Time Table for Cooking Vegetables
| Asparagus | 20 to 25 minutes |
| Beans, String or Shell | 1 to 3 hours |
| Beets, new | 1 to 2 hours |
| Beets, old | 4 to 6 hours |
| Beet Greens | 1 hour or longer |
| Brussels Sprouts | 15 to 20 minutes |
| Cabbage | 30 to 80 minutes |
| Carrots | 1 hour or longer |
| Cauliflower | 20 to 30 minutes |
| Celery | 2 hours or longer |
| Corn | 5 to 15 minutes (actual boiling) |
| Macaroni | 20 to 60 minutes |
| Onions | 45 minutes to 2 hours |
| Oyster Plant | 45 to 60 minutes |
| Parsnips | 30 to 45 minutes |
| Peas | about 20 minutes |
| Potatoes, white | 20 to 30 minutes |
| Potatoes, sweet | 15 to 25 minutes |
| Rice | 20 to 30 minutes |
| Squash | 20 to 30 minutes |
| Spinach | 15 to 20 minutes |
| Tomatoes, stewed | 15 to 20 minutes |
| Turnips | 30 to 45 minutes |
| Coffee | 3 to 5 minutes |