Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors

Soak the gelatine in cold water; mix sugar, chocolate and eggs; add scalded milk, and cook in double boiler until a coating is formed on a spoon; add to soaked gelatine; when di...

Soak beans over night, drain, cover with cold water and simmer until tender when pierced with a darning needle. Drain, pour one half of beans into bean pot; add salt, sweetening...

The chief offices of food are to build the material of the body, to repair the waste which is continually going on and to yield heat to keep the body warm.

_Cream Butter._—Cream butter, that is, beat it with a spoon until it is of a creamy consistency; then add sugar very gradually; when well blended, add yolks of eggs which have b...

Chop meat and press through a sieve. Soak bread in milk; add it with remaining ingredients to chicken; season highly and use as a filling in fontage cups, or shape in balls and...

Cut bread one fourth inch in thickness, remove crust. Cut slices in strips, and strips in cubes. Dip in melted butter, brown in the oven or fry in deep fat.

Various methods are employed in cooking meats; but this fact should be remembered, that all meat should be subjected to a high temperature for a short time, in order to sear the...

The fruit may be cooked in a saucepan with just enough sugar to make it palatable and water to keep the fruit from burning, and transferred to sterile jars; or it may be put int...

Boil water and hops five minutes. Strain; add grated potatoes; boil five minutes; add sugar and salt; when lukewarm add yeast or yeast cake which has been dissolved in one fourt...

Mix salt, cayenne, mustard and paprika. Beat yolks well, and add to seasonings; beat until mixture is thick, adding olive oil, drop by drop, for the first four tablespoons, then...

The freshness of fish is best determined by the odor. If the flesh of the fish is soft and flabby, the fish has been frozen, or has been kept too long.

Adjust the freezing can in the freezer, making sure that all parts fit and that the crank turns readily. Place ice in bag made of ticking or strong sacking, and with a wooden ma...

Mix salt and corn meal, add boiling water, let stand ten minutes. Add baking powder and sufficient milk to make a stiff batter. Grease a griddle; when hot, drop the mixture by s...

At the beginning of the chapter on Cereals, for instance, will be found general directions for their preparation for which there is no room in each receipt, and the same is true...

ALL green vegetables should be washed in cold water and cooked in boiling water. Salt may be added first or last according to preference. Allow one tablespoon salt to each quart...

The preparation of food for the sick and convalescent person is even more important than the preparation for the strong and well. Certain points should always be considered. The...

Melt the butter and cook until brown, add flour and seasonings, and stir until brown. Add liquid, little at a time, and boil five minutes, stirring all of the time.

THE chafing dish is composed of the blazer and hot water pan, set in a standard with a small lamp underneath. Some lamps have an electric attachment, but alcohol is the fuel mos...

Melt two squares Lowney’s Premium Chocolate, add sugar and boiling water, boil two minutes. Scald the milk with coffee, strain, and add to chocolate with salt and brandy. Beat w...

Place eggs in saucepan, cover with boiling water, and let them stand in saucepan on the back of the range three minutes; in this way the white and the yolk are slightly coagulated.

Spread the loaf with butter before cutting the slice from the loaf. Cut each slice as thin as possible. After cutting, spread the slice with the sandwich mixture, and cover with...

Canapés are made from white, graham, and brown bread, sliced very thin and cut in various shapes. They may be dipped in melted butter, toasted or fried. The slices may be covere...

Apples should be washed and wiped dry. Berries should be looked over very carefully, and, if dirty, washed by putting in a colander and allowing cold water to run gently over th...

MIX the cereal very gradually with the amount of boiling salted water, and cook in double boiler until done. To hasten the cooking, cook in single boiler or saucepan for the fir...