Cook and Be Cool

Twenty complete cold luncheons for hot weather — “efficiency is only another name for intelligent laziness.”

The Emergency Shelf

128 things the book asks you to keep in the house, in sixteen classes — pages 141–142, as printed.

The preface calls it "a practical help… set aside and so labelled": a shelf of the ingredients this book keeps reaching for, kept stocked "during those culinary crises which happen in the best regulated families." Stock it, and the hostess "need no longer dread the approach of an automobile full of delightful but unexpected guests."

Beverages

  • Apollinaris
  • Grape juice
  • Orange pekoe tea
  • Vermouth
  • White Rock

Biscuits, sweet

  • Almond wafers
  • Chocolate wafers
  • Fruit crackers
  • Gingersnaps
  • Macaroons
  • Vanilla wafers

Canned Fish

  • Anchovies
  • Caviar
  • Lobster
  • Sardines
  • Tuna

Canned Fruit

  • Bartlett pears
  • Cherries
  • Fruit Salad
  • Grape fruit
  • Peaches
  • Pineapple
  • Preserved cherries
  • Preserved currants
  • Preserved figs

Canned Meats

  • Boned chicken
  • Corned beef
  • Tongue

Canned Soups

  • Bouillon
  • Tomato

Canned Vegetables

  • Artichoke bottoms
  • Asparagus
  • Baked beans
  • Carrots
  • Peas
  • Pimento
  • Tomatoes
  • Mixed (Macedoine) vegetables

Crackers

  • Cassava biscuits
  • Cheese crackers
  • Flaxseed crackers
  • Oatmeal crackers
  • Pilot wafers
  • Soda crackers
  • Swedish bread
  • Water crackers
  • Whole wheat crackers

Condiments

  • Allspice
  • Cayenne
  • Capers
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Curry powder
  • Horse-radish
  • Mustard seed
  • Mustard dry
  • Mustard prepared
  • Nutmeg
  • Paprika
  • Powdered ginger
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Tabasco

Dried Fruits

  • Angelica
  • Black figs
  • Currants
  • Citron
  • Dates
  • Orange peel
  • Prunes
  • Raisins
  • Smyrna figs

Flavorings

  • Almond
  • Brandy
  • Chocolate
  • Cocoa
  • Coffee
  • Chicken bouillon cubes
  • Lemco
  • Peppermint
  • Rose
  • Savita
  • Sherry
  • Tomato ketchup
  • Vanilla
  • Worcestershire sauce

Jellies

  • Apple
  • Currant
  • Honey marmalade
  • Orange marmalade
  • Strawberry

Miscellaneous

  • Brown sugar
  • Brown bread
  • Cheese, various kinds
  • Chutney
  • Cooked rice
  • Corn syrup
  • Cornstarch
  • Confectioners' sugar
  • Condensed milk
  • Evaporated milk
  • Gelatin
  • Honey
  • Malted milk
  • Marshmallows
  • Marshmallow whip
  • Maple syrup
  • Milk powder
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Olives, plain, stuffed, ripe
  • Peppermint creams
  • Pickled cucumbers
  • Raisins

Nuts

  • Almonds
  • Hazelnuts
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans
  • Shredded cocoanut
  • Walnuts

Pastes

  • Anchovy
  • Green vegetable coloring
  • Pate de foie gras
  • Sardine
  • Vegex

Salad Dressing

  • Mayonnaise
  • Mineral oil
  • Olive oil
  • Vinegar
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