The Metropolitan Cook Book

A life insurance company teaching its policyholders to eat: the Metropolitan's own cookbook, given away from the tower on Madison Square.

Soups

12 recipes in this part of The Metropolitan Cook Book.

Soup Stock

To prepare soup-stock follow these directions: 1 pound bone 1 pound meat 1 quart cold water cup minced onion cup carrot 1 teaspoon salt cup…

Scotch Broth

2 tablespoons salt 1 sliced carrot 2 sliced onions 4 stalks celery 4 tablespoons barley, soaked overnight Remove the skin and fat from meat…

Split Pea Soup

4-inch cube salt fat pork 1 ham bone 2 tablespoons fat teaspoon pepper onion 2 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoons salt Pick over peas and soak…

Cream of Potato Soup

4 medium-sized potatoes medium-sized onion 2 tablespoons fat 1 quart of milk 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper Pare…

Cream of Celery Soup

teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons fat 2 cups milk teaspoon pepper Wash and scrape celery and cut into inch pieces; add water…

Cream of Tomato Soup

1 teaspoon salt Pepper 1 quart milk 1 slice onion cup flour cup butter 1-41-4 Stew tomato and sugar, strain, add soda and seasoning. Scald…

Corn Chowder

4 potatoes cut in 1-inch slices 1 can corn 1 quart milk 8 crackers Salt and pepper Cut pork into small pieces and try it out in a pan over…

Fish Chowder

1 pint boiling water 1 sliced onion Salt pork fat, 1 inch 1 tablespoon salt teaspoon pepper 1 quart milk 8 soda crackers 6 potatoes, cut…

Preparation of Fish for Cookery

Cover board or table with paper before laying fish down. Remove scales by scraping a dull knife from tail to head, snapping scales off…

Methods of Cooking Fish

Fish suitable for broiling are: Split mackerel, white fish, cod, shad, trout, etc.; sliced halibut and salmon, white smelts and small fish…

Time Table for Cooking Fish

Boiling-thick fish, halibut, salmon, a pound Boiling-thin fish, such as flounder, a pound Frying-fillets or steak... Frying-smelts or…

Fish-Baked, with Stuffing

Select a fish weighing from 2 to 4 pounds. Bake with the following 1-41-41-8 teaspoon pepper Few drops onion juice, if liked 1 cup crumbs…

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