The Dixie Cook-Book

“The best is none too good.” Southern family receipts gathered across generations and printed in Atlanta in 1883 — and, in the same volume, everything else a household was expected to know: the laundry, the sick-room, dressmaking, babies, and a year's bill of fare.

How To Cut And Cure Meats

6 receipts in this part of The Dixie Cook-Book.

Veal (D-Knuckle for stewing)

D-Knuckle, for stewing. E-Fore-knuckle, for stewing.

Pork (A-Back lean part for roast)

A-Back, lean part for roast. B-Loin, for roast.

Mutton

F C C-Rump piece, for roast. D B D-Chops, frying or broiling.

Hints on Butter-Making (No sloven can make good butter)

No sloven can make good butter. The one thing to be kept in mind, morning, noon, and night, is neatness, neatness, neatness. The milking…

Hints on Butter-Making (Packed as it keeps longer when)

packed, as it keeps longer when well washed. If to be used immediately, the washing may be less thorough. Another and better plan is to…

The Aundry

When inviting friends to vis is of a week or more, try to fix the time for the visit to begin the day after the ironing is done. The girl…

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