Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management

I Polishing Hard-Wood Floors 86 Staining Wooden Floors ... 86 Sizing Stained Floors 87 I Varnishing Stained Floors.. 87 Black Varnish for Wood ... 87 Painted Floors 88 THE DINNER-TABLE AND ITS APPOINTMENTS. Tablecloths go Table-Napkins 92 Washing Table-Linen 94 Silver and Cutlery. China and Glass. . . Flowers at Table no Menus, or Bills of Fare. H2 The Service of Dishes Ii6 The English Dinner-Service. iig The Service of Dinner i la Russe 121 The Dinner - Service as Shown on Menu Cards. . . 122 Menu 123 English Bill of Fare for Dinner a la Russe 124 The American Dinner 125 Bill of Fare for American Dinner 128 Bill of Fare 129 Dinner Wines 130 THE ETIQUETTE OF Large Breakfasts Bill of Fare The Family Breakfast Family Luncheon Luncheon Parties Bill of Fare Afternoon Receptions Afternoon Teas Family Teas Gentlemen's Suppers Supper Parties VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. Evening Parties 154 Cinderella Parties 154 Card Parties 155 Calling During Entertainments 155 New Year's Receptions 155 Wedding Receptions and Breakfasts 156 Country-House Parties. .... 158 Garden and Lawn Parties. . 160 PART II. SMALL SHELL-FISH. Shell-Fish on the Half-Shell {Huttres) 163 Oysters on the Half Shell. . 163 Oysters in a Block of Ice. . . 164 Oysters in Ice 165 Cold Canned Oysters 166 Little-Neck Clams on the Half-Shell 166 xu SOUPS {Potage). Soup Stock 168 Clear Soup or Consomm6. . 170 The Clarifying of Fat 171 Caramel 171 Bouillon 171 Clear Soup with Royale Paste 172 Spring Soup with Vegetables 172 Case of Vegetable Cutters . . 173 Ox-Tail Soup 173 Mock Turtle Soup 174 Brown Turkey Soup. 175 Chicken Soup 176 Puree Sieve 177 Chicken and Rice Soup, or Potage a la Reine 177 Cream of Asparagus 178 Onion Soup 178 Celery Soup 179 Cream of Fresh Mushrooms. 179 Cream of Cauliflowers 180 Bain-Marie 181 Tomato Cream Soup 181 String- Bean Soup 182 Green-Pea Soup 182 Okra Soup with Crabs 183 Okra Soup with Beef 184 Dried Okra Soup 184 Ham and Pea Soup 185 Dried Bean Soup 185 Turtle Bean Soup 186 Oyster Cream Soup 187 Fried Crusts for Soup 187 Oyster Soup with Eggs 18S Soft Clara Soup with Tomatoes 188 Cream of Fluke i8g Crayfish Soup or Bisque. ... 18; Bisque of Prawns 190 Lobster Soup igi Crab Soup 191 Terrapin Clear Soup 192 How to Kill Green Turtle. . 192 How to Boil Green Turtle. . 194 Green Turtle Soup-Stock. . . 194 Green Turtle Thick Soup. . 196 Egg-Balls for Soup 196 Forcemeat-Balls for Soup. . igb Green Turtle Clear Soup. . . 197 How to Thaw Frozen Fish. 199 Large Fish Boiled in Slices . 199 Boiled Turbot with Lobster Sauce 200 Lobster Sauce 200 Boiled Halibut 200 Fried Halibut 201 Fluke Boned and Baked. . . . 201 Bluefish Baked Whole 202 Slices of Fish Boiled 203 Shrimp or Prawn Sauce .... 204 White Sauce 204 Boiled Pike with Caper Sauce 204 Caper Sauce 205 Pike 205 Pickerel 205 Fried Blackfish 205 Larded Fish 206 Fried Cod and Haddock 206 Trognon of Fish 206 Boiled Bass 207 Hot Mustard Sauce 207 Bass 208 Boiled Sheep's-Head 208