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.

Miscellaneous

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The Recipes

Creamed Oysters

Make a thick White Sauce according to the recipe on page 21, and add a slight flavoring…

Lobster Newburg

If canned lobster is used, use a pound can, separate the pieces carefully and put into…

Creamed Lobster

Use the Cream Sauce recipe given on page 21, making it in the blazer. Put the lobster…

Creamed Salmon

For this make the Cream Sauce heavier by using two tablespoons of butter and an equal…

To Cook Larkin Macaroni

ARKIN Macaroni must be cooked in rapidly twenty minutes. Keep the water boiling…

One Pourd

PRICE IS CENTS MACARONI au GRATIN Put a layer of cooked Larkin Macaroni in the bottom of…

Macaroni with Cheese Sauce

Make the cream sauce, adding to it a half-cup of cheese cut into small pieces and stir…

Macaroni with Butter

Boil a sufficient quantity as directed above. Pour over it melted butter, and a dash of…

Macaroni with Cream Sauce

Blend one tablespoon of butter with one tablespoon of flour, and add one cup of milk…

Macaroni with Tomato Sauce

Make a tomato sauce by blending one tablespoon of butter and one of flour, and adding one…

Macaroni Italian Fashion

Cook in stock instead of plain boiling salted water. This may be done by adding one-half…

Sablushed 1Sts

Heat a pint of tomatoes, add a little onion, a bay-leaf, salt, pepper and a tablespoon of…

To Cook Rice

In cooking rice do not put it into a double boiler and cook slowly into a pasty mass, but…

To Roast a Turkey

In choosing a turkey select one with firm flesh, with the wings and end of the…

Chicken En Casserole

Put into the casserole three tablespoons of butter, a small onion and half a carrot cut…

To Bread Chops

Have your butcher cut the chops about an inch in thickness. Beat one egg. After freeing…

Beef Loaf

Two pounds of round steak One-half cup of cracker crumbs Two eggs Two tablespoons of…

Ragout of Beef

Cut two pounds of round steak into one-inch cubes. Put two tablespoons of suet into…

Frizzled Dried Beef

Use one-half pound of dried beef; if it is very salty, freshen by washing twice in cold…

Cecils

Chop enough cold cooked beef or mutton to make a quart, add ne-half cup of dry bread…

Salmon Loaf

Two-thirds cup of cracker crumbs Three-quarters cup of milk Two eggs One tablespoon of…

Cheese Fondue

One cup of bread crumbs Three eggs Two cups of grated cheese (old) One-half cup of milk…

For Frying with Larkin Olive Oil

There is no medium for frying so good as Larkin Olive Oil. All the unpleasant fumes of…

Salted Almonds

Shell and blanch the required amount of almonds, for every half-pound allowing three…

Salted Peanuts

To one-half pound of shelled peanuts, allow two tablespoons of Larkin Olive Oil. Less…

Aspic Jelly

Two slices of onion Two slices of carrot A stalk of celery A bay-leaf A sprig of parsley…

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