Name: Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant
Author: Adeline O. Goessling

°* . -e ' \<f »** .♦liriL^ *^_ . v^\** %*^^/ V^^V %.^* y .' .' .*'\ ^. ♦•To* .«r^ 0 "Ko. "eio* ^«,^ ^^o^.-i:^'. -^ - ^ ^- -^ ^ o.^ ..«* -v'^ ■^ ".^^P^** 4.*^'^%. ^^^*' '4^^'\ °-^^** ^'' £2F FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK and Housekeeper's Assistant Compiled and Edited by ADELINE O. GOESSLING ^^k|^ THE PHELPS PUBLISHING GO. Springfield, Mass. New York Ghicago y" -A K JUBRARY of CON^5E3S ;1 Tw» Copies Keteiveu DEC 31 S907 1 CLASS '^ XXc Wu. COPY 8. Copyright, 1907, by THE PHELPS PUBLISHING COMPAJVY J The World's Heroine The world'is always praising All the great folk of the time — The poets and musicians, and The ministers sublime; But to earth's greatest heroine They never cast a look; I'll tell you who she is^ at once — • The blessed household cook. We hear a lot of lauding for The man who goes to war. The artist and the sculptor. The poet and his lore. The lawyer and inventor, and The author's famous book; But we never hear a word aboujt The blessed household cook. Perhaps you think she isn't worth The praise that I would give; But, without her ceaseless kindness, Pray, how long would you live? We all would soon expire, if Of food we ne'er partook; So I raise my hat in honor of The blessed household cook. She saves the lives of thousands. By her duties every day, Though she does it in a simple And unnoticed, quiet way. But when I am an author, I shall surely write a book About the queen of womankind — The worthy household cook. — [Alice M. Jones, .Maine. X ""Good cooks are born, not made, they say; .The saying is most untrue. Hard trying and these fine recipes Will make good cooks of you." Love and indigestion have no affinity one for another. On the other hand, carelessly selected, improperly cooked food and indigestion are twin souls. The moral is vivid. If love is to be kept as a permanent dweller in the home the door must be barred against indigestion. So the sensible young wife begins to study the first principles of cooking. — [Mary Jane McClure. INTRODUQTION ANY and various are the cook books now: on the market, but few, if any, are plain, practical, thorough, and complete enough for all-around use and every-day reference, in farm homes — in families where plain tastes and limited means forbid extravagant or fancy culinary indulgences and the accompanying unnecessary expenditure of time and labor. This book is intended especially and primarily for farm cooks, though it will be found equally useful and helpful in the city kitchen where economy is an object. It is of course understood that country or farm housekeepers have many advantages their town sisters lack, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs, milk, cream and butter, which naturally cannot always be had in city markets, where even inferior grades of produce are high priced. In the average farm kitchen such things are considered necessities, not luxuries, and are accepted quite as a matter of course. How true it is that blessings brighten when they take their flight, as many an ex-country housewife could testify.

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°* . -e ' \<f »** .♦liriL^ *^_ . v^\** %*^^/ V^^V %.^* y .' .' .*'\ ^. ♦•To* .«r^ 0 "Ko. "eio* ^«,^ ^^o^.-i:^'. -^ - ^ ^- -^ ^ o.^ ..«* -v'^ ■^ ".^^P^** 4.*^'^%. ^^^*' '4^^'\ °-^^** ^'' £2F FARM AND HOME COOK BOOK and Housekeeper's Assistant Compiled and Edited by ADELINE O. GOESSLING ^^k|^ THE PHELPS PUBLISHING GO. Springfield, Mass. New York Ghicago y" -A K JUBRARY of CON^5E3S ;1 Tw» Copies Keteiveu DEC 31 S907 1 CLASS '^ XXc Wu. COPY 8. Copyright, 1907, by THE PHELPS PUBLISHING COMPAJVY J The World's Heroine The world'is always praising All the great folk of the time — The poets and musicians, and The ministers sublime; But to earth's greatest heroine They never cast a look; I'll tell you who she is^ at once — • The blessed household cook. We hear a lot of lauding for The man who goes to war. The artist and the sculptor. The poet and his lore. The lawyer and inventor, and The author's famous book; But we never hear a word aboujt The blessed household cook. Perhaps you think she isn't worth The praise that I would give; But, without her ceaseless kindness, Pray, how long would you live? We all would soon expire, if Of food we ne'er partook; So I raise my hat in honor of The blessed household cook. She saves the lives of thousands. By her duties every day, Though she does it in a simple And unnoticed, quiet way. But when I am an author, I shall surely write a book About the queen of womankind — The worthy household cook. — [Alice M. Jones, .Maine. ""Good cooks are born, not made, they say; .The saying is most untrue. Hard trying and these fine recipes Will make good cooks of you." Love and indigestion have no affinity one for another. On the other hand, carelessly selected, improperly cooked food and indigestion are twin souls. The moral is vivid. If love is to be kept as a permanent dweller in the home the door must be barred against indigestion. So the sensible young wife begins to study the first principles of cooking. — [Mary Jane McClure. INTRODUCTION ANY and various are the cook books now: on the market, but few, if any, are plain, practical, thorough, and complete enough for all-around use and every-day reference, in farm homes — in families where plain tastes and limited means forbid extravagant or fancy culinary indulgences and the accompanying unnecessary expenditure of time and labor. This book is intended especially and primarily for farm cooks, though it will be found equally useful and helpful in the city kitchen where economy is an object. It is of course understood that country or farm housekeepers have many advantages their town sisters lack, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs, milk, cream and butter, which naturally cannot always be had in city markets, where even inferior grades of produce are high priced. In the average farm kitchen such things are considered necessities, not luxuries, and are accepted quite as a matter of course. How true it is that blessings brighten when they take their flight, as many an ex-country housewife could testify.