The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Table of Contents

Food Facts You Should Know

11 lessons

How to Buy Food

7 rules

Temperatures and Lengths of Time for Cooking

8 tables

Meal Planning

1 page

Simple Menus

5 menus

Quick Breads, Griddle Cakes and Waffles

27 recipes

Sandwiches and Sandwich Fillings

15 recipes

Appetizers

8 recipes

Soups

14 recipes

Garnishes

7 garnishes

Fish

13 recipes

Meat

26 recipes

Poultry and Game

11 recipes

Stuffings for Fish, Meat, Poultry and Game

8 recipes

Sauces for Fish, Meat, Poultry and Game

24 recipes

Entrées and Made-Over Dishes

32 recipes

Vegetarian Dishes

11 recipes

Egg Dishes

19 recipes

Cheese Dishes

5 recipes

Vegetables

49 recipes

Salads and Salad Dressings

36 recipes

Cookies and Small Cakes

31 recipes

Cakes

18 recipes

Cake Fillings and Frostings

10 recipes

Candies

12 recipes

Fruit Desserts

7 recipes

Gelatin and Cream Desserts

8 recipes

Puddings

23 recipes

Pudding Sauces

7 recipes

Ice-Creams and Frozen Desserts

14 recipes

Pastry

13 recipes

Beverages

8 recipes

Table Grill Recipes

6 recipes

Casserole Cookery

7 recipes

French Recipes

18 recipes

Preserves, Marmalades, Jams, Conserves and Fruit Butters

12 recipes

Pickles and Relishes

12 recipes

Dollar and Time Savers

179 tips

Correct Customs for the Table

3 pages

How to Remove Stains

27 stains

For the First Aid Cabinet

6 pages

Care of the Complexion

12 pages

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