Better Meals for Less Money

Put sugar in a smooth, clean saucepan, add boiling water, and stir until dissolved; heat slowly to boiling point, add cream of tartar, and boil without stirring to 240 deg. F.,...

Wash a four-pound piece of beef flank or any other of the cheaper cuts. Cover with boiling water, bring to boiling point, and skim; slice and add two carrots, two onions, and on...

In order to buy, prepare, and serve food to the best possible advantage, an elementary knowledge of the composition and nutritive value of foods, and the necessary food requirem...

Soak beans in cold water over night; drain, cover with cold water, heat to boiling point, and simmer until beans are very tender but not broken; place in an earthen bean pot, ad...

Sift dry ingredients together, and mix well with milk; turn into a greased bread tin, let stand fifteen minutes, and bake in a moderate oven fifty minutes. Raisins, dates, figs,...

Sift flour, salt, and baking powder; rub in shortening with finger tips until mixture is like fine meal; add water gradually until a soft but not sticky dough is formed, mixing...

Mix dry ingredients, add to egg, and stir into the hot milk; add vinegar slowly, and cook over hot water for ten minutes, stirring constantly at first. Cool, put into a preserve...

1 cup unsweetened apple sauce 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup melted shortening 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon soda 1/4 teaspoon clove 2 cups flour 1 c...

Wash and dry four slices of cod steak, season with salt and pepper, put in baking pan, and pour around them one-half cup of water and one tablespoon of shortening; bake twenty-f...

1 cup scalded milk 2-1/2 teaspoons salt 1 cup boiling water 1/2 yeast cake 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 cup lukewarm water 2 tablespoons shortening 6 to 7 cups flour

Wash thoroughly in two or three cold waters; put in granite kettle, cover with water, and soak twenty-four hours; cook very slowly two or three hours until tender; add sugar, an...

1 cup white stock 2-1/2 tablespoons flour 1 slice onion 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 slice carrot Few grains cayenne Sprig of parsley 1 teaspoon butter 1 tablespoon shortening

For a soft-boiled egg, place egg in rapidly boiling water and boil from three to five minutes. For hard-boiled eggs, place in rapidly boiling water and boil twenty minutes, or c...

When fresh asparagus is served as a vegetable, cook the tough ends in the same water, which should be lightly salted. Press through a sieve, add the water, and for each three cu...

3 cups chicken stock Salt 1 slice onion 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup celery tops 2 tablespoons chicken fat or butter 1 cup hot milk 3 tablespoons flour

Add meal to boiling salted water by sifting it slowly through the fingers, while stirring rapidly with the other hand. Boil for ten minutes, and cook over hot water for two hour...

Force bananas and jelly through potato ricer or a sieve, add sugar, and heap on French toast or sponge cake. Or line individual glasses with lady fingers and fill with banana mi...

Use recipe for Baking Powder Biscuit (see No. 424); roll dough very thin, brush with melted butter, and spread with one cup of chopped apple, mixed with one-fourth cup of sugar,...

Melt fat, add one pared and sliced raw potato, a pinch of soda, and a tablespoon of water; heat slowly, and cook until fat stops bubbling; strain through double cheesecloth.

Press cold baked beans through a sieve; spread bread with butter, cover with a lettuce leaf, cover lettuce with beans, and sprinkle beans with chopped mustard pickle. Cover with...

Mix, and serve in four small glasses or lemon shells, with six small clams or oysters in each. Shrimps, prawns, or lobster may be used instead of clams or oysters.

Use one measure of freezing salt to three measures of finely cracked ice for ice cream, sherbet, and all mixtures which are to be churned. Freeze slowly, remove dasher, pack sol...

1 cup soft bread crumbs 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup cheese cut fine 1/8 teaspoon soda 1/4 teaspoon mustard 1 egg slightly beaten 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 cup hot milk

Boil water and sugar to 240 deg. F., or until the sirup forms soft ball when tried in cold water; add cream of tartar and vanilla, and pour slowly upon the stiffly beaten white...

1/3 cup half-inch cubes salt pork 1-1/2 teaspoons salt 1 onion sliced 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 cups boiling water 3 cups hot milk 4 cups potatoes cut in half-inch cubes 1/4 cup sif...

Melt one cup of sugar in a smooth, clean saucepan, add three-fourths cup of boiling water, and simmer fifteen minutes. Take care that sugar does not burn. Strong coffee may be u...

1-1/2 cups flour 1 egg well beaten 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon melted shortening 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon sugar 3/4 cup water

Pick over and wash grapes, barely cover with water, and cook until soft and white; drain through cheesecloth, and to each quart of juice add one cup each of water and sugar; bri...

Mix and sift flour, baking powder, and salt; rub in shortening with finger tips; add milk, and mix well with a knife. Spread in two greased layer-cake pans, patting with the bac...

_Baking_ is cooking in confined heat in the oven. Examples: bread, cake, meat. This method when applied to meat is commonly called roasting. Before baking, see that the oven is...