Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book

Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book, (c)1914 — the great household encyclopedia: cleaning, curing, building, baby care, and a whole cookbook bound in.

Poultry

3 pages in this part of Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book.

Poultry

IN selecting a chicken, feel of the breastbone; it ought to be smooth and soft as cartilage and bend easily. A young chicken has soft feet…

Poultry: Chicken

Truss a plump chicken, fry in the fat of salt pork, place on a trivet in a deep pan; into the fat put a carrot cut in squares, onion, bay…

Poultry: Roast

Roast Chicken. 4-pound chicken. 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 tablespoonful cornstarch, cupful boiling water.

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