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Homemade Protose

Meat - Nut - -

INGREDIENTS

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup mashed, cooked beans
2 cups potato or vegetable water
2 T cornstarch
1 t chopped onion
1 t sage
Pinch of salt

METHOD

Steam in top of a double boiler for three hours, stirring occasionally. Let cool in the pan, turn out on platter and slice. I have also done this recipe in a can as outlined in first recipe - Homemade Nutmeat (Light).

NOTES

There is a commercial version produced by either Worthington Foods or Loma Linda Foods.

I came across my mother's old vegetarian cookbook, published in 1946. In those day, there were no where the amount of commercial products available as there are today, so there are several recipes for make-from-scratch products that may be helpful for those who live "in back of beyond" and don't have access to prepared products. Many of them contain eggs and cream, and probably could be made with substitutes, but these are some that didn't. Remember that these are concentrated foods and best used in combination with other ingredients, such as in stews, hash, pot pies, etc.

posted by Lois Taitague

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