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.

Before You Cook

9 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Introduction

This work presents several new ideas in cook books.

A Few Rules To Be Observed in Cooking from Recipes in This Book

All measurements are level. A cup is the glass measuring cup marked with thirds and quarters. When it is full, it is leveled off smoothly…

The Good Housekeeping Table of Weights and Measures

When recipes are found which deal with pounds and ounces, and scales are not at hand, the weights may be translated into level…

Classification of Foods

All foods are divided into two classes: the nitrogenous, or those which contain nitrogen, and the non-nitrogenous, or those that do not…

Care of the Pantry

Neatness and order in your pantry will depend in great measure upon the way you clear your table. If you look upon the pantry as a dumping…

The Washing of Dishes

Miss Downing says: "I have found in my teaching that only the pupils who do not know how to wash them properly dislike the washing of…

Use of Stale Bread

Have a laundry bag made of white duck to hang in the kitchen, in which to keep all pieces of bread which come from the table without…

How to Combine Ingredients

Next to correct measuring comes the care in combining ingredients, a fact often overlooked by the inexperienced.

Utensils in the Kitchen

In the furnishing of a home if there is one place that is neglected, it is the kitchen, as far as having utensils for making work lighter…

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