INTRODUCTION
GENERAL
COOKING UTENSILS, THEIR USES AND CARE
THINGS TO DO BEFOREHAND
ECONOMY
MISCELLANEOUS
MEASUREMENTS
FLAVORINGS
GARNISHING
COLORINGS
ARRANGEMENT AND GARNISHING OF SALADS
FRUITS
FRUITS—FRESH
FRUITS—COOKED
TO CAN FRUITS
JELLIES
To Dry Blueberries
TO CAN VEGETABLES
TO DRY VEGETABLES
String Beans in Brine
Corn in Brine
SOUPS
Suggestions
WATER SOUPS
CREAM AND MILK SOUPS
BISQUES
CHOWDERS
PURÉES
OUR FAMOUS SOUPS
FRUIT SOUPS
SOUP GARNISHES AND ACCOMPANIMENTS
ENTRÉES AND BREAKFAST, LUNCHEON AND SUPPER DISHES
CROQUETTES
Oyster Plant Patties
Asparagus en Croustade
Oyster Plant en Croustade
Vegetable Cutlets
★ Squash Cutlets
Cucumber Cutlets
★ Cutlets of Corn Meal Porridge, or Hasty Pudding
Rice Cutlets
Corn Cakes
Corn Cakes No. 2
★ Corn Oysters
★ Oyster Plant Griddle Cakes
★ Corn Custards
★ Celery Custards
★ Onion Custards
Celery and Mushrooms à la Crême
Young Lima Beans à la Crême
Asparagus Tips à la Crême
Oyster Plant and Mushrooms à la Crême
Macaroni and Mushrooms à la Crême
Green Corn Pudding
Corn Pudding—no milk
Corn Pudding—no eggs
Oyster Plant Pudding—no eggs
Sweet Potato Pudding
Squash Pudding
★ Carrot Pudding
Scalloped Asparagus
Sister Ford’s Scalloped Cabbage—Delicious
Scalloped Egg Plant
Armenian Scallop of Egg Plant
Scalloped Onions
Scalloped Raw Potatoes
Potatoes Scalloped—raw nut butter and onions
Scalloped Cooked Potatoes
Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
Scalloped Squash
Scalloped Oyster Plant
Scallop of Oyster Plant
Oyster Plant Scallop
Scalloped Tomatoes
Scalloped Tomatoes—onion flavor
Scalloped Celery and Tomato
Tomatoes Scalloped with Rice and Onion
Creamed Sweet Potatoes
★ Baked Creamed Tomatoes
Spinach Soufflé
Mashed Potato Loaf
Timbale of Carrot—unusually desirable
Corn and Egg Timbale
Timbales of Corn—individual
Vegetable Pie
Oyster Plant Pie
Oyster Plant Pastry Pie
Mushroom and Celery Pie—Rice or pastry crust
Carrot Pie. Excellent
Potato Pie
Stuffed Winter Squash
Baked Squash with Celery Stuffing
Claudia’s Stuffed Egg Plant
Stuffed Potatoes
Meringued Stuffed Potatoes
Stuffed Tomatoes
Fillings for Stuffed Tomatoes
Fruit and Nut Tomatoes
Stuffed Green Tomatoes
Peeled Tomatoes Baked
Rich Baked Sliced Tomatoes
Broiled or Baked Tomatoes
Tomato Short Cake
Pilau—stewed rice
Macaroni with Onion or Celery, and Tomato
Parsnip and Potato Stew
Succotash—Corn and Beans
Dried and Hulled Corn
Vegetable Hashes
Toasts
Spanish Cakes
Mamie’s Surprise Biscuit
Yorkshire Pudding
Rice Border
Oyster Plant and Potato Omelet—without eggs
Baked Potatoes and Milk
Bread and Milk with Sweet Fruits
★ Apples in Oil
Onion Apples
TRUE MEATS
NUTS
COOKED NUT DISHES
TRUMESE
TRUMESE DISHES
NUTMESE
NUTMESE DISHES
TRUMESE AND NUTMESE DISHES
ROASTS
LEGUMES
EGGS
MUSHROOMS
Broiled Mushrooms
Baked Mushrooms
Steamed Mushrooms
Stewed Mushrooms
★ Creamed Mushrooms
Mushroom Stew
Stewed Canned Mushrooms
Dried Mushrooms
Pickled Mushrooms
Puff Balls
Mushrooms in Rice Rings
Sister McBurnie’s Chop Seuey
Mushrooms à la Crême
Fresh Mushrooms—Under Glass Globe with Cream
Mushroom Timbales
Mushroom and Oyster Plant Pie
★ Cream of Fresh Mushroom Soup
★ Boundary Castle Soup
STUFFINGS AND DRESSINGS
Simple Dressing
Savory Dressing
Danish Dressing
Onion and Parsley Stuffing
Celery Stuffing
Nut and Raisin Dressing
Vegetable Stuffing
Chestnut Stuffing
Black Walnut and Potato Stuffing
MEAT AND VEGETABLE GRAVIES AND SAUCES
Suggestions
1 Plain Nut Sauce
2 Nut Onion Sauce
3 Nut and Tomato Sauce
4 Nut Gravy for Roasts
5 Nut and Tomato Bisque Sauce
6 Simple Brown Sauce
7 Brown Onion Sauce
8 Savory Sauce
9 Roast Gravy—par excellence
10 Consommé Sauce
11 Celery Consommé Sauce
★ 12 Everybody’s Favorite
13 Almond and Tomato Cream Sauce—starchless
★ 14 Old Fashioned Milk Gravy
★ 15 Sour Cream Gravy
16 Cream or White Sauce
★ 17 Tomato Cream Sauce
18 Cream of Tomato Sauce
19 Cream of Tomato Sauce—Sister Howard’s
CREAM SAUCE VARIATIONS
32 Bread Sauce
33 Bread and Bean Sauce—Sister Elsie’s
34 Drawn Butter
VARIATIONS OF DRAWN BUTTER
40 Drawn Butter Sauce
41 Emerald Parsley Sauce
42 Tarragon Sauce
★ 43 Sauce for Meat and Vegetable Pies
44 Gravy for Rhode Island Johnny Cakes
45 Cream of Lentil Gravy
46 Nut and Lentil Gravy
47 Swiss Lentil Gravy
48 Vegetable Gravy
49 Olive Sauce
50 Olive and Nut Butter Sauce
51 Cream of Fresh Mushroom Sauce
52 Mushroom and Asparagus Sauce
53 Boundary Castle (Fresh Mushroom) Sauce
54 Italian (Dried Mushroom) Sauce
55 Canned Mushroom Sauce
★ 56 Dried Mushroom Brown Sauce
★ 57 Sauce Imperial
★ 58 Chili Sauce
★ 59 Tomato Catsup
60 Other Catsups
61 Peas and Carrot Sauce
62 Pink Sauce
63 Apple and Onion Sauce
64 Another
65 Currant Sauce
66 Currant Sauce No. 2
67 Baked Gooseberry Sauce
68 Jellied Chutney Sauce
69 Tomato Chutney
70 Ripe Cucumber Chutney
71 Apple and Green Tomato Chutney
72 Brother Coates’ Mother’s Chutney
73 Mint Sauce
74 Currant Mint Sauce
75 Sauce Amèricaine
76 Sauce for Breaded Carrots
77 Sour Sauce for Carrot Timbale
78 Lemon Butter Sauce
79 Pickle for Beets, String Beans and Carrots
VEGETABLES
Suggestions
Artichokes—Globe
Artichokes—Jerusalem
Asparagus
String Beans—Cream, Nut or Dairy
String Beans—Nut and Tomato Bisque Sauce
Shelled Green Beans
Flowering Beans—Green
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage—Plain Boiled
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery—Raw
Chard—Swiss
Corn—Green
Cucumbers
Egg Plant
Greens
Okra—Stewed Whole
Onions—Boiled
Oyster Plant
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Potatoes
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Pumpkin
Radishes
Spinach
Summer Squash
Winter Squash
Tomatoes
Turnips
Vegetable Stew
STARCHLESS VEGETABLES
STARCHLESS AND SUGARLESS VEGETABLES
CHESTNUTS
To Shell and Blanch Chestnuts
Boiled Chestnuts
Chestnut Purée
Roasted Chestnuts
Chestnut and Banana Salad with Cream Dressing
Chestnut Purée—Whipped Cream
Vanilla or Raisin Chestnuts
SALADS
Secrets of Success
COOKED DRESSINGS
UNCOOKED DRESSINGS
TRUE MEAT SALADS
VEGETABLE SALADS
FRUIT SALADS
DESSERTS AND PUDDINGS WITHOUT EGGS
★ Apple Dumpling—Baked
★ Apple Dumpling—Steamed
Peach Dumplings
★ Fruit Tarts or Dumplings
★ Blueberry Pot Pie—Delicious
Orange Roly-Poly
Dutch Apple Cake
Short Cakes
Shortcake Fillings
Steamed Blueberry or Other Fruit Pudding
★ Plain Steamed Pudding
★ Dutch Boiled or Steamed Pudding
Cottage Pudding
Pear Cobbler
Mother’s Peach Cobbler—Billy’s Favorite
Apple Scallop
Mary’s Scalloped Apple Pudding
Scalloped Raspberries, Blueberries or Peaches
Bread and Currant Pudding
Bread and Milk Pudding
Steamed Fig Pudding
★ Plum Pudding of Crumbs
American Plum Pudding
Plum Pudding
★ Steamed Whole Wheat Pudding
Tapioca Puddings—Granular Tapioca
Apple Tapioca Pudding—Pearl or Flake Tapioca
★ Sister Bramhall’s Tapioca Cream
Sago Cream—instead of Ice Cream
★ Cream of Rice Pudding
Rice Pudding—Raisins
Cocoanut Rice Pudding
Nut Cream of Rice Pudding
“Indian” Rice Pudding
★ Emeline’s Indian Pudding
Mrs. Hinsdale’s Indian Pudding
Graham Porridge Pudding
Blanc Mange
Rice Flour Blanc Mange
★ Caramel Jelly
Raspberry Jelly
★ Farina Banana Cream
Almond “Custard”
★ Imperial Raspberry Cream
Steamed Apples—Cream
Clabber—for summer only
Green Corn Pudding
Irish or Sea Moss Blanc Mange
DESSERTS AND PUDDINGS WITH EGGS
Elizabeth’s Indian Pudding—Superior
★ Corn Cake Pudding
★ Brown Bread Pudding
Victoria Dessert—Impromptu
★ Steamed Crumb Pudding
Steamed Cabinet Pudding
Plain Boiled or Baked Custard
Custard of Yolks of Eggs
★ White Custard
Corn Starch Custard
Cocoanut Banana Dessert
Lemon Water Custard
Coffee Custard
★ Floating Island
★ Floating Island No. 2
Custard Apple Pudding—Good Sabbath Dessert
Orange Pudding
Banana Pudding
Hattie’s Prune Dessert
Prune Soufflé
Fruit Whips
★ Jelly Whips, or Mary’s Desserts
Brother Fulton’s Strawberry Fluff
Strawberries and Cream Whip
Apple Cream
Rose Apple Cream
Lemon Snow Pudding
Birds’ Nest Pudding
Sponge Apple Pudding
Lemon Soufflé Pudding—Unequaled
Cream Sponge Pudding
Fruit Juice Mold
Snow Blanc Mange—No Milk
Flour Blanc Mange
Rice Flour Pudding
Corn Starch Meringue
Sea Foam—Sea Moss
Eva’s Tapioca Cream—none better
Tapioca Cream—in glasses
Water Tapioca Pudding—Excellent
Molded Tapioca Pudding—Fine
★ Cottage Pudding—Eggs
Steamed Fruit Pudding
★ Quaker Pudding
Batter Pudding
Cocoanut Rice Pudding
Rice Custard Pudding
Rice Pudding—Lemon Meringue
Sweet Potato Mold
Dainty Dessert
Cottage Cheese and Cake
Molasses Cake with Whipped Cream
Molded Apples
Apple Dessert
PUDDING SAUCES
★ Creamy (Apple Dumpling) Sauce
Strawberry or Raspberry Sauce
★ Foamy Sauce
Hard Sauce
Variations of Hard Sauce
★ Variegated Hard Sauce
Hard Sauce of Cooking Oil
Plain Lemon Sauce
Lemon Sauce—Egg
Starchless Lemon Sauce
Cream Lemon Sauce
Orange Sauce
★ Orange Syrup Sauce
Lemon Raisin Sauce
Raisin Sauce
Fig Sauce
Date Sauce
Prune Sauce
Peach Sauce
Pineapple Sauce
Cranberry Sauce
Fruit Sabayon Sauce
★ Jelly Meringue Sauce
Cream, White, and Foamy White Sauces
Cocoanut Sauce
Banana Cream Sauce
Cold Cream Sauce
Whipped Cream Sauce
Strawberry Cream Sauce
Creamy Sauce of Cooking Oil
Lemon Cream Sauce—Sour Cream
Sauce Antique—Sour Cream
Egg Cream or Emergency Sauce
Orange Egg Cream Sauce
Almond Cream Sauce
Grape and Almond Sauce
Almond Whipped Cream
Almond Cream for Puddings or Cereals
Custard Sauce
Maple Syrup Sauce
Maple Sugar Sauce
Molasses Sauces
★ Plain Pudding Sauce
Rose Sauce
VEGETABLE GELATINE
Directions
Secrets of Success
Fruit Jellies
Delicate Lemon Jelly
Fruit and Mint Jelly
Beets in Jelly
Orange Jelly
Orange or Lemon Jelly with Strawberries
Jelly in Orange Cups
★ Wedding Breakfast Salad
Red Jelly with Fruit
★ Orange Garnish for Salad or Cold Entrée
Apple Sauce Molds—very nice
Orange Cream
Prune Cream Mold
Pineapple Sponge
Lemon Snow
Sponge Pudding
★ Gelatine Blanc Mange
Cocoanut Blanc Mange
★ Rice Charlotte
★ Whipped Cream Jelly—Miss Hughes
★ Maple Cream
Jellied Café au Lait
Coffee Bavarian
Coffee Bavarian and Blanc Mange or Jellied Custard
★ Jellied Custard
Jellied Custard with Meringue
Marshmallow Pudding
Cream of Tomato and Carrot Jelly
★ Tomato Jelly
★ Tomato Aspic
Aspic—Light
Bouillon for Jelly
Light Stock for Jelly
Dark Stock for Jelly
Aspic for Garnishing
Jellied Broth—Dark
Gelatine of Trumese
Jellied Cream Trumese (Salad if Desired)
The Medical Use of Agar Agar
PIES
Suggestions
★ Pastry for one Large Pie
“Pie Flakes”
Hot Water Crust
★ Cream Pastry
Butter Crust
Bread Pie Crust
Nut Meal Crust
★ Granella Crust
Granella Crust No. 2
Fillings for Granella Pies
★ Apple Pie
Other Fruit Pies
★ Mince Filling
Green Tomato Mince-meat
Crumb Mince-meat
Raisin Lemon
Rhubarb and Pineapple
Rhubarb and Strawberry
Canned Rhubarb
Green Tomato—Harriet
LEMON PIES
Orange Pie
Orange Custard Pie
CREAM PIES
Cream of Rice
Tomato Cream—Fine
My Mother’s
Parched Corn Cream
Cream—Sour
Sour Cream
White Cream
Rice Pie
Crumb Pie
★ Crumb Pie No. 2
Buttermilk Pie. Excellent
Buttermilk Pie No. 2
Sour Milk Pie—Mock Lemon
Sour Milk Pie with Raisins
Sweet Potato Pie
Squash Pies. Two large
Bro. Cornforth’s Squash and Sweet Potato Pie
Lemon Squash Pie
Pumpkin Pies
Carrot Pie
Turnip Pie
CAKES
Suggestions
★ Nut and Citron Cake
★ Julia’s Birthday Cake
Patty Cakes
Cocoanut Loaf or Layer Cake
Rich Loaf Cake
Rice Flour Cake
Fruit and Nut Cake. Unsurpassed
Corn Starch Cake
★ Silver Cake
★ Scotch Short Bread—no eggs
German Light Cake
★ Sister Elliott’s Plain Loaf Cake and Cookies
Molasses Cake
Molasses Sugar Cakes
★ Molasses Bread or Hard Molasses Cake—no eggs
YEAST CAKES
★ Saffron Cake—no eggs
Citron and Cocoanut Cakes—no eggs
White Fruit Cake—no eggs
★ Dried Apple Cake—yeast
★ Washington Cake—no eggs
Washington Pie—no eggs
Elizabeth’s Raised Cake
German Almond Loaf
Cake Without Chemicals
Maple Loaf Cake
Raised Molasses Cake—no eggs or two whites
German Coffee Cake—no eggs
★ Royal Sponge Cake
Variations of Royal Sponge Cake
★ Sponge Layer Cake
★ Old Friend Sponge Cake
Cocoanut Sponge Cake. 1846
Rice Flour Sponge Cake. 1846
Angel Cake
Tri-Colored Layer Cake
Miss Lubey’s Cream Puffs. 1 doz.
Additions to Cookies and Small Cakes
Suggestive Combinations
★ Rich Small Cakes—Cookies
Yolk Jumbles
★ Cream Cookies
Lunch Cakes
Anise Wafers, or German Christmas Cakes
Sour Cream Cookies—no soda
Honey Wafers
Molasses Cookies
★ Molasses Cakes—no eggs
★ Molasses Snaps—no eggs
Nut Wafers
Nut Cakes—Bro. Hurdon
Hard Sponge Cakes
Risen Doughnuts—Baked
Risen Doughnuts
Crullers
Fried Cakes
ICINGS AND FILLINGS FOR CAKES
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT ICES
★ The “Laurel” Ice Cream
Maple Ice Cream
Lemon Ice
Orange Ice
Raspberry Ice
Currant and Raspberry Ice
Mint Ice
★ Grape Sherbet
★ Mint Sherbet
Pineapple Sherbet, or Frozen Pineapple
Mina’s Lemon and Orange Sherbets
Frozen Strawberries
Frozen Peaches
Frappés
CEREALS
Parched Sweet Corn—the Ideal Cereal Preparation
Yolk—Egg
Pop-corn
Rusk
Porridges
RICE
Granella—to Serve
Baked Hominy
To Hull Corn
★ Granella No. 1—wheat, corn and oats
Granella No. 2—rice, wheat and barley
Granella No. 3—rye, wheat and barley
Granella No. 4—rye, wheat and corn
MACARONI (ITALIAN PASTE)
To Cook Macaroni
Baked Macaroni in Cream Sauce
Macaroni—Pine Nuts
Macaroni—Corn
Browned Macaroni and Granella
Macaroni—Tomato and Onion
Vermicelli—Asparagus
Macaroni in Milk
★ Cream Mold of Macaroni
★ Macaroni—Sour Cream
BREADS—LEAVENED
Yeast
Flour
BREAD—YEAST
Salt Rising Bread—Suggestions
Salt Rising Bread. No. 1
Salt Rising Bread. No. 2
★ Universal Crust
Sour Cream Crust—no soda
Sally Lunn. Breakfast or Supper Bread
★ ★ Soup Crackers
★ Rolls
Buttermilk Rolls
Swiss Rolls. Bennett’s
★ Crumb Rolls
★ Crumb Rolls of Brown Bread
Rolled Rolls
★ Potato Biscuit
Split Biscuit
★ Raised Biscuit
Breakfast Biscuit—rice, corn and flour
★ Rusk
Browned Rusk
Buns—plain
Beadles
Sr. Purdon’s Lemon Buns
Bread Sticks
Crumb Cakes
Old-time Buckwheat Cakes—corn meal and flour
★ Buckwheat Cakes—bread crumbs
BREADS—UNLEAVENED—WITHOUT CHEMICALS
Gems
Whole Wheat and Graham Gems
White, and Sally Lunn Gems
Fruit and Nut Gems
Rye Gems
Rye and Wheat Gems
★ Crumb Gems
★ Corn Meal and White Flour Gems
Corn and Graham Gems—no eggs
★ Cream Corn Gems or Griddle Cakes
Pop Overs
Other Variations of Pop Overs
Whole Wheat Pop Overs
★ Corn Pop Overs
★ Sweet Potato Bread
★ Rice Breakfast or Supper Cake
★ Corn Bread
Crumbs and Corn Bread
★ The Laurel Brown Bread. Sr. Olive Jones Tracy
Crumb Brown Bread—no eggs or yeast
★ Johnny Cake
Southern Johnny Cakes
★ Bannock
Water Corn Bread
No. 2
Oat Cake
Corn Meal Crusts
White Corn Meal Crusts
Rhode Island Johnny (Journey) Cakes
Pone, or Corn Bread “Straight”
Ash Cake
Hoe Cake
★ Sr. Welch’s Corn Dodgers
Sr. Welch’s Corn Dodgers—granular meal
Corn Meal Porridge Dodgers
Griddle Cakes
Plain Griddle Cakes
Rice Griddle Cakes
Crumb Griddle Cakes
Buckwheat Cakes
Savory Meat Griddle Cakes
Mushroom Griddle Cakes
Plain Griddle Cakes—Roux. Delicate and Creamy
Variations
Crumb Griddle Cakes—no flour
Corn and Crumb Griddle Cakes—no eggs
Rice Griddle Cakes—no flour
Hominy Griddle Cakes
Corn Meal Griddle Cakes—no flour
Green Corn Batter Cakes
Nut Butter Griddle Cakes
Nut and Egg Cakes
Dough Breads
Plain Graham Rolls
Nut Rolls
Cream Rolls
★ Shortened Rolls
Fruit Rolls
Sticks
White Sticks
Porridge Sticks.
Beaten Biscuit—Whole Wheat
Maryland Beaten Biscuit
Maryland Biscuit—Unbeaten
★ White Crackers
Swedish Milk Biscuit
Cocoanut Wafers
Fruit Bars
Crackers with Nuts
Graham Crackers—Sweet
★ Sour Cream Crackers
Nut Wafers
Fruit Wafers
★ Oat Cakes
★ Graham Crisps or Flakes
Cream Crisps
Nut Crisps
Cocoanut Crisps
Nut Straws
Unleavened Bread for Communion
SANDWICHES
FILLINGS FOR SANDWICHES
OPEN SANDWICHES—CANAPES
Sandwich à la Salade
Sister Starr’s Tomato Sandwich
Variegated Sandwiches
English Bread and Butter Sandwiches
★ Trumese Sandwiches—non-starch
MILK, CREAM, BUTTER AND CHEESE
To Pasteurize Milk
To Sterilize Butter
Sterilized Butter
Scalded, Devonshire or Clotted Cream
USES OF SOUR CREAM WITHOUT SODA
CHEESE
DRINKS
Fruit Nectars
Lemonades
Egg Orangeade
To Prepare Fruit Juices
Cranberry Juice
Cereal Coffees or Drinks
To Make a Cereal Drink
Tea-Hygiene
Bran Tea
Cold Cereal Coffee
Eggnog
Hot Eggnog
Cream for Coffee
Cream for Coffee No. 2
INVALID FOODS
Suggestions
Granella Malted Milk Gruel
Egg Gruel
Parched Corn Broth
Almond Gruel
Raisin Gruel
White of Egg
CONFECTIONS
Stuffed Dates
Cream Stuffed Dates
Stuffed Figs
Stuffed Prunes
Sweetmeats—Fruits and Nuts
A Sweetmeat—Fruits
Kisses
Cocoanut Candy
Candy Puffs
Confection, or Bonbon Cream
Nut Creams
★ Confection Potatoes
Marshmallows
Old Fashioned Molasses Candy
Everton Taffy
Lemon Taffy—to pull
Penosia
Lozenges—Wintergreen or Peppermint
Maple Candy Cream
Hoarhound Candy
MEALS AND MENUS
MENUS
PICNIC AND TRAVELLING LUNCHES
INDEX
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