Loafing around with some walnuts

It's May 17, which is my online pal S.S.'s favorite day of the year: Walnut Day! (And no, those links are not to information about Walnut Day, but for recipes that led S.S. to opine about how much she hates walnuts.)

If you're familiar with this blog, you already know the recipes I'm choosing are not likely to win over anyone who already dislikes the food in question. Today, we're going with nut loaves and roasts from the Rosicrucian Fellowship's New Age Vegetarian Cookbook (copyright 1968, 1975 edition). Some are the veggie-heavy affairs that you might expect from old vegetarian recipes, like Carrot Nut Loaf.

It's mostly whole wheat bread crumbs and ground carrots, followed by ground English walnuts and a large onion. Sounds like it would be a dense, dry brick of food.

There's a Nut, Corn, and Potato Loaf for families with kids who won't eat veggies unless said veggies are corn or potatoes.

(Don't let on that there's a tomato in the mix! Should be easy enough to hide since it goes through the food chopper twice.) 

There's a Nut Potato Roast for cooks who are tired of calling all these nut/ bread crumb/ egg/ veggie bricks "loaves."

And there is a Nut and Cheese Roast for those who feel like being as close to indulgent as these old-timey vegetarian cookbooks are likely to get.

I'm a peanut butter lover, but have to admit I'm kind of put off by the "white sauce into which has been beaten the peanut butter." Maybe the Rosicrucians are going for the "cheese crackers filled with peanut butter" vibe? (I'd think a tomato sauce would be a better choice.)

Now, you might assume that the next recipe is for a quick bread. I mean "Nut Loaf with Bananas" sounds like a slightly awkward way to say "Banana Nut Bread." It is not, though.

Nut Loaf with Bananas is yet another big wad of starch (brown rice and whole wheat bread crumbs this time!), walnuts, and veggies (more potatoes and tomatoes!) bound with eggs, but this time buttered banana halves are baked into the sides of the loaf for some reason. 

If you're feeling let down by the absence of a sweet quick bread, I'll be nice and leave you with Date-Nut Loaf.

It's vague on the "nuts," so you could throw in walnuts to celebrate Walnut Day, or you could just take S.S.'s advice and use pecans instead if you can afford them. 

I'm just going to be lazy and throw a few deluxe mixed nuts on my salad and call it a day.