This site is the complete 1927 book The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →
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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
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Highlights
Salmon Croquettes
13/4 cups cooked salmon, fresh Salt and pepper or canned Make a white sauce with the fat, flour and milk. Add salt, a little…
Savory Beef
¼ teaspoon ground cloves and rump or round thyme or Summer savory 1 pint brown stock or boiling
Banana and Nut Salad
Peel bananas and cut in two lengthwise. Roll in nut-meats. Place on lettuce leaf and garnish with dressing. Equal parts of…
Prune Soufflé
Soak prunes overnight and stew in the same water until tender. Remove stones and mash to a smooth pulp. Beat the egg-whites until…
Mashed Potatoes Au Gratin
Add butter, seasoning and eggs to the hot riced potatoes. Beat until light and mound on a baking-dish. Cover with grated cheese…
Salad Eggs
Remove the shells from the cold, hard-cooked eggs and cut a large piece from the top of each, take out the yolks and mix them to…