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.

Third Day

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

Third Day

"To-day it is the little ones' turn," said Aunt Jane the next morning. "What nice things can we contrive for them to do?" "Something easy…

Third Day: Pudding-Sauce

Two cups milk, one tablespoon butter, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one of soda, three light pints flour, or enough to make a…

Third Day: Mabel

When the pudding came on the table, attended by its foaming sauce, there was a general murmur of approbation; but after everybody had been…

Third Day: Caramels

Half a pint milk, one and a half ounces (or squares) of Baker's unsweetened chocolate, softened over the fire with as little water as…

Third Day: Candy

Grate a cocoanut, take half its weight in sugar, beat the white of one egg to a stiff froth, and stir with it enough of the cocoanut and…

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