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Before You Cook
9 recipes
Baking Powder Breads
12 recipes
Beverages
16 recipes
Bread Made With Yeast
10 recipes
Cakes, Cookies, Doughnuts
39 recipes
Cereals and Macaroni
3 recipes
Cheese
6 recipes
Cold Desserts
35 recipes
Eggs
9 recipes
Fish
32 recipes
Frozen Desserts
28 recipes
Hot Desserts
34 recipes
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Highlights
Rye Bread
Mix one quart of milk, one quart of warm water, one-half cup of lard or butter, one yeast cake, one tablespoon of salt, one-third…
Corn Oysters
Scrape sweet corn from the cob, or grate it. Take one coffeecup of corn and two eggs. Make a batter of a little milk and flour…
Potato Pepper Salad
Cut three large cold potatoes into halfinch dice. Remove the seeds from a green pepper and chop it fine. Mix four tablespoons of…
Tapioca Cream Soup
One quart of white stock, one pint of cream or milk, one onion, two stalks of celery, one-third cup of tapioca, two cups of cold…
Salmon Salad Molds
Mix two cups of cold boiled salmon, one tablespoon of lemon juice, one teaspoon of chopped parsley, two drops of tabasco sauce…
Salmon Bisque
Drain the oil from one-third can of salmon, remove the bones and skin and rub through a sieve. Add gradually one quart of scalded…