Okra Gumbo (Vegetarian Style)
Ripe tomatoes, 2 cups.
Water, 1½ quarts.
Diced nuttolene, ¼ pound.
Onion, medium size, 1.
Sliced okra, 2 cups.
Diced protose, ½ pound.
Butter, 1 tablespoonful.
Rice, boiled, 1 cup.
Salt, celery salt, mace.
Watercress, parsley.
Cook the tomatoes and okra in the water. Brown the onion in the butter, add the protose and nuttolene with the seasoning; brown all together a few minutes; then add the tomato and okra; let all simmer for two hours. Serve on platters on tablespoonful of boiled rice. Garnish with the parsley or cress.