It must not be thought that all Molly’s neighbors were as fond of her as Mrs. Lennox. No one can live up to a higher ideal than the average (even when the ideal is only cooking), without hurting some one’s corns. Several ladies disapproved of her, thought she set a very bad example by making men expect too much of their wives, and those who lived very badly on double Harry’s income felt personally injured.
But all this Molly did not know; she did not suspect that her affairs were known or discussed, but before leaving Greenfield Mrs. Winfield had spoken, with the best intentions in the world, of this young couple’s romantic marriage, and the bravery required of a young wife to face life on $100 a month, with a husband brought up, as Harry had been, in such splendor and luxury. This was naturally discussed till the story became public property, unknown to the heroine of it, who had no thought of setting an example, good or bad, or of shining brightly by comparison with less clever or energetic women; indeed, she was rather conscious of shortcomings of her own. She looked hopelessly on the piles of sewing some of her friends got through, with very many calls on their time besides, and could only comfort herself with the thought that her abilities did not lie in that direction, and that she could only do the best that was in her.
Another pleasure in store for Molly is that Mrs. Welles is soon to be her neighbor; for Mr. Welles had promised to build a house near them, in consequence of which Harry predicts that Greenfield will soon have a rival to Soyer’s celebrated symposium.
INDEX.
Bacon and liver, [98].
Bananas, frozen, [179].
Beans, Lima, [48].
Bean soup, [173], [182].
Beef à la mode, [74].
Beef au gratin, [76].
Beef, braised, [97].
Beef, boiled corned, [126].
Beef, corned, hash, [122].
Beef, Dutch, [262].
Beef-heart, roast, [260].
Beef, miroton of, [169].
Beef pot-pie, [58].
Beef, red, for slicing cold, [263].
Beef, Soyer’s roast-braise, [159].
Beefsteak, broiled, [51].
Beefsteak pudding, [211].
Beefsteak, rolled, [128].
Beefsteak, stewed, [236].
Beef, stewed cannelon of, [128].
Beets, boiled, [126].
Biscuit, [10].
Bisque of clams, [102].
Bisque of oysters, [102].
Bouillon, [227].
Bouillon, to clear, [238].
Bread, [31], [32].
Bread, rye, [106].
Brown thickening, [93].
Butter thickening, [203].
Cabbage, [24].
Cake, cup, [38].
Cake, iced tablets, [231].
Cake, Madeleine, [168].
Cakes, various, [164].
Calf’s brains, [250].
Calf’s head, [242].
Calf’s head en tortue, [251].
Calf’s head with Hollandaise sauce, [251].
Calf’s tongue, stewed, [249].
Caper sauce, [199].
Caramel, [94].
Carrots, cones of, [74].
Cheese cakes, [210].
Cheese canapées, [47].
Cheese fondue, [84].
Cheese fritters, [75].
Cheese macaroni, [199].
Chicken, cleansing and preparing, [131].
Chicken croquettes, [72].
Chicken drumsticks, [83].
Chicken, fricasseed, [173].
Chicken, fried fricasseed, [192].
Chicken fritters, [73].
Chicken giblets, [131].
Chicken pie, [77], [83].
Chicken salad, [13].
Chicken sandwiches, [239].
Chops, breaded, [33].
Clams, bisque of, [102].
Clams, scalloped, [75].
Cochineal coloring, [229].
Codfish, boiled, [185].
Coffee, [14].
Coffee, iced cream, [167].
Consommé, [232].
Consommé à la royale, [191].
Corn muffins, [34].
Corned beef, boiled, [126].
Cream, whipped, [167].
Croquettes, chicken, [72].
Croquettes, lamb, [101].
Croquettes, potato, [175].
Croquettes, veal, [113].
Crumpets, English, [259].
Custard, boiled, [176].
Custard pie, [76].
Custard, royal, for soup, [191].
Dresden patties, [202].
Egg balls, [245].
Eggs, to preserve, in lime, [212].
Fish balls, [190].
Flounders, filet de sole, [127].
Flour thickening, [99].
Forcemeat balls, [208].
Fowl, fried fricasseed, [192].
Fowl, to make tender, [136].
French icing, [173], [177].
Fritters, cheese, [75].
Fritters, chicken, [73].
Fritters, Old English, [201].
Fritters, peach, [74].
Frying, instructions for, [35].
Gravy, [25].
Grisini, or pipe bread, [222].
Hash, corned beef, [122].
Heart, baked, [260].
Heart, lamb’s, baked, [125].
Hollandaise sauce, [186].
Hominy muffins, [190].
Honey, lemon, [172].
Hotch-potch, [103].
Iced cream coffee, [167].
Icing, French, [173], [177].
Irish stew, [233].
Jumbles, [227].
Kidneys, broiled, [117].
Kidneys, stewed, [62].
Lamb, breast of, roasted, [72].
Lamb chops, [33].
Lamb, hashed, [71].
Lamb’s heart, baked, [125].
Lamb ragout, [45].
Lamb, roast shoulder, [21]-23.
Lamb, stewed, with peas, [223].
Lamb, to divide the fore-quarter, [20].
Lemon honey, [172].
Lemon-peel, candied, [166].
Lima beans, [48].
Liver and bacon, [98].
Liver, baked, [103].
Lobster, to boil and prepare, [234]-236.
Macaroni, cheese, [199].
Macaroni, Italian mode, [22].
Macaroons, [225].
Mackerel, soused, [264].
Méringues, [224].
Mayonnaise, [12].
Mint sauce, [25].
Mock brawn of soup meat, [248].
Muffins, corn, [34].
Muffins, English, [259].
Muffins, hominy, [190].
Mutton, boiled leg of, [198].
Mutton, cold fricassee of, [89].
Mutton hams, [263].
Olives, to stone, [11].
Omelet, cauliflower, [76].
Omelet, plain, [15].
Omelet soufflé, [239].
Onions, boiled, [185].
Oysters, bisque of, [102].
Oysters cooked in the shell, [182].
Oyster patties, [79].
Oysters, roast, [182].
Oysters, with brown butter, [203].
Pastry, [41].
Pastry, Genoese, [226].
Patties, Dresden, [202].
Patties, oyster, [109].
Peach fritters, [74].
Pickling meat, [262].
Pie, chicken, [77], [83].
Pie, custard, [76].
Pie, lemon, [46].
Pie, pigeon, [246].
Pie, veal and ham, [207].
Pigeon pie, [246].
Potato balls, [170].
Potatoes browned under meat, [21].
Potatoes, fried, [162].
Potatoes, scalloped, [185].
Potatoes, stuffed, [51].
Pot-roast, [97].
Pudding, amber, [75].
Pudding, apple, [97].
Pudding, beefsteak, [211].
Pudding, jam roly-poly, [200].
Pudding, King William’s, [174], [182].
Pudding, peach, [73].
Pudding, plain bread, [149].
Pudding, polka, [156].
Pudding, trifle, [211].
Pudding, vanilla soufflé, [193].
Rice cake, French, [242].
Rissoles, [73].
Rolls, [82], [100].
Salad, chicken, [13].
Salting meat, rules for, [261].
Sandwiches, chicken, [239].
Sausages, Worcestershire, [263].
Sauce, caper, [199].
Sauce, English or Wow Wow, [244].
Sauce, Hollandaise, [186].
Sauce, mint, [25].
Sauce, polka, [162].
Simmering, instructions for, [47].
Smelts, fried, [74].
Soufflé, bread, [71].
Soufflé, omelet, [239].
Soufflé, vanilla, [193].
Soup, bean, [173], [182].
Soup, bisque of clams, [75].
Soup, bisque of oysters, [102].
Soup, bouillon, [227].
Soup, clear, [76].
Soup, consommé, [232].
Soup, German, [198].
Soup, mock-turtle, [245].
Soup, ox-tail, [220].
Soup, tomato cream, [72].
Soup, white, [115].
Soup, to clear, [238].
Soup-meat hash, [81].
Stew, Irish, [233].
Stewing, instructions for, [59].
Suet crust, [59], [200].
Sweetbreads, [192].
Thickening, [93], [94], [99], [203].
Trifle, [211].
Turbans of sole, [169].
Turnips, cones of, [74].
Veal and ham pie, [207].
Veal cutlets, breaded, [64].
Veal, knuckle of, [109].
Veal stuffing, [260].
White thickening, [94].
Wow Wow, or English sauce, [244].
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