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.

Notes on Laboratory Work

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

Notes on Laboratory Work (What other ways are there)

What other ways are there of using sour cream and milk besides making butter and cheese?

Notes on Laboratory Work (How would you wash a piece)

1. How would you wash a piece of meat before cooking it? Answer: 2. How would you regulate the temperature of the oven for a roast?

Notes on Laboratory Work (Why not use all milk in making)

1. Why not use all milk in making cocoa? 2. What objections are there to giving children hot milk flavored with a little tea or coffee? 3…

Notes on Laboratory Work (Why are griddle cakes harder)

1. Why are griddle cakes harder to digest than bread? 2. Why is a piece of fat pork better than butter to grease griddle? 3. If you left…

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