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.

Soups

"WHAT A CLEAR WAY YOU HAVE OF PUTTING THINGS."-Carroll. Temperature •

The Recipes

Oups

are classified in two or three ways. They are made with or without meat. If of meat, they…

Clear Soup

Clear Soup is made from a shin of beef, or from beef and veal. Crack the bones, and cut…

Vegetable Soup

Chop and cook a choice of vegetables : cabbage, carrot, potato, turnip, tomato. Cook…

Tomato Soup

Into a skillet put two tablespoons of butter and melt. Add to this an onion sliced, and…

Tomato Bisque

Blend two tablespoons of butter melted with the same quantity of flour. Thin this with a…

Cream of Celery

Cook one cup of finely cut celery in a pint of water. Then mash through a colander and…

Left-Over Larkin Pork and Beans

Put two cups of beans with the pork in an agate sauce pan and cover them with two cups of…

Consomme from Larkin Extract of Beef

Allow one-fourth teaspoon of Larkin Extract of Beef for each cup of consomme desired. Put…

Consomme with Larkin Tapioca

For six cups of consomme allow three teaspoons of Larkin Pearl Tapioca. Cook this in…

Consomme with Rice

Follow the directions for consomme with Larkin Tapioca, substituting the rice for the…

Consomme with Sago

Larkin Sago may be used in the consomme preparing like the tapioca.

Consomme with Egg Noodles

Make the plain consomme, using Larkin Extract of Beef. Add to it a desired amount of…

English Soup

Two tablespoons of flour Two tablespoons of butter Two tablespoons of sugar One…

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