Remove the stones and prepare as above. Mix with ryenuts or orange juice. Serve with lettuce and sliced bananas or nuts.
GROUND DRIED PRUNES.
Prepare like figs. Mix with ryenuts. Serve with cream or with nuts and lettuce.
BAKED APPLES.
Wash and remove the core; then place in a baking tin, stem end down; pour over some water and a little sugar, if desired; bake in a moderate oven until tender. Let cool and serve plain with butter and bread or with whipped or sterilized cream.
BAKED PEACHES.
Prepare the same as baked apples, and serve with cream.
Hot house fruits out of season are health destroying. Certain fruits, such as apples, plums, tomatoes, apricots, grapes, figs, bananas and cranberries, will keep for a long time in the natural state, if properly preserved. Fresh fancy summer fruits are not required during the winter by healthy individuals, neither are canned fruits, jams or jellies.
AMBROSIA.
Mash baked apples very fine and rub through a colander. Mix with soaked or stewed raisins, if desired. Serve in place of apple sauce with beaten whites of egg or whipped cream and zwieback.