This section is from the book "A Laboratory Manual Of Foods And Cookery", by Emma B. Matteson. Also available from Amazon: A Laboratory Manual of Foods and Cookery.
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. flour 1/8 tsp. soda 2 eggs
3/4 c. milk
3/4 c. stewed and strained tomatoes 1 lb. cheese seasonings
Method:
Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and milk. When thoroughly cooked add the cheese cut in fine pieces, the eggs slightly beaten, and the seasonings. Let this mixture cook until the cheese is melted and the eggs cooked. Have ready toasted whole wheat or graham bread and when ready to serve add the soda to the hot tomato, stir this into the cheese mixture and serve at once.
Ingredients:
1 qt. milk 1 junket tablet 2 tbsp. sugar yolks of 2 eggs few grains nutmeg 3 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. currants or small raisins
Method:
Warm the milk and add the dissolved junket tablet. Let the milk stand until the curd forms, then break up the curd and strain off the whey. Add the other ingredients to the curd; line patty tins with pastry, fill them with the mixture, and bake.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2/3 c. thin cream salt, cayenne, and nutmeg
1/2 c. Swiss cheese cut in small pieces 1 c. grated cheese
Method:
Add the eggs to the cream and beat slightly, then add the cheese and seasoning. Bake 15 minutes in a hot oven, in patty tins lined with puff paste.
Ingredients:
1 c. grated cheese
1/2 c. cream or rich milk yolks of 2 eggs salt and paprika
Method:
Mix the cream and the cheese and heat until the cheese is melted. Remove from the fire and add the yolks of the eggs and seasonings. Bake in buttered ramekins. Serve with jelly or preserves.
Scalloped Apples with Cheese Substitute riced cream cheese for butter in Scalloped Apples.
Ingredients:
3 c. milk 1 c. grated cheese
1 1/2 tbsp. flour salt and paprika
Thicken the milk with the flour, cooking thoroughly. When ready to serve, add the cheese and the seasoning.
Ingredients:
2 c. stock
2 tbsp. finely chopped carrots
1 tbsp. chopped onion
1 blade of mace
2 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. flour 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1 c. scalded milk
1/4 c. grated cheese
Method:
Cook the vegetables a short time in one half of the butter, add the stock and the mace, boiling 15 to 20 minutes. Strain and add the milk. Thicken with flour cooked in the remaining butter. Just before serving, add the cheese and cook until it is melted.
A cheese loaf is a mixture of grated cheese, bread crumbs, and chopped legumes or nuts. Vegetable stock is added to make of the right consistency to shape into a loaf. Bake in a moderate oven, basting frequently with butter and water. Spinach, lettuce, or beet tops may be substituted for legumes.
Ingredients:
1 lb. cooked beans bread crumbs
1/2 lb. English dairy cheese salt and pepper
Method (as above).
 
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