Orange Sunflower

Wash the orange. Put a three-tined fork into the stem end. Cut off each end down to pulp, leaving the stem end on fork, then pare off rind to pulp, cut out each section and place on small plate in sunflower fashion, the pieces of pulp for petals; fill centre with granulated sugar. Serve cold.

Note

To cut nicely have a large, firm, cold orange and a sharp knife.

Orange No. II

1 medium orange = 77 Calories.

Select a large, firm orange; wash, cut and peel skin down in eight parts, leaving them connected to stem end of orange to form the petals, folding them under the pulp. Separate pulp in sections and put ice between petals before serving.

Pineapple, 131 Calories

1 slice Hawaiian pineapple. 1 Maraschino cherry.

Serve pineapple on small tea plate with cherry in center. To eat a slice of pineapple after a meal is quite in accordance with physiological indications, as pineapple juice contains a remarkable digestive principle similar to pepsin. It aids the work of digestion in the stomach, also in the intestinal tract. The Hawaiian Pineapple comes in three forms - sliced, crushed and grated. The sliced pineapple is usually served just as it comes from the can; the crushed and grated are used like apple sauce and also in delicious made desserts and beverages.

Stewed Prunes

3 prunes = 72 Calories.

Wash and look over the prunes, cover with clear cold water and allow to stand on the back of range over night. In the morning put the saucepan where they will cook slowly for four hours.

Note

No sugar is needed as prunes are 18 per cent. sugar, and by this manner of cooking are made very sweet. This simmering process renders them rich and juicy, while boiling toughens the skin. A little lemon juice is a pleasant addition.

Prunes are a valuable nutrient, and their use as a laxative is scarcely second to figs.

Steamed Rhubarb, 234 Calories

1 cup rhubarb (4 oz.). ¼ to ½ cup sugar.

Wash the rhubarb and cut it into inch pieces without removing the skin, as this gives a pretty pink color to the juice. Put it into an agate double boiler without water and steam one-half hour, or until soft. Do not stir, as it breaks the pieces. Sweeten to taste at once on taking from fire. If rhubarb cooks a minute too long - which means after it has gone to pieces - it will lose its delicious flavor.

Rhubarb is rich in oxalic acid, which does much to tone the system.

Stewed Ei6s, 936 Calories

½ pound figs. 1 cup cold water.

¼ cup white sugar. Juice ½ lemon.

Wash figs. Dissolve sugar in the water; add figs and bring slowly to boiling point. Stew two and one-half hours; when tender, add lemon juice.

Note

Cut figs in small pieces; cook very slowly so as not to add more water.

Date Bon Bons

1 date ...........................= 20-25 Calories.

1 walnut meat ...................= 6-8 Calories.

Put salted almonds, or fourths of English walnuts into the inside of dates that have been cut open and stones removed. Poll in powdered or granulated sugar and serve.

1 Calculated with ¼ cup sugar; with ½ cup sugar = 444 calories.