Six Little Cooks; or, Aunt Jane's Cooking Class

A children's story from 1877 that smuggles in a whole cooking course — six little cooks, Aunt Jane's kitchen, and 160 numbered recipes woven through the tale.

Seventh Day

9 pages in this part of Six Little Cooks; or, Aunt Jane's Cooking Class.

Seventh Day

Not long after the last lesson in cookery, Mrs. Vernon was taken ill, and was for some time afterward very feeble, requiring to be…

Seventh Day: Gruel

Mix two tablespoonfuls white Indian meal into a thin paste with cold water; stir this into a quart of boiling water, in which has been…

Seventh Day: Stir

To one gill (or half a tumblerful) of wine, add one and a half tumblerfuls boiling water; flavor with nutmeg or lemon and sweeten slightly…

Seventh Day: Jelly

Soak two oz. tapioca five hours, or over night, in half a pint of cold water; put it over the fire with another half pint cold water, and…

Seventh Day: Arrowroot

One oz. arrowroot, mixed smooth in cold milk and stirred into one pint boiling milk, with one heaping teaspoon sugar, and a pinch salt…

Seventh Day: Broth

Boil an ordinary sized chicken in two quarts unsalted water, cracking the bones well before putting in the fowl. Cover it closely, and boil…

Seventh Day: Beef

Two lbs. beef cut up small into two quarts cold, unsalted water; stew until the beef falls to pieces; strain it out, add salt and one cup…

Seventh Day: Grace

Scrape or chop fine a little raw beef from a tender, juicy piece; season with pepper and salt, and spread on a thin slice of thinly…

Seventh Day: Mabel

The girls were delighted with the thought, and were in the kitchen half an hour before the time of serving, so as to be sure not to be…

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