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.

White Potato

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

White Potato (Length of time to cook Flavor)

2. Length of time to cook. 3. Flavor. 4. Appetizing appearance.

White Potato (Scrub clean and pare thinly)

2. Scrub clean and pare thinly. 3. Drop into boiling water and boil gently until soft (test with fork or knitting needle.) 4. Salt when…

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.