| Beans, Boston Baked | 8 hours |
| Biscuits, Baking Powder (according to size) | 12-15 minutes |
| Raised (according to size) | 12-20 minutes |
| Bread (ten-cent loaf) | 50 minutes |
| Breads, Baking Powder Muffins (according to size) | 18-30 minutes |
| Corn Bread (shallow pan) | 15-20 minutes |
| Gingerbread (shallow pan) | 25 minutes |
| Popovers (according to size) | 25-30 minutes |
| Yeast Muffins (according to size) | 20-30 minutes |
| Cake, Fruit | 1¼ to 2 hours |
| Layer | 15-20 minutes |
| Loaf (shallow pan) | 30 minutes |
| Sponge (deep pan) | 40 minutes |
| Cookies and Wafers | 6-15 minutes |
| Cup Custards | 25 minutes |
| Fish, whole, 4 pounds | 1 hour |
| Fillets, or whole small | 20-30 minutes |
| Meats, Fillet of Beef (medium) | 45-60 minutes |
| Rump of Beef (medium) per pound | 17 minutes |
| Sirloin or Rib of Beef (medium) per pound | 15 minutes |
| Chicken, per pound | 18 minutes |
| Duck, Domestic | 1 to 1¼ hours |
| Duck, Wild | 15-20 minutes |
| Goose, Domestic, per pound | 20 minutes |
| Leg of Lamb, per pound | 18 minutes |
| Pork Chops | 30 minutes |
| Loin of Pork, per pound | 22 minutes |
| Turkey, per pound | 20 minutes |
| Loin of Veal, per pound | 22 minutes |
| Pies | 35-45 minutes |
| Rice or Tapioca Pudding, Cooked | 45 minutes |
| Rice or Tapioca Pudding, Uncooked | 2½ to 3½ hours |
BOILING
| Cereals | |
| Corn Meal | 2 hours |
| Hominy | 2-3 hours |
| Macaroni | 20-30 minutes |
| Oatmeal | 4 hours |
| Rice | 20-30 minutes |
| Rolled Oats | ½ hour |
| Spaghetti | 20 minutes |
| Granulated or Rolled Wheat | ½ hour |
| Eggs | |
| Soft-cooked | 3-5 minutes |
| Hard-cooked | 20 minutes |
| Fish | |
| Bass, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Bluefish, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Cod, per pound | 6 minutes |
| Halibut, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Lobster, whole | 20 minutes |
| Salmon, per pound | 12 minutes |
| Small fish | 6-10 minutes |
| Meats | |
| Corned Beef | 3-4 hours |
| Fresh Beef | 3 hours |
| Fowl, per pound | 30 minutes |
| Ham, per pound | 25 minutes |
| Mutton (leg), per pound | 25 minutes |
| Corned Tongue | 3½ hours |
| Fresh Tongue | 2½ hours |
| Vegetables | |
| Artichokes | 30-45 minutes |
| Asparagus | 20-30 minutes |
| Dried Beans | 3-4 hours |
| Lima and other Shell Beans | 1 to 1¼ hours |
| String Beans | 1-2 hours |
| Beets, old | 2-4 hours |
| Beets, young | 45 minutes |
| Brussels Sprouts | 20 minutes |
| Cabbage | 20-30 minutes |
| Cauliflower | 25 minutes |
| Green Corn | 10 minutes |
| Onions | 1 to 1½ hours |
| Oyster Plant (whole) | 45 minutes |
| Parsnips | 45-60 minutes |
| Peas, Fresh | 20-60 minutes |
| Peas, Dried | 3 hours |
| Potatoes, White | 20-30 minutes |
| Potatoes, Sweet | 20-25 minutes |
| Spinach | 25-30 minutes |
| Tomatoes (stewed) | 20-30 minutes |
| Turnips, Yellow | 1½ to 2 hours |
| Turnips, White | 1 to 1½ hours |
BROILING
| Bacon and Ham, sliced thin | 4 minutes |
| Chicken, Spring | 20 minutes |
| Chops, Lamb or Mutton | 6-10 minutes |
| Fish, Slices Cod, Halibut, Salmon, Swordfish | 12-15 minutes |
| Fish, whole small, Smelt, Trout | 8-10 minutes |
| Fish, whole split, Bluefish, Scrod, Shad, Whitefish | 18-22 minutes |
| Oysters | 3-4 minutes |
| Steak, 1 inch thick (medium) | 8 minutes |
| Squab | 10-12 minutes |
| Tripe and Liver | 6 minutes |
FRYING
| Chops or Cutlets, Breaded | 5-8 minutes |
| Croquettes and Fishballs | 1 minute |
| Doughnuts, Drop Cakes, Fritters, Muffins | 3-5 minutes |
| Fish, rolled fillets and slices | 5-7 minutes |
| Fish, whole small, Smelt, Trout, Whitebait | 2-7 minutes |
| Potatoes, Straws, Chips | 3-4 minutes |
| Potatoes, French Fried | 6-8 minutes |