Cook Book

A cookbook you were meant to finish yourself — every recipe page faces a blank leaf for your own, and the woman who owned this copy filled eleven of them.

This site is the complete text of Good Housekeeping's Cook Book, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, measures and opinions included. Our copy has lost its title leaf, so the year of this printing is still being established. About this edition →

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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…

The Blank Pages

The book leaves a blank leaf facing every recipe page, for your own. Our copy's owner filled eleven of them — here they are, transcribed.

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