Some people who own solid small silver lock it up except upon rare occasions, and use only plated ware when en famille, affirming that the peace of mind thus gained is worth more than the luxury of using real silver. In this matter every one must judge for herself; but if a vote were taken the chances are that those who use the solid silver would testify that its care costs them very little time or thought. The simple expedient of counting it two or three times a week is generally sufficient to insure its safety, and the duty of carrying it up-stairs at night is too trifling to deserve mention.
Those who have ever been so fortunate as to possess plated silver vegetable dishes or a soup tureen would never willingly use those of china. Not only do the silver vessels keep their contents hot, but they are not breakable, and a dent may be remedied at a small cost. They are not hard to keep clean. A plunge into clean scalding water, and a quick wiping afterwards, whenever they have been used, with an occasional rubbing with a piece of flannel or chamois-skin, will generally keep them bright.
Whenever silver, solid or plated, needs a thorough cleaning, electro-silicon may be used; and after the scouring has been done with a brush dipped in the powder, the pieces should be rinsed off in scalding water containing a little ammonia, and well rubbed with flannel. Even the most tarnished silver may be brightened by this means.
INDEX
- Anchovy toast, [138].
- Apples and bacon, [81].
- Apples, méringued, [227].
- Apricot fritters, [211].
- Asparagus biscuit, [144].
- Asparagus with eggs, [213].
- Baked mince, [52].
- Bananas, baked, [130].
- Bananas, fried, [211].
- Beef à la mode, [219].
- Beef, crisped smoked, [55].
- Biscuit, breakfast, [84].
- Biscuit, brown, [56].
- Biscuit, cheese, [136].
- Biscuit, lunch, [133].
- Biscuit, quick, [64].
- Biscuit, rye, [148].
- Bread, Boston brown, [54], [141].
- Bread, fried, [152].
- Bread, hot loaf, [134].
- Bread omelet, [55].
- Bread, rice, [131].
- Bread-and-butter, [130].
- Breakfast cloth, [19].
- Breakfast mats, [20].
- Breakfast menu, [44].
- Breakfast, wedding, [46].
- Brewis, [52].
- Broth, mutton and rice, [207].
- Brown Betty, peach, [205].
- Brown-bread toast, [150].
- Butter cakes, [65].
- Cabbage, baked, [233].
- Cake, hot, [152].
- Cake, orange, [160].
- Cakes, bread-and-milk, [85].
- Cakes, butter, [65].
- Cakes, lunch, [162].
- Cakes, rice, [156].
- Candles, [8].
- Cauliflower, scalloped, [237].
- Caviare toast, [134].
- Cerealine fritters, [153].
- Cerealine, moulded, [59].
- Cheese biscuit, [136].
- Cherry dumplings, [214].
- Chicken, deviled, [140].
- Chicken, jellied, [159].
- Chicken mince, [60].
- Chicken pie, cold, [149].
- China, buying, [292], [293].
- Chowder, fish, [214].
- Cocoa, [90].
- Cod, creamed with potatoes, [50].
- Cod, scalloped, [135].
- Cold slaw, [158].
- Company dinner, menu, [192], [193].
- Corn, baked, [235].
- Corn, boiled, [145].
- Corn-bread, boiled, [145].
- Corn-bread, loaf, [81].
- Corn croquettes, [144].
- Corn-meal gems, [67].
- Crullers, quick, [154].
- Crumpets, [79].
- Crumpets, rice, [140].
- Cucumbers, fried, [219].
- Custards, chocolate, [232].
- Custards, cocoanut, [223].
- Cut glass, [294].
- Desserts, Sunday, [186].
- Diet for children, [249].
- Dining-room draperies, [6].
- Dining-room floor, [5].
- Dining-room furniture, [11], [12], [13].
- Dining-room walls, [4].
- Dinner-cloth, [167].
- Dinner toilette, [171].
- Doilies, [301].
- Dumplings, cherry, [214].
- Egg-plant, fried, [222].
- Egg-plant, stuffed, [228].
- Eggs à la crême, [139].
- Eggs, curried, [54].
- Eggs, moulded, [83].
- Eggs, poached, with anchovy toast, [141].
- Eggs, scrambled, with asparagus, [136].
- Eggs, timbales, with cheese, [75].
- Fish, left-over, [155].
- Fish-cakes, dropped, [72].
- Fritters, clam, [74].
- Fritters, green-corn, [61].
- Furniture polish, [89].
- Galantine, veal, [285].
- Gems, corn-meal, [67].
- Gems, Graham, [53].
- Gems, oatmeal, [135].
- Gems, rye, [59].
- Gems, wheat-flour, [73].
- Gingerbread, [150].
- Griddle-cakes, corn-meal, [151].
- Griddle-cakes, simple, [73].
- Ham, barbecued, [65].
- Ham, deviled, [148].
- Ham fritters, [129].
- Ham toast, [48].
- Hash, a scrap, [131].
- Hash, turkey, [158].
- Hominy croquettes, [160].
- Invalids' food, [38].
- Jelly, coffee, [238].
- Jelly toast, [148].
- Jumbles, [164].
- Kidneys, stewed, [153].
- Lamb, stewed, à la Jardinière, [224].
- Lawn teas, [260], [269].
- Left-overs, [93].
- Lemon tarts, [236].
- Lettuce, [212].
- Light loaf, [83].
- Liver toast, [132].
- Lobster, creamed, [155].
- Lobster croquettes, [136].
- Lobster mayonnaise sandwiches, [284].
- Lobster salmi, [283].
- Luncheon menu, [100], [110], [111].
- Macaroons, [158].
- Mackerel, salt, broiled, [61].
- Mackerel, salt, broiled, à la maître d'hôtel, [82].
- Mackerel, soused, [71].
- Mayonnaise dressing, [138].
- Meat loaf, [151].
- Menu for high tea, [274], [275].
- Muffins, batter, [161].
- Muffins, corn, [50].
- Muffins, English, [74].
- Muffins, feather, [52].
- Muffins, griddle, [51].
- Muffins, hasty, [75].
- Muffins, nursery, [163].
- Muffins, plain, [154].
- Muffins, raised, [152].
- Muffins, raised corn-meal, [147].
- Muffins, rice, [54].
- Muffins, risen, [82].
- Muffins, rye, [78].
- Muffins, sour milk, [80].
- Muffins, toasted, [160].
- Mutton, boiled, [206].
- Mutton, deviled, [134].
- Mutton, minced, with poached eggs, [70].
- Omelet, baked, [63].
- Omelet, baked chicken, [144].
- Omelet, baked with cheese, [128].
- Omelet, bread, [55].
- Omelet, parsley, [49].
- Omelet with corn, [66].
- Onions, browned, [230].
- Orange cake, [160].
- Orange roly-poly, [231].
- Oysters, curried, [157].
- Oysters, panned, [133].
- Pancakes, canned pea, [83].
- Parsnips, creamed, [208].
- Pâté, game, [141].
- Peach Brown Betty, [205].
- Pease, canned French, [212].
- Pease, canned green, [236].
- Pickerel, fried, [142].
- Pie, sliced peach, [224].
- Pigeons, stewed, [211].
- Pop-overs, Graham, [62].
- Porridge, [25].
- Potato balls, [71].
- Potato, moulded, [75].
- Potato purée, [226].
- Potatoes au gratin, [154].
- Potatoes, buttered, [50].
- Potatoes, hashed, [86].
- Potatoes hashed with cream, [69].
- Potatoes, Lyonnaise, [76].
- Potatoes, Parisian, [62].
- Potatoes, savory, [85].
- Potatoes, sliced, [148].
- Potatoes, stuffed, [67].
- Pudding, baked peach, [220].
- Pudding, cream rice, [229].
- Pudding, peach and tapioca, [227].
- Pudding, plain fruit, [235].
- Pudding, raspberry, [216].
- Pudding, rice and pear, [226].
- Puddings, cup, [204].
- Rapid eating, [174].
- Rice bread, [131].
- Rice cakes, [156].
- Rice croquettes, [157].
- Rusk, [132].
- Rye gems, [59].
- Salad, [171].
- Salad, asparagus, [210].
- Salad, celery and radish, [142].
- Salad, chicken, [138].
- Salad, egg, [145].
- Salad, French fish, [284].
- Salad, literary, [276].
- Salad, potato, [150].
- Sally-Lunn, quick, [69].
- Sally-Lunn, raised, [62].
- Sandwiches, [125], [126], [285].
- Sandwiches, lobster mayonnaise, [284].
- Sardines au gratin, [62].
- Sardines, broiled, on toast, [162].
- Sauce, cream, [62].
- Sauce, hard, [205].
- Sauce, mint, [218].
- Sauce, soubise, [206].
- Sauce, white, [60].
- Sausage, baked, [161].
- Sausage, broiled, [73].
- Sausage rolls, [78].
- Scallop patties, [53].
- Scallops, fried, [86].
- Seasoning, [245].
- Setting breakfast-table, [42].
- Setting dinner-table, [168].
- Shad roes in ambush, [59].
- Short-cake, canned peach, [150].
- Short-cake, peach, [64].
- Short-cake, raspberry, [56].
- Silver, cleaning, [303].
- Silver, solid, [301].
- Silver-plated dishes, [302].
- Soup, [171].
- Soup, asparagus, [216].
- Soup, black-bean, [237].
- Soup, canned, [183].
- Soup, cauliflower, [221].
- Soup, cheese, [218].
- Soup, corned-beef, [234].
- Soup, egg, [217].
- Soup, green-corn, [210].
- Soup, green-pea, [213].
- Soup, lentil, [204].
- Soup, oyster, [233].
- Soup, salmon, [228].
- Soup, tomato, maigre, [225].
- Soup, turkey, [232].
- Soup, veal, [223].
- Spaghetti, creamed, [209].
- Spanish chestnuts, roast, [156].
- Sponge-cake trifle, [208].
- Standing lunch menu, [118].
- Steak, broiled, with mushrooms, [72].
- Strawberries, [58].
- Strawberry méringue, [215].
- Sugar cakes, [163].
- Supper dishes, [258].
- Sweetbread pâtés, [147].
- Sweet potatoes, buttered, [205].
- Table linen, [297], [298].
- Table manners, [248].
- Tomatoes, baked, [209].
- Tomatoes, broiled, [140].
- Tomatoes, deviled, [66].
- Tomatoes and corn, baked, [222].
- Tongue, jellied, [142].
- Tripe, Lyonnaise, [85].
- Turnip purée, [230].
- Veal croquettes, [79].
- Veal cutlets au maître d'hôtel, [69].
- Veal galantine, [285].
- Veal Hamburg steaks, [163].
- Waffles, quick, [71].
- Waffles, raised, [162].
- Welsh rabbit, [145].
- Wheat-flour gems, [73].
- Wheat puffs, [76].
- White-fish, baked, [225].
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BOOKS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.