Good Things to Eat and How to Prepare Them

From the Larkin Kitchen-Laboratory in Buffalo, 1907 — the soap-and-premium empire's own book of over two hundred recipes.

Breads

"CHIEF NOURISHER IN LIFE'S FEAST."-Shakespeare.

READ, "the staff of life," has been a noticeable cry B throughout history. The starving in India, the French mobs, the Italian poor, have each in turn uttered the same appeal. It does not literally mean bread-it explains to us that bread is taken as a type of perfect food-because bread with butter is a perfect combination or food balance. Probably the breads of the earliest times were made from barley, and were baked upon heated stones. To the Greeks we doubtless owe the cultivation of the yeast plant.

The Recipes

Malaga Grape Salad

Cut the grapes endwise and take out the seeds. Mix with oranges and blanched almonds, and…

Orange Salad

Peel and break the oranges into sections. Mix with celery or pineapple, as preferred, and…

Banana Salad

Banana salad may be served with either a boiled dressing or a mayonnaise, sprinkling a…

Waldorf Salad

This salad consists of equal portions of finely cut tart apples, celery and English…

Sever Cared

PRICE 5 CENTS CHEMISTS ESTABLISHED 1875 BUFFALO,BSA The evolution of bread from that made…

Fruit Rolls

in machinery. Many of us have grown to depend upon the baker of the town for our bread…

White Bread

At noon mash two medium-sized potatoes, and add one pint of the water in which they are…

Parker House Rolls

Rub one tablespoon of lard into two quarts of flour. Moisten one cake of Larkin Dry…

Cinnamon Rolls

Follow Parker House rolls formula and at the second kneading roll thin, spread with…

Whole Wheat Bread

Prepare the sponge the same as in the first white bread formula. In the morning add three…

Graham Bread

Two eggs Two cups of sour milk Two teaspoons of Larkin Soda One-half teaspoon of Larkin…

Steamed Brown Bread

Two-thirds of a cup of molasses Two cups of sour milk Two cups of corn meal Two cups of…

Corn Bread

Two cups of sour milk One cup of sweet milk Two cups of corn meal One cup of flour One…

Whole Wheat Muffins

One egg One pint of sweet milk One-fourth teaspoon of Larkin Table Salt Two teaspoons of…

Popovers

One cup of flour One cup of milk One-fourth teaspoon of Larkin Table Salt Two eggs Put…

Baking Powder Biscuit

One quart of flour One teaspoon of Larkin Table Salt Four tablespoons of butter or lard…

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