These, either white or yellow, stewed in gravy, are excellent. Choose a quart of a small, even size, peel them, boil fifteen minutes in well salted boiling water, drain, put into a frying-pan with sufficient butter to prevent burning, brown and stir in a tablespoonf ul of flour ; cover them with hot water, add a palatable seasoning of salt and pepper and stew gently until tender; or peel and cut them in small regular pieces, brown them over the fire with a little butter and a slight sprinkling of sugar, add salt and pepper and boiling water enough to cover, and gently stew them until tender ; serve hot. MASHED TURNIPS. Pare, quarter and cook them tenderly in boiling water, with a little salt. Mash and press in a heated colander ; work in butter, pepper✪ Mashed Turnips and salt ; heap smoothly in a deep dish and put pepper on top. 41 642 COOKS' TIME-TABLE. COOKS' TIME-TABLE. Asparagus Beans (pod) Beans with green corn Beef Beefsteak Beefsteak Beef, salted Bass, fresh Beets, young Beets, old Bread, corn Bread, wheat Cabbage Cauliflower Cake, sponge Carrot, orange Chicken Codfish, dry and whole Custard (one quart) Duck, tame Duck, wild Dumpling, apple Eggs, bard Eggs, soft Eggs Fowls, domestic, roasted or . . . Goose, wild Lamb Meat and vegetables Mutton Mutton Onions Oysters Parsnips Pork Pork Pork Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Rice Salmon, fresh Sausage Sausage Soup, vegetable Soup, chicken Soup, oyster or mutton Spinach Tapioca Tomatoes ." Tomatoes Trout, salmon, fresh, boiled or Turkey, boiled or Turnips Veal Venison steak Mode of Time of Preparation. Cooking. H. M. Boiled.... 15 to 30 Boiled.... I OO Boiled 45 Roasted . . ■JS- 25 Broiled. . . 15 Fried 15 Boiled * 35 Broiled ... 20 Boiled.... Boiled 2 00 4 30 Baked 45 Baked. . . . 1 00 Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled I- -2 00 Baked . . . 45 Boiled.... 1 00 Fricasseed 1 00 Boiled.., * 15 Baked . . 3° Roasted .. 1 ^0 Roasted . . 1 00 Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled.., 10 Boiled 3 Fried 5 Boiled.... 1 00 Roasted .. * 20 Boiled.... * 20 H ashed . . . 3° Roast * 25 Broiled... 20 Boiled.... I- —2 CO Stewed.. . . 5 Boiled.... 1 00 Roast * 30 Boiled.,.. * 25 Broiled... 20 Boiled 3° Baked 45 Roasted . . 45 Boiled.... 20 Boiled 8 Fried 25 Broiled... 20 Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled 2 00 Boiled.... t 3 30 Boiled I- —2 00 Boiled.... 1 30 Fresh 1 00 Canned. . . 30 Fried 30 Roasted . . * 20 Boiled 45 Broiled. .. 20 Broiled... 20 * Minutes to the pound. t Mutton soup. The time given is the general average ; the time will vary slightly with the quality of the article. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 643 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. I quart sifted flour (well heaped) weighs I lb. 3 coffee-cups sifted flour (level) weigh i lb. 4 teacups sifted flour (level) weigh I lb. I quart unsifted flour weighs I lb. I oz. i quart sifted Indian meal weighs i lb. 4 oz. 1 pint soft butter (well packed) weighs 1 lb. 2 teacups soft butter (well packed) weigh 1 lb. 1 y^ pints powdered sugar weigh 1 lb. 2 coffee-cups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 2*4. teacups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 1 pint granulated sugar (heaped) weighs 14 oz. i}4. coffee-cups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 W

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These, either white or yellow, stewed in gravy, are excellent. Choose a quart of a small, even size, peel them, boil fifteen minutes in well salted boiling water, drain, put into a frying-pan with sufficient butter to prevent burning, brown and stir in a tablespoonful of flour ; cover them with hot water, add a palatable seasoning of salt and pepper and stew gently until tender; or peel and cut them in small regular pieces, brown them over the fire with a little butter and a slight sprinkling of sugar, add salt and pepper and boiling water enough to cover, and gently stew them until tender ; serve hot. MASHED TURNIPS. Pare, quarter and cook them tenderly in boiling water, with a little salt. Mash and press in a heated colander ; work in butter, pepper and salt ; heap smoothly in a deep dish and put pepper on top. COOKS' TIME-TABLE. COOKS' TIME-TABLE. Asparagus Beans (pod) Beans with green corn Beef Beefsteak Beefsteak Beef, salted Bass, fresh Beets, young Beets, old Bread, corn Bread, wheat Cabbage Cauliflower Cake, sponge Carrot, orange Chicken Codfish, dry and whole Custard (one quart) Duck, tame Duck, wild Dumpling, apple Eggs, bard Eggs, soft Eggs Fowls, domestic, roasted or . . . Goose, wild Lamb Meat and vegetables Mutton Mutton Onions Oysters Parsnips Pork Pork Pork Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Rice Salmon, fresh Sausage Sausage Soup, vegetable Soup, chicken Soup, oyster or mutton Spinach Tapioca Tomatoes ." Tomatoes Trout, salmon, fresh, boiled or Turkey, boiled or Turnips Veal Venison steak Mode of Time of Preparation. Cooking. H. M. Boiled.... to 30 Boiled.... I OO Boiled Roasted . . ■JS- Broiled. . . Fried Boiled * Broiled ... Boiled.... Boiled 2 00 4 30 Baked Baked. . . . 1 00 Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled -2 00 Baked . . . Boiled.... 1 00 Fricasseed 1 00 Boiled.., * Baked . . 3° Roasted .. 1 ^0 Roasted . . 1 00 Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled.., Boiled Fried Boiled.... 1 00 Roasted .. * Boiled.... * H ashed . . . 3° Roast * Broiled... Boiled.... —2 CO Stewed.. . . Boiled.... 1 00 Roast * Boiled.,.. * Broiled... Boiled 3° Baked Roasted . . Boiled.... Boiled Fried Broiled... Boiled.... 1 00 Boiled 2 00 Boiled.... t 3 30 Boiled —2 00 Boiled.... 1 30 Fresh 1 00 Canned. . . Fried Roasted . . * Boiled Broiled. .. Broiled... * Minutes to the pound. t Mutton soup. The time given is the general average ; the time will vary slightly with the quality of the article. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 643 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. I quart sifted flour (well heaped) weighs I lb. 3 coffee-cups sifted flour (level) weigh i lb. 4 teacups sifted flour (level) weigh I lb. I quart unsifted flour weighs I lb. I oz. i quart sifted Indian meal weighs i lb. 4 oz. 1 pint soft butter (well packed) weighs 1 lb. 2 teacups soft butter (well packed) weigh 1 lb. 1 y^ pints powdered sugar weigh 1 lb. 2 coffee-cups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 2*4. teacups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb. 1 pint granulated sugar (heaped) weighs 14 oz. i}4. coffee-cups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 W

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