BOILING
| Cereals | |
| Corn Meal | 2 hours |
| Hominy | 2-3 hours |
| Macaroni | 20-30 minutes |
| Oatmeal | 4 hours |
| Rice | 20-30 minutes |
| Rolled Oats | ½ hour |
| Spaghetti | 20 minutes |
| Granulated or Rolled Wheat | ½ hour |
| Eggs | |
| Soft-cooked | 3-5 minutes |
| Hard-cooked | 20 minutes |
| Fish | |
| Bass, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Bluefish, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Cod, per pound | 6 minutes |
| Halibut, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Lobster, whole | 20 minutes |
| Salmon, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Small fish | 6-10 minutes |
| Meats | |
| Corned Beef | 3-4 hours |
| Fresh Beef | 3 hours |
| Fowl, per pound | 30 minutes |
| Ham, per pound | 25 minutes |
| Mutton (leg), per pound | 25 minutes |
| Corned Tongue | 3½ hours |
| Fresh Tongue | 2½ hours |
| Vegetables | |
| Artichokes | 30-45 minutes |
| Asparagus | 20-30 minutes |
| Dried Beans | 3-4 hours |
| Lima and other Shell Beans | 1 to 1¼ hours |
| String Beans | 1-2 hours |
| Beets, old | 2-4 hours |
| Beets, young | 45 minutes |
| Brussels Sprouts | 20 minutes |
| Cabbage | 20-30 minutes |
| Cauliflower | 25 minutes |
| Green Corn | 10 minutes |
| Onions | 1 to 1½ hours |
| Oyster Plant (whole) | 45 minutes |
| Parsnips | 45-60 minutes |
| Peas, Fresh | 20-60 minutes |
| Peas, Dried | 3 hours |
| Potatoes, White | 20-30 minutes |
| Potatoes, Sweet | 20-25 minutes |
| Spinach | 25-30 minutes |
| Tomatoes (stewed) | 20-30 minutes |
| Turnips, Yellow | 1½ to 2 hours |
| Turnips, White | 1 to 1½ hours |