Cooking for Two

A handbook for two at table, 1909 — Janet MacKenzie Hill scales the whole art of cookery down to the newlywed kitchen.

CHAPTER X

5 pages in this part of Cooking for Two.

Chapter X

INTRODUCING THE COOKING OF CARBOHYDRATES, THE TRUE HEAT AND WORK FOODS "Cooking is an essential preliminary to the ingestion of…

CHAPTER X: Sauce

HOW TO ADD YOLKS OF EGG TO A SAUCE Any of these sauces may be enriched by adding yolks of eggs or butter. The yolks, well beaten, will…

CHAPTER X: Cream

THICK SAUCE FOR FOUNDATION OF CROQUETTES 4 tablespoonfuls of fat 1/4 teaspoonful of pepper 1/3 cup of flour 1 cup of liquid 1/4 teaspoonful…

CHAPTER X: Soup

CREAM - OF - PEA SOUP Press half a cup of peas and the liquid in which they were cooked through the sieve. Melt a tablespoonful of butter…

CHAPTER X: Oyster

CREAM - OF - OYSTER SOUP, NO. 2 1 cup of oysters 1 1/2 cups of thin white sauce 1/2 cup of cold water Pour the water over the oysters and…

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