But no workman can work without materials and tools. The necessary materials for cooking are indicated in the recipes given in this book. Illustrations of many of the most necessary and useful cooking utensils will be found scattered throughout the work.
A very convenient and easily constructed wall rack, which may be placed over the kitchen work table, is shown in the following cut:
[Soups]
O hour of all hours, the most pleasant on earth,
Happy hour of our dinners!—Meredith.
Soup rejoices the stomach, and disposes it to receive and digest other food.—Brillat Savarin.
It is important that we relish the food we eat.—Christian Temperance.