INDEX
- around the kitchen stove, 12
- cooking utensils, 14
- other helps, 13
- preface, 7
- read this, 16
- suggestions for starting the day, 9
- the garbage, 12
- the kitchen floor, 11
- the kitchen sink, 10
- the kitchen table, 11
- weights and measures, 15
COOKING RECIPES
- after dinner mints, 162
- almond nut forcemeat, 66
- angel cake, 126
- apple and fig jam, 168
- apple cake, 126
- apple chutney, 177
- apple dumplings, 103
- apple dumpling sauce, 103
- apple fritters, 93
- apple jelly, 166
- apple pie, 94
- apple salad, No. 1, 90
- apple salad, No. 2, 90
- apple sauce, 119
- apple snow, 115
- apricot pie, 97
- baked apples, No. 1, 119
- baked apples, No. 2, 119
- baked asparagus, 53
- baked beans, 53
- baked beets, 56
- baked buckwheat cakes, 28
- baked cabbage, 57
- baked cheese, No. 1, 40
- baked cheese, No. 2, 40
- baked eggs, 35
- baked indian pudding, 108
- baked lima beans, 55
- baked onions, 73
- baked parsnips, 73
- baked potatoes, 69
- baked protose, 73
- baked prunes, 119
- baked squash, 75
- baking biscuits, 26
- baking cakes, 124
- baking powder biscuits, 26
- baking powder doughnuts, 123
- baking powder dumplings, 103
- baking powder griddle cakes, 29
- banana cream, No. 1, 115
- banana cream, No. 2, 115
- banana fritters, 93
- banana whip, 115
- bean croquettes, 54
- bean hash, 55
- bean soup, 48
- beating eggs, 34
- beet hash, 56
- bengal chutney, 177
- berry icing, 138
- bird’s nest toast, 32
- biscuits, 26
- boiled asparagus, 53
- boiled beets, 56
- boiled cabbage, 57
- boiled carrots, 58
- boiled chestnuts, 63
- boiled corn, 59
- boiled eggs, 35
- boiled icing, 138
- boiled onions, 67
- boiled parsnips, 73
- boiled potatoes, 69
- boiled rice, 69
- boiled salad dressing, No. 1, 85
- boiled salad dressing, No. 2, 85
- boiled sweet potatoes, 70
- boiled turnips, 78
- boston brown bread, No. 1, 22
- boston brown bread, No. 2, 22
- brandy sauce, No. 1, 110
- brandy sauce, No. 2, 110
- brandy sauce, No. 3, 110
- breads, 26
- bread doughnuts, 26
- bread pudding, 104
- brown bread, No. 1, 23
- brown bread, No. 2, 23
- brussels sprouts, 57
- buckwheat griddle cakes, No. 1, 28
- buckwheat griddle cakes, No. 2, 30
- butter scotch, 160
- butter without ice, 149
- cake fillings, 135
- cakes of many kinds, 126
- candies and sweets, 160
- candied mint leaves, 164
- candied orange and lemon peel, 165
- candied violets, 165
- canning apples, 174
- canning apricots, 174
- canning corn, 176
- canning grapes, 175
- canning green beans, 176
- canning peaches, 174
- canning pears, 174
- canning quinces, 175
- canning rhubarb, 175
- canning tomatoes, 175
- canning vegetables, 176
- carrots, 58
- carrots with dressing, 58
- carrot preserves, 171
- carrot pudding, 106
- catsup, 178
- cauliflower, 59
- celery, 59
- cereals and breakfast dishes, 32
- cheese balls, 40
- cheese custard, 41
- cheese dreams, 42
- cheese pudding, No. 1, 42
- cheese pudding, No. 2, 42
- cheese salad, No. 1, 87
- cheese salad, No. 2, 88
- cheese straws, No. 1, 43
- cheese straws, No. 2, 43
- cheese toast, 33
- cherry salad, 84
- chili sauce, 179
- chilled dishes, 145
- chocolate cake, 127
- chocolate cookies, 142
- chocolate filling, No. 1, 135
- chocolate filling, No. 2, 135
- chocolate icing, No. 1, 139
- chocolate icing, No. 2, 139
- chocolate peppermints, 160
- chocolate sauce, 148
- chutney, catsup, pickles, etc., 177
- cinnamon rolls, 95
- claret cup, No. 1, 153
- claret cup, No. 2, 153
- cocoanut cookies, 142
- cocoanut icing, 139
- cocoanut pie filling, 98
- coffee, 158
- coffee cake, 127
- cold beverages, 153
- cold water, 153
- coloring icing, 138
- cooked cabbage salad, 84
- cookies, 142
- corn, 59
- corn chowder, 57
- corn fritters, 93
- corn in milk, 59
- corn in tomatoes, 59
- cornmeal mush, 32
- cottage cheese salad, 88
- cottage pudding, 106
- cranberry jelly, 169
- cranberry mould, 120
- cranberry sauce, 120
- cranberry whip, 116
- cream and whipped cream, 114
- cream cheese, 41
- cream cheese salad, No. 1, 87
- cream cheese salad, No. 2, 87
- cream dates, 121
- cream puffs, 128
- cream sauce, 111
- cream sauce for vegetables, 57
- cream of asparagus soup, 48
- cream of pea soup, 48
- cream de menthe, 157
- cream de menthe sauce, 148
- croutons, 47
- crustless pie, 98
- cucumbers, 60
- cucumber relish, 81
- currant cream, 145
- currant jelly, 169
- currant punch, 150
- custard pie, 97
- custard pie filling, 97
- cutting bread, 20
- dainty cake, 128
- date pie filling, 98
- delicate cream, 114
- desserts, 93
- deviled egg, No. 1, 35
- deviled egg, No. 2, 35
- dill pickles, 180
- divinity candy, 161
- divinity fudge, 161
- doughnuts, 123
- dried apple fruit cake, 129
- dried fruit jelly, 170
- dried lemon flavoring, 183
- dried peach sauce, 122
- drip coffee, 159
- drop cake, No. 1, 128
- drop cake, No. 2, 129
- drop nut cakes, 129
- dutch or cottage cheese, 40
- east india chutney, 177
- easy sauce, 111
- easy way for jelly, 167
- eggs, 82
- egg gravy, 36
- egg omelet, No. 1, 36
- egg omelet, No. 2, 37
- eggplant, 60
- egg salad in pond lily style, 88
- egg sauce, 82
- egg substitute, 34
- emergency cream, 114
- entire wheat bread, 21
- everlasting yeast, 17
- fancy cream, 116
- fig pudding, 106
- floating island, 107
- fondant, 160
- freezing ice cream, 145
- french dressing, No. 1, 86
- french dressing, No. 2, 87
- french mustard, 82
- french pancakes with jelly, 31
- french pickles, 181
- fresh lima beans, 55
- fried apples, 120
- fried apple pies, 96
- fried corn cakes, 60
- fried cornmeal mush, 32
- fried eggs, 38
- fried green tomatoes, 76
- fried onions, 67
- fried parsnips, 73
- fried potatoes, No. 1, 70
- fried potatoes, No. 2, 71
- fried protose, 73
- fried squash, 76
- fried tomatoes, 76
- fritters, 93
- fruits, 119
- fruit cake, No. 1, 130
- fruit cake, No. 2, 131
- fruit cocktail, 154
- fruit cookies, 142
- fruit filling, 135
- fruit icing, 139
- fruit jars, 172
- fruit omelet, 37
- fruit punch, 150
- fruit salads, 90
- gingerbread, No. 1, 131
- gingerbread, No. 2, 131
- ginger cookies, 143
- ginger pudding, 108
- ginger snaps, 143
- ginger and grape beverage, 154
- gooseberry chutney, 178
- gold cake, 132
- graham bread, No. 1, 24
- graham bread, No. 2, 24
- graham biscuits, 26
- graham gems, 27
- grandma’s bread cake, 132
- grape fruit, 121
- grape jelly, 169
- grape juice punch, 150
- grape sherbet, 148
- grape wine, 182
- gravies, 79
- green peas, 74
- green relish, 81
- green things, 61
- green tomato mince meat, 176
- griddle cakes, 31
- hard sauce, No. 1, 111
- hard sauce, No. 2, 111
- heat sugar for jelly, 166
- helps about breads, 19
- herb sandwiches, 45
- hermits, 132
- horse radish, 81
- horse radish tasty relish, 81
- hot beverages, 158
- hot sauce, 112
- iced fruit juice, 154
- icings, 138
- ice substitute, 149
- iced tea, 154
- imitation angel cake, 126
- jellies, preserves and canned fruits, 166
- jelly bags and glasses, 167
- jelly glasses, 167
- johnny-cake, 28
- keeping bread fresh, 19
- kisses, 162
- kumiss, 155
- lemons, 122
- lemonade, 155
- lemon cream, 145
- lemon filling, 136
- lemon honey filling, 136
- lemon pie, No. 1, 99
- lemon pie, No. 2, 100
- lemon pie, No. 3, 100
- lemon rind preserves, 171
- lemon sherbet, 149
- lemon syrup for lemonade, 156
- lentils, 61
- lyonnaise potatoes, 71
- macaroni and cheese, No. 1, 43
- macaroni and cheese, No. 2, 43
- macaroni and corn, 62
- macaroni with cream sauce, 62
- macaroni and rice, 62
- making dry yeast, 117
- making lemon flavoring, No. 1, 183
- making lemon flavoring, No. 2, 183
- making orange flavoring, 183
- making vanilla flavoring, No. 1, 183
- making vanilla flavoring, No. 2, 183
- manhattan cocktail, 157
- maple ice cream, 146
- maple icing, No. 1, 140
- maple icing, No. 2, 140
- maple tea biscuit, 27
- marguerites, 133
- marshmallow cream, No. 1, 117
- marshmallow cream, No. 2, 117
- marshmallow cups, 117
- marshmallow filling, No. 1, 136
- marshmallow filling, No. 2, 136
- marshmallow icing, 140
- marshmallow toast, 33
- mashed potatoes, 71
- mashed chestnuts, 64
- mayonnaise dressing, 86
- meringue, 98
- milk, 113
- milk gravy, 80
- milk toast, 33
- mince pie, 100
- mint sauce, 82
- muffins, 27
- new potatoes, 69
- nut recipes, 63
- nut cream, 145
- nut chowder, 51
- nut filling, 137
- nut and fruit filling, 137
- nut hash, 64
- nut icing, 140
- nut kisses, 162
- nut roast, No. 1, 64
- nut roast, No. 2, 65
- nut roast, No. 3, 65
- nut rolls, 25
- nut salad, 90
- nut scrapple, 65
- nut stock for soups, 47
- oatmeal cakes, 30
- oatmeal cookies, 143
- oatmeal water, 156
- olives, 83
- onions, 67
- orangeade, 156
- orange cream, 117
- orange custard, 105
- orange filling, 137
- orange icing, 140
- orange marmalade, 170
- ornamenting cakes, 125
- parker house rolls, 25
- parsnip cakes, 74
- parsnip croquettes, 74
- peach ice cream, 146
- peanut butter, 66
- peanut candy, 163
- peanut cookies, 144
- piecrust, No. 1, 95
- piecrust, No. 2, 95
- pies, 94
- pistachio ice cream, 147
- plain cake, No. 1, 133
- plain cake, No. 2, 133
- plain custard, 185
- plain ice cream, 147
- plain potato soup, 49
- poached eggs, No. 1, 38
- poached eggs, No. 2, 38
- popcorn balls, 163
- pop-overs, 28
- potatoes, 69
- potatoes and cheese, 70
- potato pudding, 108
- potato salad, No. 1, 91
- potato salad, No. 2, 91
- protose hash, 73
- prune catsup, 178
- prune fruit cake, 131
- prune pie, 101
- prune salad, 91
- prune whip, 118
- puddings, 103
- pudding sauce, No. 1, 112
- pudding sauce, No. 2, 112
- pulled cream candy, 163
- pulled molasses candy, 164
- pumpkins and pies, 100
- pumpkin pie, No. 1, 101
- pumpkin pie, No. 2, 101
- punches, 150
- quick chutney, 178
- quick cucumber pickles, 179
- quick soups, 49
- radishes, 83
- raspberry preserves, 171
- raw eggs, 38
- raw onions, 68
- red raspberry jelly, 170
- rhubarb jelly, 170
- rhubarb pie, No. 1, 101
- rhubarb pie, No. 2, 101
- rice tomatoes, 75
- rolls, 24
- russian tea punch, 151
- rye bread, 22
- salad combinations, 84
- salsify soup, 50
- salted almonds, 63
- sandwiches, 45
- sandwich filling combinations, 45
- saving peelings, 172
- sauces, relishes, etc., 81
- sauce for fried tomatoes, 77
- sauces for ice cream, 148
- scrambled eggs, 39
- sea foam candy, 164
- serving punch artistically, 149
- short cake, 95
- small cucumber pickles, 180
- soda water, 156
- soups, 47
- soups, basis, 47
- soups, dumplings, 104
- sour cream salad dressing, 85
- sour milk griddle cakes, 31
- sour milk pie crust, 96
- spanish cream, 118
- spiced peaches, 175
- spinach greens, 61
- sponge cake, No. 1, 134
- sponge cake, No. 2, 134
- stale bread, 19
- steamed fruit roll, 107
- stewed beans, 55
- stewed tomatoes, 77
- strawberry sauce, 148
- strawberry wine, 182
- stuffed dates, 121
- stuffed figs, 121
- stuffed green peppers, 74
- stuffed potatoes, 72
- stuffed prunes, 122
- stuffed tomatoes, 77
- stuffed tomato fillings, 77
- stuffed turnips, 78
- squash pie, 102
- sugar cookies, 144
- sugar syrup, for hot cakes, 30
- summer beans, 56
- summer squash, 76
- sweet potato pie, 102
- table mustard, 82
- tapioca pudding, 108
- tart filling, 137
- tea, 159
- temperance punch, 151
- toast, 32
- to blanch nuts, 63
- to clarify vinegar or wine, 184
- to crack nuts whole, 63
- to freshen stale nuts, 63
- tomatoes, 76
- tomato catsup, 179
- tomato jelly salad, 92
- tomato salad, No. 1, 91
- tomato salad, No. 2, 92
- tomato sauce, 83
- tomato soup, 50
- to remove peach skins, 172
- to preserve eggs, 34
- to test milk, 113
- turnips, 78
- tutti frutti, 175
- unfermented grape juice, 182
- uncooked icing, 141
- various sauces, 110
- vegetables, 53
- vegetable chili con-carne, 78
- vegetable salad, No. 1, 92
- vegetable salad, No. 2, 92
- vegetable sandwiches, 45
- vegetable soup, 50
- violet punch, 151
- watercress sauce, 83
- watercress greens, 61
- watermelon vinegar, 184
- welsh rarebit, No. 1, 44
- welsh rarebit, No. 2, 44
- whipped cream, 114
- white bread, rolls and bread doughnuts, 21
- white cake, No. 1, 134
- white cake, No. 2, 134
- white mayonnaise dressing, 87
- wine punch, 152
- wines, flavorings and vinegars, 182
- yeast, 17
- yellow icing, 141
- Personal Comforts and Things Good to Know, 185
- about plumbing, 241
- a dry shampoo, 192
- an egg shampoo, 192
- a flower centerpiece, 225
- a growing centerpiece, 225
- a good shampoo, 192
- an insect in the ear, 185
- ants, 222
- a shampoo for auburn hair, 192
- bathroom and toilet, 233
- blacking a stove, 238
- blistered heels, 186
- bottles, glass utensils, mirrors, etc., 230
- candles, lamps, etc., 233
- care of new shoes, 197
- cement for china and glass, 233
- cement for enamel ware, 233
- cleaning compounds, 248
- cleaning bric-a-brac, etc., 247
- cleaning metals, etc., 242
- cleaning tan shoes, 196
- cleaning white canvas shoes, 196
- cleaning white kid shoes, 196
- coal, stoves, furnaces, etc., 237
- cologne, 220
- cook book covers, 235
- cuts, burns, etc., 185
- disinfectants, scents, etc., 219
- dust cloths, 246
- ferns and palms, 228
- filling a rose jar, No. 1, 220
- filling a rose jar, No. 2, 221
- filling oil lamps, etc., 234
- flies, 223
- flowers for winter, 226
- flowers, plants and green things, 225
- for a discolored neck, 190
- for bath bags, 189
- for creaky shoes, 197
- for mending rubber articles, 233
- for the bath, 189
- for the hands, 190
- frozen potted plants, 228
- furs, 217
- gas stoves, 239
- gloves, 194
- good complexion cream, 185
- growing greens, 226
- hats, feathers, ribbons and laces, 199
- hot cloths, 186
- hot water bag, 187
- hyacinths, 227
- innersoles, 198
- in the oven, 239
- lamp wicks, 234
- lavender smelling salts, 188
- lime water, 220
- lockjaw precaution, 187
- mending china, 232
- mint, 226
- mirrors, 232
- moths, 224
- nasturtiums, 225
- packing the stove away, 240
- palms, 228
- paper and books, 235
- pests of various kinds, 222
- plant bugs, 229
- poisons, 188
- pouring hot liquids in glasses, 232
- preserving for decoration, 227
- rats and mice, 222
- red ants, 222
- removing stains, 211
- removing stoppers from bottles, 231
- roaches, 223
- rubber plants, 228
- scent bags to hang in closets, 224
- scenting linens, 220
- shoe laces, 198
- shoes and rubbers, 196
- slipping geraniums, 227
- sparrows, 223
- storing furs, 217
- the hair, 192
- the teeth, 191
- to blacken shoes, 196
- to clean alabaster ornaments, 247
- to clean all fabrics, 248
- to clean aluminum kettles, 242
- to clean asbestos gas logs, 240
- to clean bath tubs, 189
- to clean black silks, 203
- to clean black wool gowns, 208
- to clean brass, 242
- to clean bottles, 220
- to clean bristle brushes, 190
- to clean bronze, 242
- to clean carpets, 248
- to clean chamois leather, 194
- to clean chinchilla, 217
- to clean combs, 189
- to clean copper, 242
- to clean covert cloth, 208
- to clean discolored fireplace brick, 238
- to clean enameled ware, 242
- to clean enameled woodwork, 244
- to clean ermine, 218
- to clean feathers, 200
- to clean felt hats, 199
- to clean and freshen chiffon hats, 200
- to clean gas mantles, 240
- to clean gold, 243
- to clean ivory, 247
- to clean khaki trousers, 195
- to clean lace waists, 205
- to clean lace yokes, 205
- to clean lamp chimneys, 234
- to clean mackintosh coats, 209
- to clean marble, 247
- to clean mink, 218
- to clean nickel, 243
- to clean oiled woodwork, 245
- to clean old paint brushes, 245
- to clean painted woodwork, 245
- to clean patent leathers, 196
- to clean pewter, 243
- to clean plaster statuettes, 247
- to clean ribbons, 201
- to clean sealskin, 218
- to clean silk gowns, 204
- to clean silver, 243
- to clean soiled books, 235
- to clean sponges, 191
- to clean spots from cashmere, 208
- to clean steel, 244
- to clean straw hats, 199
- to clean tin, 244
- to clean veils, 206
- to clean wall paper, 248
- to clean white feathers, 200
- to clean white fur cloth, 209
- to clean white fur, 218
- to clean white kid gloves, 195
- to clean white parasols, 195
- to clean white ribbons, 201
- to clean white satin, 204
- to clean white straw hats, 199
- to clean white wings, 202
- to clean windows, 245
- to clean zinc, 244
- to cleanse a tooth brush, 191
- to color flowers, 202
- to color laces, 206
- to curl ostrich feathers, 202
- to cut a bottle, No. 1, 230
- to cut a bottle, No. 2, 230
- to cut glass, 231
- to cut stove pipe, 239
- to dry clean laces, 205
- to dry clean lace waists, 206
- to dry clean white cloth, 209
- to dry clean white gloves, 194
- to extract a needle from the flesh, 188
- to freshen black kid gloves, 194
- to freshen black straw hats, 199
- to freshen suede kid, 194
- to freshen black lace, 207
- to freshen black veils, 207
- to freshen velvet, 203
- to hasten growth, 226
- to keep a cyclamen blooming, 227
- to keep a fire, 238
- to keep glass globes from breaking, 231
- to keep hair in curl, 193
- to keep silver untarnished, 244
- to kill burdocks, 229
- to make a cork smaller, 231
- to make library paste, 236
- to make a mustard plaster, 187
- to make a tooth powder, 191
- to make waterproof paper, 235
- to mend gloves, 194
- to polish furniture, 245
- to preserve new gloves, 194
- to preserve polished iron work, 243
- to prevent eye-glasses steaming, 186
- to prevent mould on books, 235
- to prevent pipes freezing, 241
- to prevent silk from cracking, 202
- to prevent soot in chimneys, 237
- to relieve thirst, etc., 188
- to remove axle grease stains, 212
- to remove beeswax from silk, 203
- to remove blood stains from cotton, 211
- to remove blood stains from silk, 211
- to remove candle grease, 212
- to remove chocolate and cocoa stains, 211
- to remove coffee stains, 211
- to remove cork from bottle, 231
- to remove egg stain from silver, 243
- to remove fishbone from throat, 186
- to remove fruit stains, 211
- to remove grass stains, 212
- to remove grease from all fabrics, 248
- to remove gloss from clothing, 209
- to remove indelible ink or pencil marks, 213
- to remove ink stains, 213
- to remove ink from wooden floors, 213
- to remove iodine stains, 213
- to remove iron rust from wash goods, 214
- to remove lemon juice stains, 214
- to remove machine oil, 214
- to remove mildew, 214
- to remove milk stains, 214
- to remove mud stains from cloth, 215
- to remove paint, 215
- to remove perspiration stains, 215
- to remove red ink, 213
- to remove rust from steel, 244
- to remove scorch stains, 215
- to remove splinter, 188
- to remove substance from the eye, 185
- to remove tangles, 193
- to remove tea stains, 216
- to remove varnish stains, 216
- to remove vinegar stains, 216
- to remove wine stains, 216
- to restore faded writing, 235
- to root oleanders, 227
- to save rubbers, 198
- to see obstructions in a chimney, 237
- to sharpen lawn mowers, 229
- to start a fire, 237
- to stiffen lace, 208
- to stiffen ribbons, 201
- to stop a simple nose bleed, 187
- to thaw frozen pipes, 241
- to wash a black wool gown, 208
- to wash delicate ribbons, 201
- to wash laces, 204
- to wash lace waists, 206
- to wash pongee silk, 203
- to wash veils, 207
- to wash white satin, 204
- to wash white silk gloves, 195
- to wash white sweaters and shawls, 209
- to waterproof matches, 238
- to whiten a hearth, 240
- vines, 226
- washing blond hair, 193
- washing glass, 232
- wet shoes, 197
- when glasses stick together, 232