Buckeye Cookery

Tried and approved: the great American housekeeping bible of 1880.

The Chemistry Of Food

2 recipes in this part of Buckeye Cookery.

Per Cent Starch (Rice Flour to Barley Flour)

Rice Flour, 84 to 85 Barley Flour, Indian Meal, Oat Meal, 77 to 80 Rye Flour, 70 to 80 Buckwheat, Wheat Flour, 39 to 77 Pease and Beans,

Per Cent Starch (To to to Potatoes per cent)

67 to 70 50 to 61 52 42 to 43 9 Potatoes (75 per cent water) 13 to 15. The large variation in wheat flour is due to processes of grinding…

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