Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads

by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

COOKERY TIME TABLE

Bacon	3 to 5 min.
Chicken	20 to 25 min.
Fish	15 to 20 min.
Fish, slices	10 to 15 min.
Fish, very small	5 to 10 min.
Lamb chops	6 to 8 min.
Quail or squabs	8 to 10 min.
Steak, thick	10 to 15 min.
Steak, thin	5 to 7 min.
Veal chops	6 to 10 min.

Boiled

Beef, corned	3 to 4 hr.
Chicken, 3 lb	1 to 1-1/4 hr.
Fish, bluefish, cod, or bass, 4 to 5 lb	20 to 30 min.
Fish, slices, 2 to 3 lb	20 to 25 min.
Fish, small	10 to 15 min.
Fowl, 4 to 5 lb	2 to 3 hr.
Ham, 12 to 14 lb	4 to 5 hr.
Mutton, leg of	2 to 3 hr.
Tongue	3 to 4 hr.

Roasted

Beef, rib or loin, 5 lb., rare	1 hr. 5 min.
Beef, rib or loin, 5 lb., well done	1 hr. 20 min.
Beef, rib or loin, 10 lb., rare	1 hr. 30 min.
Beef, rib or loin, 10 lb., well done	2 hr.
Beef, rump, 10 lb., rare	1 hr. 30 min.
Beef, rump, 10 lb., well done	2 hr.
Chicken, 4 or 5 lb	1-1/2 to 2 hr.
Duck, 5 to 6 lb	1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hr.
Fish, 3 to 5 lb	45 to 60 min.
Fish, small	20 to 30 min.
Goose, 10 lb	2 to 2-1/2 hr.
Lamb, leg of	1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hr.
Mutton, saddle	1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hr.
Pork, rib, 5 lb	2 to 2-1/2 hr.
Turkey, 10 lb	2-1/2 to 3 hr.

VEGETABLES
Boiled

Asparagus	20 to 30 min.
Beans, lima or shell	40 to 60 min.
Beans, string	30 to 45 min.
Beets, old	4 to 6 hr.
Beets, young	45 to 60 min.
Brussels sprouts	15 to 25 min.
Cabbage	35 to 60 min.
Carrots	3/4 to 2 hr.
Cauliflower	20 to 30 min.
Green corn	8 to 12 min.
Macaroni	30 to 40 min.
Onions	45 to 60 min.
Peas	25 to 60 min.
Potatoes	30 to 45 min.
Rice	20 to 30 min.
Spinach	20 to 30 min.
Turnips	1/2 to 1-1/2 hr.
Vegetable oysters	3/4 to 1-1/2 hr.