Public School Domestic Science

by Adelaide Hoodless

Time-table for Cooking.

Baking Bread, Cakes and Puddings.

Loaf bread	40 to 60 m.
Graham gems	25 to 30 m.
Sponge cake	45 to 60 m.
Cookies	10 to 15 m.
Rice and tapioca	1 hr.
Custards	15 to 20 m.
Pastry (thin puff)	10 to 15 m.
Pie crust	25 to 30 m.
Baked beans	6 to 8 hrs.
Scalloped dishes	15 to 20 m.
Rolls, biscuit	10 to 20 m.
Gingerbread	25 to 30 m.
Fruit cake	2 to 3 hrs.
Bread pudding	1 hr.
Indian pudding	2 to 3 hrs.
Steamed pudding	1 to 3 hrs.
Pastry (thick)	30 to 50 m.
Potatoes	30 to 45 m.
Braised meat	3 to 4 hrs.

Baking Meats.

Beef, sirloin, rare, per lb.	8 to 10 m.
Beef, well done, per lb.	12 to 15 m.
Beef, rolled rib or rump, per lb.	12 to 15 m.
Beef, fillet, per lb.	20 to 30 m.
Mutton, rare, per lb.	10 m.
Mutton, well done, per lb.	15 m.
Lamb, well done, per lb.	15 m.
Veal, well done, per lb.	20 m.
Pork, well done, per lb.	30 m.
Turkey, 10 lbs. weight	2-1/2 hrs.
Chicken, 3 to 4 lbs. weight	1 to 1-1/2 hr.
Goose, 8 lbs.	2 hrs.
Tame duck	1 to 1-1/2 hr.
Game	40 to 60 m.
Grouse	30 to 40 m.
Small birds	20 to 25 m.
Venison, per lb.	15 m.
Fish, 6 to 8 lbs.	1 hr.
Fish, small	30 to 40 m.

Vegetables (Boiling).

Rice, green corn, peas, tomatoes, asparagus (hard boiled eggs)	20 to 25 m.
Potatoes, macaroni, squash, celery, spinach2	5 to 30 m.
Young beets, carrots, turnips, onions, parsnips, cauliflower	30 to 45 m.
Young cabbage, string beans, shell beans, oyster plant	45 to 60 m.
Winter vegetables, oatmeal, hominy and wheat	1 to 2 hrs.

Frying (Deep).

Smelts, croquettes, fish balls	1 to 2 m.
Muffins, fritters, doughnuts	4 to 6 m.
Fish, breaded chops	5 to 7 m.

Broiling.

Steak, 1 inch thick	6 to 8 m.
Steak, 1-1/2 inch thick	8 to 10 m.
Fish, small	6 to 8 m.
Fish, thick	12 to 15 m.
Chops	8 to 10 m.
Chicken	20 m.