whipped eggs, 13; beets, 14; apples, 16;
peaches, 20; boiled codfish, 21; broiled venison,
22; potatoes, 22^; fried veal, 24; roast pork,
24 ; roast poultry, 26 ; raw beef, 26 ; raw grapes,
27; raw plums, 29; broiled mutton, 30; oat-
meal porridge, 75 ; rye bread, 79 ; boiled beans.
87; boiled rice, 88; barley bread, 88; wheat
bread, 90; baked corn bread, 91; boiled barley,
92 ; butter, 93 ; boiled peas, 93 ; raw oils, 94.
Relative Yaliie of Food (Beef par).
Oysters, 22; milk, 24; lobsters, 50; cream,
56; codfish, 68; eggs, 72; turbot, 84; mutton,
87; venison, 89; veal, 92; fowl, 94; herring, 100;
beef, 100; duck, 104; salmon, 108; pork, 116;
butter, 124; cheese, 155.
Percentage of Car})on in Food.
Cabbage, 3 ; beer, 4 ; carrots, 5 ; milk, 7 ; pars-
nips, 8; fish, 9; potatoes, 12; eggs, 16; beef, 27
bread, 27 ; cheese, 36 ; peas, 36 ; rice, 38 ; corn, 38
biscuit, 42; oatmeal, 42; sugar, 42; flour, 46
bacon, 54; cocoa, 69; butter, 79.
Foot-Tons of Energy per Ounce of Food.
Cabbage, 16; carrots, 20; milk, 24; ale, 30;
potatoes, 38-, porter, 42; beef, 55; egg, 57;
ham, 65; bread, 83; egg (yolk), 127; sugar,
130; rice, 145; flour, 148; arrowroot, 151; oat-
meal, 152; cheese, 168; butter, 281.
Loss of Meat in Cooking.
lOOlbs. raw beef — 67 lbs. roast.
100 " " = 74 " boiled.
400 " raw mutton =75 " roast.
100 " raw fowl =80 " roast.
100 " " = 87 " boiled.
100 " raw fish =94 " boiled.
274 White Ribbon Cook Book.
The Percentage of Starch
In common grains is as follows, according to
Prof. Yeoman s: Rice flour, 84 to 85; Indian
meal, 77 to 80; oatmeal, 70 to 80; wheat flour,
39 to 77; barley flour, 67 to 70; rye flour, 50
to 61; buckwheat, 52; peas and beans, 42 to
43; potatoes, (75 per cent, water), 13 to 15.
The Degrees of Sugar
In various fruits are: Peach, 1.6; raspberry,
4.0; strawberry, 5.7; currant, 6.1; gooseberry,
7.2; apple, 7.9; mulberry, 9.2; pear, 9.4; cherry,
10.8; grape, 14.9.
Measures for Housekeepers.
Wheat flour 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Indian meal 1 lb. 2 oz. is 1 quart.
Butter (soft) 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Granulated sugar ... 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Powdered sugar 1 lb. 1 oz, is 1 quart.
Best brown sugar ... 1 lb. 2 oz. is 1 quart.
Eggs 10 eggs are 1 lb.
Flour 8 quarts are 1 peck.
Flour 4 pecks are 1 bush.
Liquids. — Thirty-two large tablespoonfuls
make a pint; 8 large tablespoonfuls, 1 gill.
Four gills make 1 pint; 2 pints, 1 quart; 4
quarts, 1 gallon. An ordinary-sized tumbler
holds half a pint; a wine-glass, half a gill.
Thirty-five drops are equal to one teaspoonful.
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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
whipped eggs, 13; beets, 14; apples, 16; peaches, 20; boiled codfish, 21; broiled venison, 22; potatoes, 22^; fried veal, 24; roast pork, 24 ; roast poultry, 26 ; raw beef, 26 ; raw grapes, 27; raw plums, 29; broiled mutton, 30; oatmeal porridge, 75 ; rye bread, 79 ; boiled beans. 87; boiled rice, 88; barley bread, 88; wheat bread, 90; baked corn bread, 91; boiled barley, 92 ; butter, 93 ; boiled peas, 93 ; raw oils, 94. Relative Value of Food (Beef par).
Oysters, 22; milk, 24; lobsters, 50; cream, 56; codfish, 68; eggs, 72; turbot, 84; mutton, 87; venison, 89; veal, 92; fowl, 94; herring, 100; beef, 100; duck, 104; salmon, 108; pork, 116; butter, 124; cheese, 155.
Percentage of Carbon in Food.
Cabbage, 3 ; beer, 4 ; carrots, 5 ; milk, 7 ; parsnips, 8; fish, 9; potatoes, 12; eggs, 16; beef, 27 bread, 27 ; cheese, 36 ; peas, 36 ; rice, 38 ; corn, 38 biscuit, 42; oatmeal, 42; sugar, 42; flour, 46 bacon, 54; cocoa, 69; butter, 79.
Foot-Tons of Energy per Ounce of Food.
Cabbage, 16; carrots, 20; milk, 24; ale, 30; potatoes, 38-, porter, 42; beef, 55; egg, 57; ham, 65; bread, 83; egg (yolk), 127; sugar, 130; rice, 145; flour, 148; arrowroot, 151; oatmeal, 152; cheese, 168; butter, 281. Loss of Meat in Cooking.
100 lbs. raw beef — 67 lbs. roast.
100 " " = 74 " boiled.
400 " raw mutton =75 " roast.
100 " raw fowl =80 " roast.
100 " " = 87 " boiled.
100 " raw fish =94 " boiled.
274 White Ribbon Cook Book.
The Percentage of Starch
In common grains is as follows, according to Prof. Yeomans: Rice flour, 84 to 85; Indian meal, 77 to 80; oatmeal, 70 to 80; wheat flour, 39 to 77; barley flour, 67 to 70; rye flour, 50 to 61; buckwheat, 52; peas and beans, 42 to 43; potatoes, (75 per cent, water), 13 to 15.
The Degrees of Sugar In various fruits are: Peach, 1.6; raspberry, 4.0; strawberry, 5.7; currant, 6.1; gooseberry, 7.2; apple, 7.9; mulberry, 9.2; pear, 9.4; cherry, 10.8; grape, 14.9.
Measures for Housekeepers.
Wheat flour 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Indian meal 1 lb. 2 oz. is 1 quart.
Butter (soft) 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Granulated sugar ... 1 lb. is 1 quart.
Powdered sugar 1 lb. 1 oz. is 1 quart.
Best brown sugar ... 1 lb. 2 oz. is 1 quart.
Eggs 10 eggs are 1 lb.
Flour 8 quarts are 1 peck.
Flour 4 pecks are 1 bush.
Liquids. — Thirty-two large tablespoonfuls make a pint; 8 large tablespoonfuls, 1 gill. Four gills make 1 pint; 2 pints, 1 quart; 4 quarts, 1 gallon. An ordinary-sized tumbler holds half a pint; a wine-glass, half a gill. Thirty-five drops are equal to one teaspoonful.
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