22101719100 0. STEVEN, Book and PrintseUet; 27 King Street, CheapsideJ LONDON, EC. I Digitized by the Internet Arcliive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/b20417524 TRIED, TESTED, PROVED. THE NEW HOME COOK BOOK COMPILED FROM RECIPES CONTRIBUTED BY LADIES OF CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS; ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, CHICAGO. With dispatchful looks, in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent. What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change. — Paradise Lost, SILVER, BURDETT & CO., PUBLISHERS, New York . . . BOSTON . . . Chicago. 1896. Copyright, A. D. 1874, 1875 i^75» ^^77» '^96. By J. FRED WAGGONER. m. welP-'Omec Call No. PREFACE. In issuing this new edition of the Home Cook Book, the Publishers take renewed pleasure in acknowledging the kind favor with which the work has been received by the intelligent housekeepers of the country, by whose appreciative judgment alone it couid have attained to such extraordinary success. In accordance with the promise made at the outset, improvements have been made from time to time, each adding to the value of the work, and increasing its just popularity. Pursuant to the same policy, the present edition is still further enriched by the addition of three new articles, which have been prepared expressly for this work : — " House- keeping in the Twentieth Century," by Anna Barrows, Co-editor of The American Kitchen Magazifie (Bos- ton) ; " Home Making and House Furnishing," by Juliet Corson, author of ^' Family Living on $500 a Year," etc. ; and " Oil and Gas Stove Cooking," by Emma P. Ewing, Principal of the Chautauqua (N. Y.) Cooking School. It will be seen, that in its chief and distinctive character as a collection of choice and valuable recipes, tried and approved by housekeepers of first in- telligence and most ample experience, the work is unchanged. INDEX. Pages HOUSEKEEPING IX THE TWENTIETH CENTURY . . 5—8 HOME MAKING AND HOUSE FURNISHING .... 9—21 OIL AND GAS STOVE COOKING 22—26 TABLE TALK — Refinement, Reorularity, Setting of Table, Serving, Lunch, Dinner, Crockery, Dining Room 27 — 32 DINNER ETIQUETTE — Invitations, When to Arrive, Introduc- tions, Furniture, Getting to Table, Table, Order of Wines, Indi- vidual Etiquette • . 33—40 MARKETING 41—47 SERVANTS 48—55 UTENSILS — Wooden Ware, Tin Ware, Iron Ware, Stone Ware, Brushes 56—57 SOUPS 58—71 FISH 72—79 SHELL FISH — Oysters, Lobsters, Crabs, Clams, etc. . . . 79—87 POULTRY AND GAME 88—98 MEATS 99—119 SALADS, SAUCES AND PICKLES 120—135 SWEET PICKLES 186—138 SOUR PICKLES 138—149 BREAKFAST AND SUPPER — Toast, Codfish, Hash, Breakfast Cakes, Eggs, Buns, etc 150—167 VEGETABLES 168—180 PUDDINGS 181—213 PUDDING SAUCES 214—216 PIES 217—230 CUSTARDS, CREAMS, ETC ; 231—248 ICES 249—253 FRUITS 254—270 CANDY 271—276 BREAD AND YEAST 277—321 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 321 CAKES 322—366 DRINKS 367—371 MISCELLANEOUS ........... 372—388 SICK ROOM . 389—395 BILLS OF FARE -396-400 (4) ^THE NEW HOME COOK BOOK. HOUSEKEEPING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

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22101719100 0D. STEVEN, Book and Printer; 27 King Street, Cheapside, LONDON, EC. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/b20417524 TRIED, TESTED, PROVED. THE COMPILED FROM RECIPES CONTRIBUTED BY LADIES OF CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS; ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS, CHICAGO. With dispatchful looks, in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent. What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change. — Paradise Lost, SILVER, BURDETT & CO., PUBLISHERS, New York . . . BOSTON . . . Chicago. Copyright, A. D. 1874, 1875 i^75» ^^77» '^96. By J. FRED WAGGONER. m. welP-'Omec Call No. PREFACE. In issuing this new edition of the Home Cook Book, the Publishers take renewed pleasure in acknowledging the kind favor with which the work has been received by the intelligent housekeepers of the country, by whose appreciative judgment alone it couid have attained to such extraordinary success. In accordance with the promise made at the outset, improvements have been made from time to time, each adding to the value of the work, and increasing its just popularity. Pursuant to the same policy, the present edition is still further enriched by the addition of three new articles, which have been prepared expressly for this work : — " Housekeeping in the Twentieth Century," by Anna Barrows, Co-editor of The American Kitchen Magazine (Boston) ; " Home Making and House Furnishing," by Juliet Corson, author of ^' Family Living on $500 a Year," etc. ; and " Oil and Gas Stove Cooking," by Emma P. Ewing, Principal of the Chautauqua (N. Y.) Cooking School. It will be seen, that in its chief and distinctive character as a collection of choice and valuable recipes, tried and approved by housekeepers of first intelligence and most ample experience, the work is unchanged. INDEX. Pages HOUSEKEEPING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY . . 5—8 OIL AND GAS STOVE COOKING 22—26 TABLE TALK — Refinement, Reorularity, Setting of Table, Serving, Lunch, Dinner, Crockery, Dining Room 27 — 32 DINNER ETIQUETTE — Invitations, When to Arrive, Introductions, Furniture, Getting to Table, Table, Order of Wines, Individual Etiquette • . 33—40 MARKETING 41—47 SERVANTS 48—55 UTENSILS — Wooden Ware, Tin Ware, Iron Ware, Stone Ware, Brushes 56—57 SOUPS 58—71 FISH 72—79 SHELL FISH — Oysters, Lobsters, Crabs, Clams, etc. . . . 79—87 POULTRY AND GAME 88—98 MEATS 99—119 SALADS, SAUCES AND PICKLES 120—135 SWEET PICKLES 186—138 SOUR PICKLES 138—149 BREAKFAST AND SUPPER — Toast, Codfish, Hash, Breakfast Cakes, Eggs, Buns, etc 150—167 VEGETABLES 168—180 PUDDINGS 181—213 PUDDING SAUCES 214—216 PIES 217—230 CUSTARDS, CREAMS, ETC ; 231—248 ICES 249—253 FRUITS 254—270 CANDY 271—276 BREAD AND YEAST 277—321 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 321 CAKES 322—366 DRINKS 367—371 MISCELLANEOUS ........... 372—388 SICK ROOM . 389—395 (4) ^THE HOUSEKEEPING IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

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