Student's Manual in Household Arts

Cooking as it was taught in 1915 — lesson by lesson, with the questions and the home-work forms the students filled in.

Laboratory Exercises

18 pages in this part of Student's Manual in Household Arts.

Laboratory Exercises (Select smooth medium sized)

1. Select smooth, medium sized potatoes. 2. Scrub clean with vegetable brush. 3. Place on baking sheet or in dripping pan and bake in hot…

Laboratory Exercises (Boiled Rice Chinese method C)

Boiled Rice (Chinese method). 1 C. Rice 2 qts. boiling water 1 T. salt 1. Pick over the rice and wash it well. 2. Add to rapidly boiling…

Laboratory Exercises (General Rules for Cooking Put)

General Rules for Cooking. 1. Put water and salt in upper part of double boiler and place over fire. 2. When water is boiling, add cereal…

Laboratory Exercises (Thin White Sauce T flour T)

1 Thin White Sauce. 1½ T. flour 1½ T. butter Medium White Sauce. 2 T. flour 2 T. butter 1/4 t. salt 1 C. milk + t. salt 1 C. milk

Laboratory Exercises (T powd crackers t salt slice)

5 T. powd. crackers t. salt 1 slice onion 1 C. boiling water 1 C. milk 1 t. butter 1. Scald milk and onion in double boiler. 2. Stir…

Laboratory Exercises (Soft Cooked Eggs Put water)

Soft Cooked Eggs. 1. Put water on to boil. 2. Wash eggs. 3. When water is boiling, place eggs in water, cover the saucepan and remove to…

Laboratory Exercises (Butter C cream t salt Put)

Butter. 1 C. cream t. salt 1. Put cream into a pint Mason jar and screw cover down tightly. 2. Shake the jar until lumps of fat appear. 3…

Laboratory Exercises (Baked Custard C scalded milk)

Baked Custard. 2 C. scalded milk 3 whole eggs or 5 yolks 4 T. sugar spk. salt nutmeg 1. Scald milk in double boiler. 2. Beat eggs slightly…

Laboratory Exercises

Pan Broiled Steak. 1. Wipe the steak on all sides with a cloth wrung out of cold water. 2. Heat a cast iron frying pan almost red hot, rub…

Laboratory Exercises (Hot Tea rounding t tea C)

Hot Tea. 3 rounding t. tea 6 C. boiling water 1. Put freshly drawn water on to boil. 2. As soon as it is boiling scald an earthen or…

Laboratory Exercises (Griddle Cakes C flour t salt t)

Griddle Cakes. 1 C. flour t. salt 2 t. baking powder 1 C. milk 1 egg 1 T. melted butter 1. Mix and sift dry materials. 2. Add the beaten…

Laboratory Exercises (Lb bicarbonate of soda lb)

lb. bicarbonate of soda 14 lb. cream of tartar 4 oz. cornstarch 1. Mix soda and cornstarch together and sift three or four times in a fine…

Laboratory Exercises (Baking Powder Biscuits C flour)

Baking Powder Biscuits. 2 C. flour t. salt 3 t. baking powder 2 T. shortening C. (?) milk 1. Mix and sift dry ingredients three times. 2…

Laboratory Exercises (Raised Buckwheat Cakes C milk)

Raised Buckwheat Cakes. 2 C. milk t. salt 1 T. molasses 1. Scald milk. 1 egg 2. Add salt and molasses.

Laboratory Exercises (II)

Feather Cake. 6 T. butter 1 C. (?) milk 1.4 C. sugar 3 eggs 3 C. flour 5 t. baking powder 2 t. vanilla 1. Grease cake pan well, put a sheet…

Laboratory Exercises (Lemon Ice qt water C sugar C)

Lemon Ice. 1 qt. water 2 C. sugar C. lemon juice 1/2 t. vanilla extract 1. Boil sugar and water together for 10 minutes. 2. Cool the syrup…

Laboratory Exercises (Qt cranberries C water medium)

1 qt. cranberries 1½ C. water 2 medium sized apples 2 C. sugar 1. Pick over and wash cranberries also wash, pare, core and slice apples. 2…

Laboratory Exercises (C granulated sugar C chopped)

1 C. granulated sugar 1/3 C. chopped peanuts 1. Heat the sugar in a granite pan until it is melted, stirring constantly. Be careful not to…

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of Student's Manual in Household Arts: Food and Cookery (1916) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.