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.

Temperatures and Lengths of Time for Cooking

8 tables in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Baking-Batters and Doughs

Meringues on pies and puddings. 300 to 350 8 to 10

Roasts of Meat and Poultry

Beef (medium) 300 to 350 rest of time plus 15 Beef fillet (rare)...... 350 to 480 Total time 20 to 30 mins.

Simmering or Boiling

The temperature for simmering is given for meat, as it is better Chicken (3 pounds).. 180 to 210 I to 1½ hr.

Eggs

Degrees Total time, Fahrenheit minutes

Frying

Potatoes (raw) 400 4 to 8 Small fish and smelts. 375 3 to 5

Jelly-Making

Cook up to, Cook up to,

Jams and Preserves

Cook up to, degrees Cook up to, Gooseberry jam 218 Plum conserve Fahrenheit 216

Candy and Frosting

Fondant (thread stage) 230 to 236 Fondant (soft-ball stage). 238 to 240

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