This section is from the book "The Laurel Health Cookery", by Evora Bucknum Perkins. Also available from Amazon: The Laurel Health Cookery.
Serve dates piled on a dessert plate with halves of nuts around, or on individual dishes with a spoonful of any desired nut butter or meal in the center of the dish.
Slice dates and cover with nut or dairy cream. Dairy cream may be whipped and piled in center of dish with fruit around.
One writer on health subjects recommends dates and milk or rigs and milk as an improvement upon bread and milk. They make an excellent combination and a satisfying meal.
Nut milk or nut cream are ideal for sweet fruits.
Serve figs with nuts and with cream, the same as dates. For Stuffed Dates and Figs, see Confections.
 
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