoonful of salt With a spoon, mix the meal and water gradually into a soft dough; stir it very briskly for a quarter of an hour or more, till it becomes light and spongy. Then spread the dough smoothly and evenly on a flat board. Prop the board up before an open fire; bake it well and cut in squares. Serve hot.

SCRIPTURE AUTHORITY FOR A VEGETARIAN.

And God said, Behold. I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in

which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be for meat: and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw everything that he had made and behold it was very good.Genesis 1:29-31.

To those who are asking for Scriptural authority for not eating meat, we cite the foregoing verses in the first chapter of Genesis, which is the first reference in the Bible to what man should eat. It is God's first command to man defining what his diet should be.

Man was told to have dominion over all animals, but he was not told to eat them. If we were trying to gain dominion over alcohol we would not see how much we could drink.

The animals were to eat the herbs also, but what strange state of affairs has taken place, that one beast devours another, and man swallows them all? Something is out of harmony with the great Divine Law, and it is man's duty, as one in dominion, to make it right. How is he going to do this? By setting the example. It will be through his efforts that the time will come when the lion and the lamb will lie down together.

If a man holds to thoughts of love, and then goes out and takes the life of a fellow-creature to satisfy a false appetite, his loving thoughts will be of little avail, for he sends forth ideas of killing, which counteract the ones of love.

Let us remember that the appetite is an animal which should be under the dominion of man. If we have a strong appetite, let us turn it toward spiritual things, and not toward the outer material desires.

We have heard it argued, and have had a number of examples cited to prove that if a man with a strong appetite for intoxicating beverages will stop eating meat, his desire for drink will vanish. Here we have two false tastes, one depending upon the other.

It has been told how a litter of bull dog puppies

were fed upon vegetables, and grew up with very kind and gentle dispositions.

In the Scriptures we are reminded that it is not what goes into a man's mouth, but what comes out of it that defiles him. This we believe to be ture, but surely it must be a defiling thought that will go forth to demand the life of a fellow creature.

Man is somehow beginning to feel the responsibility in bringing harmony to the world, and many people are falling in tune with the great harmony of love by thinking loving, true thoughts, and demonstrating this love toward all of God's creatures by leaving them outside of their stomachs. Let us all join in the procession immediately and save time, for it must come to pass that the law of love will prevail among all creatures sooner or later.

How can man expect to gain eternal life when he believes in death, and proves it by destroying life?

But some of us will say, "I do not take life. I would not kill a chicken for the world. The animals are dressed at the packing houses, and would be whether I lived or not."

We would say to those, You are an accessory, the same as one who uses stolen goods and knows them to be stolen, and are guilty under the law. Every time you eat a piece of meat you are creating a demand for just that amount. You are also sending forth thoughts that make active this demand. Others will say, "What will become of the animals if they are not killed off?"

To these we would answer, The Great Law of Harmony will adjust the matter as soon as it is given a chance.

In conclusion, we will say that the Scripture command works out in harmonious relations between man and the animals in the outer world, and also between man and the animals that exist within him. When he has these animals under dominion, he is close to the kingdom of God. One who has fully realized true love will no longer care for the flesh of animals.