TABLE OF CONTENTS.

[Introduction]

[Foods]

[Properties of food]

[Food elements]

[Uses of food elements]

[Proper combinations of food]

[Proper proportion of food elements]

[Condiments]

[Relation of condiments to intemperance]

[Variety in food]

[Table topics.]

[The Digestion of Foods]

[The digestive organs]

[The digestion of a mouthful of bread]

[Salivary digestion]

[Stomach digestion]

[Intestinal digestion]

[Other uses of the digestive fluids]

[Absorption]

[Liver digestion]

[Time required for digestion]

[Dr. Beaumont's table made from experiments on Alexis St. Martin]

[Hygiene of digestion]

[Hasty eating]

[Drinking freely at meals]

[Eating between meals]

[Simplicity in diet]

[Eating when tired]

[Eating too much]

[How much food is enough]

[Excess of certain food elements]

[Deficiency of certain food elements]

[Food combinations]

[Table topics.]

[Cookery]

[Evils of bad cookery]

[The principles of scientific cookery]

[Fuels]

[Making fires]

[Care of fires]

[Methods of cooking]

[Roasting]

[Broiling or grilling]

[Baking]

[The oven thermometer]

[Boiling]

[The boiling point of water]

[How to raise the boiling point of water]

[Action of hot and cold water upon foods]

[Steaming]

[Stewing]

[Frying]

[Evaporation]

[Adding foods to boiling liquids]

[Measuring]

[Comparative table of weights and measures]

[Mixing the material]

[Stirring]

[Beating]

[Kneading]

[Temperature]

[Cooking utensils]

[Porcelain ware]

[Granite ware]

[Galvanized iron ware]

[Tests for lead]

[Adulterated tin]

[Table topics.]

[The Household Workshop]

[Description of a convenient kitchen]

[The kitchen furniture]

[Cupboards]

[A convenient kitchen table]

[The kitchen sink]

[Drainpipes]

[Stoves and ranges]

[Oil and gas stoves]

[The "Aladdin Cooker"]

[Kitchen utensils]

[The tin closet]

[The dish closet]

[The pantry]

[The storeroom]

[The refrigerator]

[The water supply]

[Test for pure water]

[Filters]

[Cellars]

[Kitchen conveniences]

[The steam cooker]

[The vegetable press]

[The lemon drill]

[The handy waiter]

[The wall cabinet]

[The percolate holder]

[Kneading table]

[Dish-towel rack]

[Kitchen brushes]

[Vegetable brush]

[Table topics.]

[The Grains, or Cereals, and their Preparation]

[General properties of grains]

[Cooking of grains]

[The double boiler]

[Table showing amount of liquid, and time required for cooking different grains]

[Grains for breakfast]

[Grains an economical food]

[Wheat]

[Description of a grain of wheat]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Pearl wheat]

[Cracked wheat]

[Rolled wheat]

[Boiled wheat]

[Wheat with raisins]

[Wheat with fresh fruit]

[Molded wheat]

[Finer mill products of wheat]

[Recipes:]

[Farina]

[Farina with fig sauce]

[Farina with fresh fruit]

[Molded farina]

[Graham grits]

[Graham mush]

[Graham mush No. 2]

[Graham mush No. 3]

[Graham mush with dates]

[Plum porridge]

[Graham apple mush]

[Granola mush]

[Granola fruit mush]

[Granola peach mush]

[Bran jelly]

[The oat, description of]

[Oatmeal]

[Brose]

[Budrum]

[Flummery]

[Preparation and cooking of oats]

[Recipes:]

[Oatmeal mush]

[Oatmeal fruit mush]

[Oatmeal blancmange]

[Oatmeal Blancmange No. 2]

[Jellied oatmeal]

[Mixed mush]

[Rolled oats]

[Oatmeal with apple]

[Oatmeal porridge]

[Barley, description of]

[Gofio]

[Scotch milled or pot barley]

[Pearl barley]

[Suggestions for cooking barley]

[Recipes:]

[Baked barley]

[Pearl barley with raisins]

[Pearl barley with lemon sauce]

[Rice, description of]

[Rice paddy]

[Preparation and cooking of rice]

[Recipes:]

[Steamed rice]

[Boiled rice]

[Rice with fig sauce]

[Orange rice]

[Rice with raisins]

[Rice with peaches]

[Browned rice]

[Rye, description of]

[Rye meal]

[Rye flour]

[Recipes:]

[Rolled rye]

[Rye mush]

[Maize, or Indian corn, description of]

[Suggestions for cooking corn]

[Recipes:]

[Corn meal mush]

[Corn meal mush with fruit]

[Corn meal cubes]

[Browned mush]

[Samp]

[Cerealine flakes]

[Hulled corn]

[Coarse hominy]

[Fine hominy or grits]

[Popped corn]

[Macaroni, description of]

[Semolina]

[Spaghetti]

[Vermicelli]

[To select macaroni]

[To prepare and cook macaroni]

[Recipes:]

[Homemade macaroni]

[Boiled macaroni]

[Macaroni with cream sauce]

[Macaroni with tomato sauce]

[Macaroni baked with granola]

[Eggs and macaroni]

[Table topics.]

[Breadstuffs and Bread-making]

[The origin of bread]

[Chestnut bread]

[Peanut bread]

[Breadstuffs]

[Qualities necessary for good bread]

[Superiority of bread over meat]

[Graham flour]

[Wheat meal]

[Whole_wheat or entire wheat flour]

[How to select flour]

[To keep flour]

[Deleterious adulterations of flour]

[Tests for adulterated flour]

[Chemistry of bread-making]

[Bread made light by fermentation]

[The process of fermentation]

[Fermentative agents]

[Yeast]

[Homemade yeasts]

[How to keep yeast]

[Bitter yeast]

[Tests for yeast]

[Starting the bread]

[Proportion of materials needed]

[Utensils]

[When to set the sponge]

[Temperature for bread-making]

[How to set the sponge]

[Lightness of the bread]

[Kneading the dough]

[How to manipulate the dough in kneading]

[How many times shall bread be kneaded]

[Dryness of the surface]

[Size of loaves]

[Proper temperature of the oven]

[How to test the heat of an oven]

[Care of bread after baking]

[Best method of keeping bread]

[Test of good fermented bread]

[Whole-wheat and Graham breads]

[Toast]

[Steamed bread]

[Liquid yeast]

[Recipes:]

[Raw potato yeast]

[Raw potato yeast No. 2]

[Hop yeast]

[Boiled potato yeast]

[Boiled potato yeast No. 2]

[Fermented breads]

[Recipes:]

[Milk bread with white flour]

[Vienna bread]

[Water bread]

[Fruit roll]

[Fruit loaf]

[Potato bread]

[Pulled bread]

[Whole-wheat bread]

[Whole-wheat bread No. 2]

[Miss B's one-rising bread]

[Potato bread with whole-wheat flour]

[Rye bread]

[Graham bread]

[Graham bread No. 2]

[Graham bread No. 3]

[Raised biscuit]

[Rolls]

[Imperial rolls]

[French rolls]

[Crescents]

[Parker House rolls]

[Braids]

[Brown bread]

[Date bread]

[Fruit loaf with Graham and whole-wheat flour]

[Raised corn bread]

[Corn cake]

[Oatmeal bread]

[Milk yeast bread]

[Graham salt rising bread]

[Unfermented breads]

[Passover cakes]

[Tortillas]

[Evils of chemical bread raising]

[Rochelle salts in baking powders]

[General directions]

[Gem irons]

[Perforated sheet-iron pan for rolls]

[Unfermented batter breads]

[Unfermented dough breads]

[Recipes:]

[Whole-wheat puffs]

[Whole-wheat puffs No. 2]

[Whole-wheat puffs No. 3]

[Graham puffs]

[Graham puffs No. 2]

[Currant puffs]

[Graham gems]

[Crusts]

[Rye puffs]

[Rye puffs No. 2]

[Rye gems]

[Blueberry gems]

[Hominy gems]

[Sally Lunn gems]

[Corn puffs]

[Corn puffs No. 2]

[Corn puffs No. 3]

[Corn puffs No. 4]

[Corn dodgers]

[Corn dodgers No. 2]

[Cream corn cakes]

[Hoe cakes]

[Oatmeal gems]

[Snow gems]

[Pop overs]

[Granola gems]

[Bean gems]

[Breakfast rolls]

[Sticks]

[Cream Graham rolls]

[Corn mush rolls]

[Fruit rolls]

[Cream mush rolls]

[Beaten biscuit]

[Cream crisps]

[Cream crisps No. 2]

[Graham crisps]

[Oatmeal crisps]

[Graham crackers]

[Fruit crackers]

[Table topics.]

[Fruits]

[Chemical constituents of]

[Value as nutrients]

[Structure of fruits]

[The jelly-producing principle]

[Digestibility of fruits]

[Unripe fruits]

[Table of fruit analysis]

[Ripe fruit and digestive disorders]

[Over-ripe and decayed fruits]

[Dangerous bacteria on unwashed fruit]

[Free use of fruit lessens desire for alcoholic stimulants]

[Beneficial use of fruits in disease]

[Description]

[Apples]

[The pear]

[The quince]

[The peach]

[The plum]

[The prune]

[The apricot]

[The cherry]

[The olive; its cultivation and preservation]

[The date, description and uses of]

[The orange]

[The lemon]

[The sweet lemon or bergamot]

[The citron]

[The lime]

[The grape-fruit]

[The pomegranate, its antiquity]

[The grape]

[Zante currants]

[The gooseberry]

[The currant]

[The whortleberry]

[The blueberry]

[The cranberry]

[The strawberry]

[The raspberry]

[The blackberry]

[The mulberry]

[The melon]

[The fig, its antiquity and cultivation]

[The banana]

[Banana meal]

[The pineapple]

[Fresh fruit for the table]

[Selection of fruit for the table]

[Directions for serving fruits]

[Apples]

[Bananas]

[Cherries]

[Currants]

[Gooseberries]

[Grapes]

[Melons]

[Oranges]

[Peaches and pears]

[Peaches and cream]

[Pineapples]

[Plums]

[Pressed Figs]

[Raspberries, Blackberries, Dewberries, Blueberries and Whortlberries]

[Frosted fruit]

[Keeping fresh fruit]

[Directions for packing, handling, and keeping fruits]

[To keep grapes]

[To keep lemons and oranges]

[To keep cranberries]

[Cooked fruit]

[General suggestions for cooking fruit]

[Recipes:]

[Baked apples]

[Citron apples]

[Lemon apples]

[Baked pears]

[Baked quince]

[Pippins and quince]

[Baked apple sauce]

[Baked apple sauce No. 2]

[Apples stewed whole]

[Steamed apples]

[Compote of apple]s

[Apple compote No. 2]

[Stewed pears]

[Smooth apple sauce]

[Boiled apples with syrup]

[Stewed apples]

[Stewed crab apples]

[Sweet apple sauce with condensed apple juice]

[Apples with raisins]

[Apples with apricots]

[Peaches, pears, cherries, berries, and other small fruits]

[Baked apples]

[Baked pears]

[Baked peaches]

[Cranberries]

[Cranberries with raisins]

[Cranberries with sweet apples]

[Oranges and apples]

[Stewed raisins]

[Dried apples]

[Dried apples with other dried fruit]

[Dried apricots and peaches]

[Evaporated peach sauce]

[Dried pears]

[Small fruits]

[Prunes]

[Prune marmalade]

[Canning fruit]

[Selection of cans]

[How to test and sterilize cans]

[Selection of fruit]

[Directions for preparing fruit]

[Cooking fruit for canning]

[Storing of canned fruit]

[Mold on canned fruit]

[Opening of canned fruit]

[Rules for selecting canned fruit]

[Recipes:]

[To can strawberries]

[To can raspberries, blackberries and other small fruit]

[To can gooseberries]

[To can peaches]

[To can pears]

[To can plums]

[To can cherries]

[To can mixed fruit]

[Quinces and apples]

[Plums with sweet apples]

[To can grapes]

[To can crab apples]

[To can apples]

[To can pineapples]

[Fruit jellies]

[Recipes:]

[Apple jelly]

[Apple jelly without sugar]

[Berry and currant jellies]

[Cherry jelly]

[Crab apple jelly]

[Cranberry jelly]

[Grape jelly]

[Orange jelly]

[Peach Jelly]

[Quince jelly]

[Plum jelly]

[Fruit in jelly]

[Fruit juices, value of]

[How to prepare fruit juices]

[Recipes:]

[Grape juice or unfermented wine]

[Grape juice No. 2]

[Another method]

[Fruit syrup]

[Currant syrup]

[Orange syrup]

[Lemon syrup]

[Lemon syrup No 2]

[Blackberry syrup]

[Fruit ices]

[Nuts]

[Composition and nutritive value of]

[The almond]

[Almond bread]

[The Brazil nut]

[The cocoanut, its uses in tropical countries]

[The chestnut]

[Chestnut flour]

[The acorn]

[The hazel nut]

[The filbert]

[The cobnut]

[The walnut]

[The butternut]

[The hickory nut]

[The pecan]

[The peanut or ground nut]

[Recipes:]

[To blanch almonds]

[Boiled chestnuts]

[Mashed chestnuts]

[Baked chestnuts]

[To keep nuts fresh]

[Table topics.]

[The Legumes]

[Composition and nutritive value]

[Legumes as a substitute for animal food]

[Legumin, or vegetable casein]

[Chinese cheese]

[Legumes the "pulse" of Scripture]

[Diet of the pyramid builders]

[Digestibility of legumes]

[A fourteenth century recipe]

[The green legumes]

[Suggestions for cooking]

[Slow cooking preferable]

[Soaking the dry seeds]

[Effects of hard water upon the legumes]

[Temperature of water for cooking]

[Amount of water required]

[Addition of salt to legumes]

[Peas, description of]

[Buying votes with peas]

[A commemorative dinner]

[Peas bainocks]

[Peas sausages]

[Peas pudding]

[Time required for cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Stewed split peas]

[Peas puree]

[Mashed peas]

[Peas cakes]

[Dried green peas]

[Beans, description of]

[Mention of beans in Scripture]

[Beans in mythology]

[Time required for digestion]

[Method of cooking]

[Experiment of an English cook]

[Parboiling beans]

[Time required to cook]

[Recipes:]

[Baked beans]

[Boiled beans]

[Beans boiled in a bag]

[Scalloped beans]

[Stewed beans]

[Mashed beans]

[Stewed Lima beans]

[Succotash]

[Pulp succotash]

[Lentils, description of]

[Use of lentils by the ancients]

[Lentil meal]

[Preparation for cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Lentil puree]

[Lentils mashed with beans]

[Lentil gravy with rice]

[Table topics.]

[Vegetables]

[Composition and nutritive value of vegetables]

[Exclusive diet of vegetables not desirable]

[To select vegetables]

[Poison in potato sprouts]

[Stale vegetables a cause of illness]

[Keeping vegetables]

[To freshen withered vegetables]

[Storing winter vegetables]

[Preparation and cooking]

[To clean vegetables for cooking]

[Methods of cooking]

[Time required for cooking]

[Irish potato, description of]

[The chemistry of cooking]

[Digestibility of the potato]

[New potatoes]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Potatoes boiled in "jackets"]

[Boiled potatoes without skins]

[Steamed potatoes]

[Roasted potatoes]

[Baked potatoes]

[Stuffed potatoes]

[Stuffed potatoes No. 2]

[Mashed potatoes]

[New potatoes]

[Cracked potatoes]

[Creamed potatoes]

[Scalloped potatoes]

[Stewed potatoes]

[Potatoes stewed with celery]

[Potato snow balls]

[Potato cakes]

[Potato cakes with egg]

[Potato puffs]

[Browned potatoes]

[Ornamental potatoes]

[Broiled potatoes]

[Warmed-over potatoes]

[Vegetable hash]

[The sweet potato, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked sweet potatoes]

[Baked sweet potatoes No 2]

[Boiled sweet potatoes]

[Steamed sweet potatoes]

[Browned sweet potatoes]

[Mashed sweet potatoes]

[Potato hash]

[Roasted sweet potatoes]

[To dry sweet potatoes]

[Turnips, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Boiled turnips]

[Baked turnips]

[Creamed turnips]

[Chopped turnips]

[Mashed turnips]

[Scalloped turnips]

[Steamed turnips]

[Stewed turnips]

[Turnips in juice]

[Turnips with cream sauce]

[Parsnips, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked parsnips]

[Baked parsnips No. 2]

[Boiled parsnips]

[Browned parsnips]

[Creamed parsnips]

[Mashed parsnips]

[Parsnips with cream sauce]

[Parsnips with egg sauce]

[Parsnips with potatoes]

[Stewed parsnips]

[Stewed parsnips with celery]

[Carrots, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Boiled carrots]

[Carrots with egg sauce]

[Stewed carrots]

[Beets, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked beets]

[Baked beets No. 2]

[Beets and potatoes]

[Beet hash]

[Beet greens]

[Beet salad or chopped beets]

[Beet salad No 2]

[Boiled beets]

[Stewed beets]

[Cabbage, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked cabbage]

[Boiled cabbage]

[Cabbage and tomatoes]

[Cabbage and celery]

[Cabbage hash]

[Chopped cabbage or cabbage salad]

[Mashed cabbage]

[Stewed cabbage]

[Cauliflower and Broccoli, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Boiled cauliflower]

[Browned cauliflower]

[Cauliflower with egg sauce]

[With tomato sauce]

[Stewed cauliflower]

[Scolloped cauliflower]

[Spinach, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Celery]

[To keep celery fresh]

[Recipes:]

[Celery salad]

[Stewed celery]

[Stewed celery No. 2]

[Celery with tomato sauce]

[Celery and potato hash]

[Asparagus, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Asparagus and peas]

[Asparagus Points]

[Asparagus on toast]

[Asparagus with cream sauce]

[Asparagus with egg sauce]

[Stewed asparagus]

[Sea-kale, description of]

[Lettuce and radish, description of]

[Recipes:]

[Lettuce]

[Radishes]

[Cymling]

[Description]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Mashed squash]

[Squash with egg sauce]

[Stewed squash]

[Winter squash]

[Winter squash]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Time required for cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked squash]

[Steamed squash]

[The pumpkin, description of]

[Recipes:]

[Baked pumpkin]

[Stewed pumpkin]

[Dried pumpkin]

[Tomato, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked tomatoes]

[Baked tomatoes No. 2]

[Scalloped tomatoes]

[Stewed corn and tomatoes]

[Tomato gravy]

[Tomato salad]

[Tomato salad No. 2]

[Broiled tomatoes]

[Tomato pudding]

[Stewed tomatoes]

[Tomato with okra]

[Egg plant, description of]

[Nutritive value]

[Recipes:]

[Scalloped egg plant]

[Baked egg plant]

[Cucumber, description of]

[Digestibility]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Salsify or vegetable oyster, description of]

[Preparation and cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Scalloped vegetable oysters]

[Stewed vegetable oysters]

[Green corn, peas, and beans, description of]

[General suggestions for selecting and cooking]

[Recipes for corn:]

[Baked corn]

[Baked corn No. 2]

[Boiled green corn]

[Stewed corn pulp]

[Corn cakes]

[Corn pudding]

[Roasted green corn]

[Stewed green corn]

[Summer succotash]

[Dried corn]

[Recipe for peas:]

[Stewed peas]

[Recipes for beans:]

[Lima beans]

[Shelled beans]

[String beans]

[Canning vegetables]

[Recipes:]

[Canned corn]

[Canned corn and tomatoes]

[Canned peas]

[Canned tomatoes]

[Canned tomatoes No. 2]

[String beans]

[Canned pumpkin and squash]

[Table topics.]

[Soups]

[Value of soup as an article of diet]

[Superiority of soups made from grain and legumes]

[Economical value of such soups]

[Digestibility of soups]

[Cooking of material for soups]

[Use of a colander in preparing soups]

[Quantity of salt required]

[Flavoring soups]

[Seasoning of soup]

[Chinese soup straine]r

[Whole grains, macaroni, shredded vegetables, etc., for soups]

[Milk in the preparation of soups]

[Consistency of soups]

[Preparation of soups from left-over fragments]

[Croutons]

[Recipes:]

[Asparagus soup]

[Baked bean soup]

[Bean and corn soup]

[Bean and hominy soup]

[Bean and potato soup]

[Bean and tomato soup]

[Black bean soup]

[Black bean soup No. 2]

[Bran stock]

[Brown soup]

[Canned green pea soup]

[Canned corn soup]

[Carrot soup]

[Celery soup No 2]

[Celery soup]

[Chestnut soup]

[Combination soup]

[Combination soup No. 2]

[Another]

[Another]

[Cream pea soup]

[Cream barley soup]

[Green corn soup]

[Green pea soup]

[Green bean soup]

[Kornlet soup]

[Kornlet and tomato soup]

[Lentil soup]

[Lentil and parsnip soup]

[Lima bean soup]

[Macaroni soup]

[Oatmeal soup]

[Parsnip soup]

[Parsnip soup No. 2]

[Pea and tomato soup]

[Plain rice soup]

[Potato and rice soup]

[Potato soup]

[Potato and vermicelli soup]

[Sago and potato soup]

[Scotch broth]

[Split pea soup]

[Sweet potato soup]

[Swiss potato soup]

[Swiss lentil soup]

[Tomato and macaroni soup]

[Tomato cream soup]

[Tomato and okra soup]

[Tomato soup with vermicelli]

[Vegetable oyster soup]

[Vegetable soup]

[Vegetable soup No. 2]

[Vegetable soup No. 3]

[Vegetable soup No. 4]

[Velvet Soup]

[Vermicelli soup]

[Vermicelli soup No 2]

[White celery soup]

[Table topics.]

[Breakfast Dishes]

[Importance of a good breakfast]

[Requirements for a good breakfast]

[Pernicious custom of using fried and indigestible foods for breakfast]

[Use of salted foods an auxiliary to the drink habit]

[The ideal breakfast]

[Use of fruit for breakfast]

[Grains for breakfast]

[An appetizing dish]

[Preparation of zwieback]

[Preparation of toast]

[Recipes:]

[Apple toast]

[Apricot toast]

[Asparagus toast]

[Banana toast]

[Berry toast]

[Berry toast No. 2]

[Celery toast]

[Cream toast]

[Cream toast with poached egg]

[Cherry toast]

[Gravy toast]

[Dry toast with hot cream]

[Grape toast]

[Lentil toast]

[Prune toast]

[Peach toast]

[Snowflake toast]

[Tomato toast]

[Vegetable oyster toast]

[Miscellaneous breakfast dishes:]

[Brewis]

[Blackberry mush]

[Dry granola]

[Frumenty]

[Macaroni with raisins]

[Macaroni with kornlet]

[Peach mush]

[Rice with lemon]

[Table topics.]

[Desserts]

[Appropriate and healthful desserts]

[Objections to the use of desserts]

[The simplest dessert]

[General suggestions]

[Importance of good material]

[Preparation of dried fruit for dessert]

[Molded desserts]

[Suggestions for flavoring:]

[To prepare almond paste]

[Cocoanut flavor]

[Orange and lemon flavor]

[To color sugar]

[Fruit desserts]

[Recipes:]

[Apple dessert]

[Apple meringue dessert.]

[Apple rose cream]

[Apple snow]

[Baked apples with cream]

[Baked sweet apple dessert]

[Bananas in syrup]

[Baked bananas]

[Fresh fruit compote]

[Grape apples]

[Peach cream]

[Prune dessert]

[Desserts made of fruit with grains, bread, etc.]

[Recipes:]

[Apple sandwich]

[Apple sandwich No. 2]

[Baked apple pudding]

[Barley fruit pudding]

[Barley fig pudding]

[Blackberry cornstarch pudding]

[Cocoanut and cornstarch blancmange]

[Cornstarch blancmange]

[cornstarch with raisins]

[Cornstarch with apples]

[Cornstarch fruit mold]

[Cornstarch fruit mold No. 2]

[Cracked wheat pudding]

[Cracked wheat pudding No. 2]

[Farina blancmange]

[Farina fruit mold]

[Fruit pudding]

[Jam pudding]

[Plain fruit pudding or Brown Betty]

[Prune pudding]

[Rice meringue]

[Rice snowball]

[Rice fruit dessert]

[Rice dumpling]

[Rice cream pudding]

[Rice pudding with raisins]

[Red rice mold]

[Rice and fruit dessert]

[Rice and tapioca pudding]

[Rice flour mold]

[Rice and stewed apple dessert]

[Rice and strawberry dessert]

[Stewed fruit pudding]

[Strawberry minute pudding]

[Sweet apple pudding]

[Whortleberry pudding]

[Desserts with tapioca, sago, manioca, and sea moss]

[Recipes:]

[Apple tapioca]

[Apple tapioca No. 2]

[Banana dessert]

[Blackberry tapioca]

[Cherry pudding]

[Fruit tapioca]

[Molded tapioca with fruit]

[Pineapple tapioca]

[Prune and tapioca pudding]

[Tapioca and fig pudding]

[Peach tapioca]

[Tapioca jelly]

[Apple sago pudding]

[Red sago mold]

[Sago fruit pudding]

[Sago pudding]

[Manioca with fruit]

[Raspberry manioca mold]

[Sea moss blancmange]

[Desserts made with gelatin]

[Gelatine an excellent culture medium]

[Dangers in the use of gelatine]

[Quantity to be used]

[Recipes:]

[Apples in jelly]

[Apple shape]

[Banana dessert]

[Clear dessert]

[Fruit foam dessert]

[Fruit shape]

[Gelatine custard]

[Layer-pudding]

[Lemon jelly]

[Jelly with fruit]

[Orange dessert]

[Oranges in jelly]

[Orange jelly]

[Snow pudding]

[Desserts with crusts]

[Recipes:]

[Apple tart]

[Gooseberry tart]

[Cherry tart]

[Strawberry and other fruit shortcakes]

[Banana shortcake]

[Lemon shortcake]

[Berry shortcake with prepared cream]

[Cream]

[Raised pie]

[Baked apple loaf]

[Custard puddings]

[Importance of slow cooking]

[Best utensils for cooking]

[Custard desserts in cups]

[To stir beaten eggs into heated milk]

[To flavor custards and custard puddings]

[Recipes:]

[Apple custard]

[Apple custard No. 2]

[Apple custard No. 3]

[Apple cornstarch custard]

[Apple and bread custard]

[Almond cornstarch pudding]

[Almond cream]

[Apple charlotte]

[Banana custard]

[Boiled custard]

[Boiled custard bread pudding]

[Bread and fruit custard]

[Bread custard pudding]

[Bread and fig pudding]

[Bread and apricot pudding]

[Caramel custard]

[Carrot pudding]

[Cocoanut cornstarch pudding]

[Cocoanut custard]

[Cocoanut rice custard]

[Corn meal pudding]

[Corn meal pudding No. 2]

[Corn meal and fig pudding]

[Cornstarch meringue]

[Cracked wheat pudding]

[Cup custard]

[Farina custard]

[Farina pudding]

[Floating island]

[Fruit custard]

[Graham grits pudding]

[Ground rice pudding]

[Lemon pudding]

[Lemon cornstarch pudding]

[Lemon cornstarch pudding No. 2]

[Macaroni pudding]

[Molded rice or snowballs]

[Orange float]

[Orange custard]

[Orange pudding]

[Peach meringue]

[Picnic pudding]

[Plain cornstarch pudding]

[Plain custard]

[Prune pudding]

[Prune whip]

[Rice apple custard pudding]

[Rice custard pudding]

[Rice snow]

[Rice snow with jelly]

[Rice with eggs]

[Snow pudding]

[Steamed custard]

[Strawberry charlotte]

[Pop corn pudding]

[Sago custard pudding]

[Sago and fruit custard pudding]

[Snowball custard]

[Tapioca custard]

[Tapioca pudding]

[Vermicelli pudding]

[White custard]

[White custard No. 2]

[Steamed pudding]

[Precautions to be observed in steaming puddings]

[Recipes:]

[Batter pudding]

[Bread and fruit custard]

[Date pudding]

[Rice balls]

[Steamed bread custard]

[Steamed fig pudding]

[Pastry and cake]

[Deleterious effects from the use of]

[Reasons for indigestibility]

[General directions for making pies]

[Recipes:]

[Paste for pies]

[Corn meal crust]

[Granola crust]

[Paste for tart shells]

[Cream filling]

[Grape tart]

[Lemon filling]

[Tapioca filling]

[Apple custard pie]

[Banana pie]

[Bread pie]

[Carrot pie]

[Cocoanut pie]

[Cocoanut pie No. 2]

[Cream pie]

[Cranberry pie]

[Dried apple pie]

[Dried apple pie with raisins]

[Dried apricot pie]

[Farina pie]

[Fruit pie]

[Grape jelly pie]

[Jelly custard pie]

[Lemon pie]

[Lemon meringue custard]

[One crust peach pie]

[Orange pie]

[Peach custard pie]

[Prune pie]

[Pumpkin pie]

[Pumpkin pie No. 2]

[Pumpkin pie without eggs]

[Simple custard pie]

[Squash pie]

[Squash pie without eggs]

[Sweet apple custard pie]

[Sweet potato pie]

[Cake]

[General suggestions for preparation of]

[Cake made light with yeast]

[Cake made light with air]

[Recipes:]

[Apple cake]

[Cocoanut custard cake]

[Cream cake]

[Delicate cup cake]

[Fig layer cake]

[Fruit jelly cake]

[Gold and silver cake]

[Icing for cakes]

[Orange cake]

[Fruit cake]

[Loaf cake]

[Pineapple cake]

[Plain buns]

[Sponge cake]

[Sugar crisps]

[Variety cake]

[Table topics.]

[Gravies and Sauces]

[Importance of proper preparation]

[Accuracy of measurement]

[Proportion of material necessary]

[The double boiler for cooking gravies]

[Flavoring of gravies for vegetables]

[Gravies and sauces for vegetables]

[Recipes:]

[Brown sauce]

[Cream or white sauce]

[Celery sauce]

[Egg sauce]

[Pease gravy]

[Tomato gravy]

[Tomato cream gravy]

[Sauces for desserts and puddings]

[Recipes:]

[Almond sauce]

[Caramel sauce]

[Cocoanut sauce]

[Cream sauce]

[Cranberry pudding sauce]

[Custard sauce]

[Egg sauce]

[Egg sauce No. 2]

[Foamy sauce]

[Fruit cream]

[Fruit sauce]

[Fruit sauce No. 2]

[Lemon pudding sauce]

[Mock cream]

[Molasses sauce]

[Orange sauce]

[Peach sauce]

[Plain pudding sauce]

[Red Sauce]

[Rose cream]

[Sago sauce]

[Whipped cream sauce]

[Table topics.]

[Beverages]

[Large quantities of fluid prejudicial to digestion]

[Wholesome beverages]

[The cup that cheers but not inebriates]

[Harmful substances contained in tea]

[Theine]

[Tannin]

[Use of tea a cause of sleeplessness and nervous disorders]

[Tea a stimulant]

[Tea not a food]

[Coffee, cocoa, and chocolate]

[Caffein]

[Adulteration of tea and coffee]

[Substitutes for tea and coffee]

[Recipes:]

[Beet coffee]

[Caramel coffee]

[Caramel coffee No. 2]

[Caramel coffee No. 3]

[Caramel coffee No. 4]

[Mrs. T's caramel coffee]

[Parched grain coffee]

[Wheat, oats, and barley coffee]

[Recipes for cold beverages:]

[Blackberry beverage]

[Fruit beverage]

[Fruit beverage No. 2]

[Another]

[Fruit cordial]

[Grape beverage]

[Lemonade]

[Mixed lemonade]

[Oatmeal drink]

[Orangeade]

[Pineapple beverage]

[Pineapple lemonade]

[Pink lemonade]

[Sherbet]

[Tisane]

[Table topics.]

[Milk, Cream, and Butter]

[Milk, chemical composition of]

[Proportion of food elements]

[Microscopic examination of milk]

[Casein]

[Casein coagulated by the introduction of acid]

[Spontaneous coagulation or souring of milk]

[Adulteration of milk]

[Quality of milk influenced by the food of the animal]

[Diseased milk]

[Kinds of milk to be avoided]

[Distribution of germs by milk]

[Proper utensils for keeping milk]

[Where to keep milk]

[Dr. Dougall's experiments on the absorbent properties of milk]

[Washing of milk dishes]

[Treatment of milk for cream rising]

[Temperature at which cream rises best]

[Importance of sterilizing milk]

[To sterilize milk for immediate use]

[To sterilize milk to keep]

[Condensed milk]

[Cream, composition of]

[Changes produced by churning]

[Skimmed milk, composition of]

[Buttermilk, composition of]

[Digestibility of cream]

[Sterilized cream]

[Care of milk for producing cream]

[Homemade creamery]

[Butter, the composition of]

[Rancid butter]

[Tests of good butter]

[Flavor and color of butter]

[Artificial butter]

[Test for oleomargarine]

[Butter in ancient times]

[Butter making]

[Best conditions for the rising of cream]

[Upon what the keeping qualities of butter depend]

[Cheese]

[Tyrotoxicon]

[Recipes:]

[Hot milk]

[Devonshire or clotted cream]

[Cottage cheese]

[Cottage cheese from buttermilk]

[Cottage cheese from sour milk]

[French butter]

[Shaken milk]

[Emulsified butter]

[Table topics.]

[Eggs]

[Eggs a concentrated food]

[Composition of the egg]

[How to choose eggs]

[Quality of eggs varied by the food of the fowl]

[QStale eggs]

[QTest for eggs]

[How to keep eggs]

[To beat eggs]

[Albumen susceptible to temperature]

[Left-over eggs]

[Recipes:]

[Eggs in shell]

[Eggs in sunshine]

[Eggs poached in tomatoes]

[Eggs in cream]

[Poached or dropped eggs]

[Poached eggs with cream sauce]

[Quickly prepared eggs]

[Scrambled eggs]

[Steamed eggs]

[Whirled eggs]

[Omelets]

[Recipes:]

[Plain omelets]

[Foam omelets]

[Fancy omelets]

[soft omelets]

[Table topics.]

[Meats]

[Character of meat]

[Nutritive value]

[Excrementitious elements]

[Flesh food a stimulant]

[Diseased meats]

[Jewish customs in regard to meat]

[Trichina]

[Tapeworm and other parasites]

[Meat unnecessary for health]

[The excessive use of meat tending to develop the animal propensities]

[Objections to its use]

[Pork]

[Calves' brains and other viscera]

[Meat pies]

[Scallops]

[Pates]

[Comparative nutritious value]

[Variation and flavor]

[Composition and digestibility]

[Selection of meats]

[Preservation of meats]

[Jerked beef]

[Pemmican]

[Preparation and cooking of meat]

[Frozen beef]

[Best methods of cooking]

[Boiling]

[Stewing]

[Steaming]

[Roasting]

[Broiling]

[Beef, economy and adaptability in selection of]

[Recipes:]

[Broiled beef]

[Cold meat stew]

[Pan-broiled steak]

[Pan-broiled steak No. 2]

[Roast beef]

[Smothered beef]

[Vegetables with stewed beef]

[Stewed beef]

[Mutton]

[Cause of Strong flavor of]

[Recipes:]

[Boiled leg of mutton]

[Broiled chops]

[Pot roast lamb]

[Roast mutton]

[Stewed mutton]

[Stewed mutton chop]

[Stewed mutton chop No. 2]

[Veal and lamb]

[Poultry and game]

[Suggestions for the selection of poultry and game]

[To dress poultry and birds]

[To truss a fowl or bird]

[To stuff a fowl or bird]

[Recipes:]

[Birds baked in sweet potatoes]

[Boiled fowl]

[Broiled birds]

[Broiled fowl]

[Corn and chicken]

[Pigeons, quails and partridges]

[Roast chicken]

[Roast turkey]

[Smothered chicken]

[Steamed chicken]

[Stewed chicken]

[Fish, two classes of]

[Difference in nutritive value]

[Flavor and wholesomeness]

[Poison fish]

[Parasites in fish]

[Fish as a brain food]

[Salted fish]

[Shellfish, (Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, Crabs)]

[Not possessed of high nutritive value]

[Natural scavengers]

[Poisonous mussels]

[How to select and prepare fish]

[Frozen fish]

[Methods of cooking]

[Recipes:]

[Baked fish]

[Broiled fish]

[Meat soup]

[Preparation of stock]

[Selection of material for stock]

[Quantity of materials needed]

[Uses of scraps]

[Extracting the juice]

[Temperature of the water to be used]

[Correct proportion of water]

[Time required for cooking]

[Straining the stock]

[To remove the fat]

[Simple Stock or broth]

[Compound stock or double broth]

[To clarify soup stock]

[Recipes:]

[Asparagus soup]

[Barley, rice, sago or tapioca soup]

[Caramel for coloring soup brown]

[Julienne soup]

[Tomato soup]

[White soup]

[Vermicelli or macaroni soup]

[Puree with chicken]

[Tapioca cream soup]

[Table Topics.]

[Food for the Sick]

[Need of care in the preparation of food for the sick]

[What constitutes proper food for the sick]

[Knowledge of dietetics an important factor in the education of every woman]

[No special dishes for all cases]

[Hot buttered toast and rich jellies objectionable]

[The simplest food the best]

[Scrupulous neatness in serving important]

[To coax a capricious appetite]

[A "purple" dinner]

[A "yellow" dinner]

[To facilitate the serving of hot foods]

[Cooking utensils]

[Gruel]

[Long-continued cooking needed]

[Use of the double boiler in the cooking of gruels]

[Gruel strainer]

[Recipes:]

[Arrowroot gruel]

[Barley gruel]

[Egg gruel]

[Egg gruel No. 2]

[Farina gruel]

[Flour gruel]

[Gluten gruel]

[Gluten gruel No. 2]

[Gluten cream]

[Gluten meal gruel]

[Graham gruel]

[Graham grits gruel]

[Gruel of prepared flour]

[Indian meal gruel]

[Lemon oatmeal gruel]

[Milk oatmeal gruel]

[Milk porridge]

[Oatmeal gruel]

[Oatmeal gruel No. 2]

[Oatmeal gruel No. 3]

[Peptonized gluten gruel]

[Raisin gruel]

[Rice water]

[Preparations of milk]

[Milk diet]

[Advantages of]

[Quantity of milk needed]

[Digestibility of milk]

[Recipes:]

[Albumenized milk]

[Hot milk]

[Junket, or curded milk]

[Koumiss]

[Milk and lime water]

[Peptonized milk for infants]

[Beef tea, broths, etc.]

[Nutritive value]

[Testimony of Dr. Austin Flint]

[Recipes:]

[Beef extract]

[Beef juice]

[Beef tea]

[Beef tea and eggs]

[Beef broth and oatmeal]

[Bottled beef tea]

[Chicken broth]

[Mutton broth]

[Vegetable broth]

[Vegetable broth No. 2]

[Mixed vegetable broth]

[Recipes for Panada:]

[Broth panada]

[Chicken panada]

[Egg panada]

[Milk panada]

[Raisin panada]

[Grains for the sick]

[Recipes:]

[Gluten mush]

[Tomato gluten]

[Tomato gluten No. 2]

[Meats for the sick]

[Importance of simple preparation]

[Recipes:]

[Broiled steak]

[Chicken]

[Chicken jelly]

[Minced chicken]

[Mutton chop]

[Minced steak]

[Scraped steak]

[Eggs for the sick]

[Recipes:]

[Floated egg]

[Gluten meal custard]

[Gluten custard]

[Steamed eggs]

[Soft custard]

[Raw egg]

[White of egg]

[White of egg and milk]

[Refreshing drinks and delicacies for the sick]

[Nature's delicacies]

[How to serve]

[Fruit juices]

[Recipes:]

[Acorn coffee]

[Almond milk]

[Apple beverage]

[Apple beverage No. 2]

[Apple toast water]

[Baked milk]

[Barley lemonade]

[Barley and fruit drinks]

[Barley milk]

[Cranberry drink]

[Currantade]

[Crust coffee]

[Egg cream]

[Egg cream No. 2]

[Egg cream No. 3]

[Egg lemonade]

[Flaxseed tea]

[Gum Arabic water]

[Hot water]

[Hot lemonade]

[Irish moss lemonade]

[Orangeade]

[Plain lemonade]

[Slippery elm tea]

[Toast water]

[Tamarind water]

[Bread]

[Recipes:]

[Diabetic biscuit]

[Diabetic biscuit No. 2]

[Gluten meal gems]

[Jellies and other desserts for the side]

[Recipes:]

[Arrowroot jelly]

[Arrowroot blancmange]

[Currant jelly]

[Iceland moss jelly]

[Iceland moss blancmange]

[Orange whey]

[White custard]

[Table topics.]

[Food for the Aged and the Very Young]

[Requisites of food for the aged]

[Stimulating diet not necessary]

[Flesh food unsuitable]

[Bill of fare]

[Quantity of food for the aged]

[Heavy meals a tax upon digestion]

[Cornaro's testimony]

[Diet for the young]

[Causes of mortality among young children]

[Best artificial food]

[Use of sterilized milk.]

[Difference between cows' milk and human milk]

[Common method of preparing cows' milk]

[Artificial human milk]

[Artificial human milk No. 2]

[Artificial human milk No. 3]

[Peptonized milk]

[Mucilaginous food excellent in gastro-enteritis]

[Preparation of food for infants]

[Time required for digestion of artificial food]

[Quantity of food for infants]

[Rules for finding the amount of food needed]

[Table for the feeding of infants]

[Interval between feeding]

[Intervals for feeding at different ages]

[Manner of feeding artificial foods]

[Danger from unclean utensils]

[Diet of older children]

[An abundance of nitrogenous material important]

[Flesh food unnecessary]

[Experiments of Dr. Camman]

[Testimony of Dr. Clouston]

[Candy and similar sweets]

[Eating between meals]

[Education of the appetite]

[Inherited appetites and tendencies]

[Table topics.]

[Fragments and Left-over Foods]

[Preserving and utilizing the left-over fragments]

[Precautions to be observed]

[Uses of stale bread]

[To insure perfect preservation of fragments]

[Preparation of zwieback and croutons]

[Left-over grains]

[Left-over vegetables]

[Left-over meats]

[Left-over milk]

[Table topics.]

[The Art of Dining]

[Pleasant accessories essential]

[The dining room]

[Neatness an essential]

[Care of the dining room]

[Furnishings of the dining room]

[Table talk]

[A pleasant custom]

[Table manners]

[Suggestions for table etiquette]

[The table]

[Its appearance and appointments]

[The table an educator in the household]

[A well ordered table an incentive to good manners]

[Ostentation not necessary]

[Setting the table]

[The sub-cover]

[Napkins]

[The center piece]

[Arrangement of dishes]

["Dishing up"]

[Setting the table over night]

[Warming the dishes]

[The service of meals]

[A capital idea]

[Fruit as the first course at breakfast]

[To keep the food hot]

[A employed]

[General suggestions for waiters]

[Suggestions concerning dinner parties]

[Proper form of invitation]

[Arrangement and adornment of table]

[A pleasing custom]

[The menu card]

[Service for a company dinner]

[Etiquette of dinner parties]

[Table topics.]

[After Mealtime]

[Clearing the table]

[Washing the dishes]

[papier-maché tubs]

[Ammonia, uses of]

[Clean dishes not evolved from dirty dishwater]

[Washing all dishes of one kind together]

[Washing milk dishes]

[Uses of the dish mop]

[Cleaning of grain boilers and mush kettles]

[Washing of tin dishes]

[To clean iron ware]

[To wash wooden ware]

[Care of steel knives and forks]

[Draining the dishes]

[Dishcloths and towels]

[To make a dish mop]

[The care of glass and silver]

[To keep table cutlery from rusting]

[To wash trays and Japanned ware]

[Care of the table linen]

[To remove stains]

[To dry table linen]

[To iron table linen]

[Washing colored table linen]

[The garbage]

[Table topics.]

[A Year's Breakfasts and Dinners]

[A perplexing problem]

[Requisites for a well arranged menu]

[Suggestions for preparing bills of fare]

[Table of food analyses]

[Fifty-two weeks' breakfasts and dinners]

[Average cost]

[Analysis of various bills of fare]

[Table topics.]

[A Batch of Dinners]

[Holiday dinners]

[Holiday feasting]

[Holiday dinners opposed to temperance]

[Thanksgiving menus]

[Holiday menus]

[Picnic dinners]

[The lunch basket, provision for]

[Fruit sandwiches]

[Egg sandwiches]

[Recipes:]

[Picnic biscuit]

[Fig wafers]

[Suitable beverages]

[School lunches]

[Deficiency of food material in the ordinary school lunch]

[Why the after dinner session of school drags wearily]

[Simple lunches desirable]

[Suggestions for putting up the lunch]

[Creamy rice]

[Neatness and daintiness essential]

[The lunch basket]

[Sabbath dinners]

[A needed reform]

[Feasting on the Sabbath, deleterious results of]

[Simple meals for the Sabbath]

[A Sabbath bill of fare]

[Table topics.]

[Index]