# Boston Cooking-School Cook Book/Chapter 2

CHAPTER II
COOKERY
COOKERY is the art of preparing food for the nourishment of the body.
Prehistoric man may have lived on uncooked foods, but there are no savage races to-day who do not practise cookery in some way, however crude. Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
Much time has been given in the last few years to the study of foods, their necessary proportions, and manner of cooking them. Educators have been shown by scientists that this knowledge should be disseminated; as a result, "Cookery" is found in the curriculum of public schools of many of our towns and cities.
Food is cooked to develop new flavors, to make it more palatable and digestible, and to destroy micro-organisms. For cooking there are three essentials (besides the material to be cooked), —heat, air, and moisture.
Air is composed of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, and surrounds everything. Combustion cannot take place without it, the oxygen of the air being the only supporter of combustion.
Moisture, in the form of water, either found in the food or added to it.
The combined effect of heat and moisture swells and bursts starch-grains; hardens albumen in eggs, fish, and meat; softens fibrous portions of meat, and cellulose of vegetables.
Heat is molecular motion, and is produced by combustion. Heat is generated for cookery by employing kerosene oil, wood, coal, charcoal, coke, gas, alcohol, or electricity. ​Among fuels, kerosene oil is the cheapest; gas gives the greatest amount of heat in the shortest time. Soft wood, like pine, on account of its coarse fibre, burns quickly; therefore makes the best kindling. Hard wood, like oak and ash, having the fibres closely packed, burns slowly, and is used in addition to pine wood for kindling coal. Where only wood is used as a fuel, it is principally hard wood.
Charcoal for fuel is produced by the smothered combustion of wood. It gives an intense, even heat, therefore makes a good broiling fire. Its use for kindling is not infrequent.
There are two kinds of coal: Anthracite, or hard coal. Examples: Hard and free-burning White Ash, Shamokin, and Franklin. Nut is any kind of hard coal obtained from screenings. Bituminous, or soft coal. Example: cannel coal.
Coke is the solid product of carbonized coal, and bears the same relation to coal that charcoal bears to wood.
Alcohol is employed as fuel when the chafing-dish is used.
FIRE
Fire for cookery is confined in a stove or range, so that heat may be utilized and regulated. Flame-heat is obtained from kerosene, gas, or alcohol, as used in oil-stoves, gas-stoves or gas-ranges, and chafing-dishes.
A cooking-stove is a large iron box set on legs. It has a fire-box in the front, the sides of which are lined with fire-proof material similar to that of which bricks are made. The bottom is furnished with a movable iron grate. Underneath the fire-box is a space which extends from the grate to a pan for receiving ashes. At the back of fire-box is a compartment called the oven, accessible on each side of the stove by a door. Between the oven and the top of the stove is a space for the circulation of air.
Stoves are connected with chimney-flues by means of a stovepipe, and have dampers to regulate the supply of air and heat, and as an outlet for smoke and gases.
​The oven is heated by a circulation of hot air. This is accomplished by closing the oven-damper, which is situated near the oven. When this damper is left open, the hot air rushes up the chimney. The damper near the chimney is known as the chimney-damper. When open it gives a free outlet for the escape of smoke and gas. When partially closed, as is usually the case in most ranges, except when the fire is started, it serves as a saver of heat. There is also a check, which, when open, cools the fire and saves heat, but should always be closed except when used for this purpose.
Stoves are but seldom used, portable ranges having taken their places.
A portable range is a cooking-stove with one oven door; it often has an under oven, of use for warming dishes and keeping food hot.
A gas range is growing in popularity. Coal-range companies recognizing their value have put on the market combination ranges for the use of gas as well as coal. The gas companies, who furnish the fuel, send out demonstrators upon request who teach their use.
An electric range is desirable where electricity is inexpensive or cost need not be considered.
A fireless cooker has many devotees. It is especially adapted to use in conjunction with a gas range for foods that require long, slow cooking.
HOW TO BUILD A FIRE
Before starting to build a fire, free the grate from ashes. To do this, put on covers, close front and back dampers, and open oven-damper; turn grate, and ashes will fall into the ash receiver. If these rules are not followed, ashes will fly over the room. Turn grate back into place, remove the covers over fire-box, and cover grate with pieces of paper (twisted in centre and left loose at the ends). Cover paper with small sticks, or pieces of pine wood, being sure that the wood reaches the ends of fire-box, and so arranged that it will admit air. Over pine wood arrange hard wood ​ then sprinkle with two shovelfuls of coal. Put on covers, open closed dampers, strike a match, — sufficient friction is formed to burn the phosphorus, this in turn lights the sulphur, and the sulphur the wood,—then apply the lighted match under the grate, and you have a fire.
Now blacken the stove. Begin at front of range, and work towards the back; as the iron heats, a good polish may be obtained. When the wood is thoroughly kindled, add more coal. A blue flame will soon appear, which is the gas (CO) in the coal burning to carbon dioxide (CO$_2$), when the blue flame changes to a white flame; then the oven- damper should be closed. In a few moments the front damper may be nearly closed, leaving space to admit sufficient oxygen to feed the fire. It is sometimes forgotten that oxygen is necessary to keep a fire burning. As soon as the coal is well ignited, half close the chimney-damper, unless the draft be very poor.
Never allow the fire-box to be more than three-fourths filled. When full, the draft is checked, a larger amount of fuel is consumed, and much heat is lost. This is a point that should be impressed on the mind of the cook.
Ashes must be removed and sifted daily; pick over and save good coals, — which are known as cinders, — throwing out useless pieces, known as clinkers.
If a fire is used constantly during the day, replenish coal frequently, but in small quantities. If for any length of time the fire is not needed, open check, the dampers being closed; when again wanted for use, close check, open front damper, and with a poker rake out ashes from under fire, and wait for fire to burn brightly before adding new coal.
Coal when red hot has parted with most of its heat. Some refuse to believe this, and insist upon keeping dampers open until most of the heat has escaped into the chimney.
WAYS OF COOKING
The principal ways of cooking are boiling, broiling, stewing, roasting, baking, frying, sauteing, braising, and fricasseeing.
Boiling is cooking in boiling water. Solid food so cooked is called boiled food, though literally this expression is incorrect. Examples: boiled eggs, potatoes, mutton, etc.
Water boils at 212° F. (sea level), and simmers at 185° F. Slowly boiling water has the same temperature as rapidly boiling water, consequently is able to do the same work,—a fact often forgotten by the cook, who is too apt "to wood" the fire that water may boil vigorously.
Watery vapor and steam pass off from boiling water. Steam is invisible; watery vapor is visible, and is often miscalled steam. Cooking utensils commonly used permit the escape of watery vapor and steam; thereby much heat is lost if food is cooked in rapidly boiling water.
Water is boiled for two purposes: first, cooking of itself to destroy organic impurities; second, for cooking foods. Boiling water toughens and hardens albumen in eggs; toughens fibrin and dissolves tissues in meat; bursts starch-grains and softens cellulose in cereals and vegetables. Milk should never be allowed to boil. At boiling temperature (214° F.) the casein is slightly hardened, and the fat is rendered more difficult of digestion. Milk heated over boiling water, as in a double boiler, is called scalded milk, and reaches a temperature of 196° F. When foods are cooked over hot water the process is called steaming.
Stewing is cooking in a small amount of hot water for a long time at low temperature; it is the most economical way of cooking meats, as all nutriment is retained, and the ordinary way of cooking cheaper cuts. Thus fibre and connective tissues are softened, and the whole is made tender and palatable.
Broiling is cooking over or in front of a clear fire. The food to be cooked is usually placed in a greased broiler or on a gridiron held near the coals, turned often at first to sear ​the outside,—thus preventing escape of inner juices,—afterwards turned occasionally. Tender meats and fish may be cooked in this way. The flavor obtained by broiling is particularly fine; there is, however, a greater loss of weight in this than in any other way of cooking, as the food thus cooked is exposed to free circulation of air. When coal is not used, or a fire is not in condition for broiling, a plan for pan broiling has been adopted. This is done by placing food to be cooked in a hissing hot frying-pan, turning often as in broiling.
Roasting is cooking before a clear fire, with a reflector to concentrate the heat. Heat is applied in the same way as for broiling, the difference being that the meat for roasting is placed on a spit and allowed to revolve, thicker pieces alway being employed. Tin-kitchens are now but seldom used. Meats cooked in a range oven, though really baked, are said to be roasted. Meats so cooked are pleasing to the sight and agreeable to the palate, although, according to Edward Atkinson, not so easily digested as when cooked at a lower temperature in the Aladdin oven.
Baking is cooking in a range oven.
Frying is cooking by means of immersion in deep fat raised to a temperature of 350° to 400° F. For frying purposes olive oil, lard, beef drippings, cottolene, coto suet, and cocoanut butter are used. A combination of two-thirds lard and one-third beef suet (tried out and clarified) is better than lard alone. Cottolene, coto suet, and cocoanut butter are economical, inasmuch as they may be heated to a high temperature without discoloring, therefore may be used for a larger number of fryings. Cod fat obtained from beef is often used by chefs for frying.
Great care should be taken in frying that fat is of the right temperature; otherwise food so cooked will absorb fat.
Nearly all foods which do not contain eggs are dipped in flour or crumbs, egg, and crumbs, before frying. The intense heat of fat hardens the albumen, thus forming a coating which prevents food from "soaking fat."
When meat or fish is to be fried, it should be kept in a ​warm room for some time previous to cooking, and wiped as dry as possible. If cold, it decreases the temperature of the fat to such extent that a coating is not formed quickly enough to prevent fat from penetrating the food. The ebullition of fat is due to water found in food to be cooked.
Great care must be taken that too much is not put into the fat at one time, not only because it lowers the temperature of the fat, but because it causes it to bubble and go over the sides of the kettle. It is not fat that boils, but water which fat has received from food.
All fried food on removal from fat should be drained on brown paper.
Rules for Testing Fat for Frying. 1. When the fat begins to smoke, drop in an inch cube of bread from soft part of loaf, and if in forty seconds it is golden brown, the fat is then of right temperature for frying any cooked mixture.
2. Use same test for uncooked mixtures, allowing one minute for bread to brown.
Many kinds of food may be fried in the same fat; new fat should be used for batter and dough mixtures, potatoes, and fishballs; after these, fish, meat, and croquettes. Fat should be frequently clarified.
To Clarify Fat. Melt fat, add raw potato cut in quarter-inch slices, and allow fat to heat gradually; when fat ceases to bubble and potatoes are well browned, strain through double cheesecloth, placed over wire strainer, into a pan. The potato absorbs any odors or gases, and collects to itself some of the sediment, remainder settling to bottom of kettle.
When small amount of fat is to be clarified, add to cold fat boiling water, stir vigorously, and set aside to cool; the fat will form a cake on top, which may be easily removed; on bottom of the cake will be found sediment, which may be readily scraped off with a knife.
Remnants of fat, either cooked or uncooked, should be saved and tried out, and when necessary clarified.
Fat from beef, poultry, chicken, and pork, may be used ​for shortening or frying purposes; fat from mutton and smoked meats may be used for making hard and soft soap; fat removed from soup stock, the water in which corned beef has been cooked, and drippings from roast beef, may be tried out, clarified, and used for shortening or frying purposes.
To Try out Fat. Cut in small pieces and melt in top of a double boiler; in this way it will require less watching than if placed in kettle on the back of range. Leaf lard is tried out in the same way; in cutting the leaf, remove membrane. After straining lard, that which remains may be salted, pressed, and eaten as a relish, and is called scraps.
Sautéing is frying in a small quantity of fat. Food so cooked is much more difficult of digestion than when fried in deep fat; it is impossible to cook in this way without the food absorbing fat. A frying-pan or griddle is used; the food is cooked on one side, then turned, and cooked on the other.
Braising is stewing and baking (meat). Meat to be braised is frequently first sautéd to prevent escape of much juice in the gravy. The meat is placed in a pan with a small quantity of stock or water, vegetables (carrot, turnip, celery, and union) cut in pieces, salt, pepper, and sweet herbs. The pan should have a tight-fitting cover. Meat so prepared should be cooked in an oven at low uniform temperature for a long time. This is an economical way of cooking, and the only way besides stewing or boiling of making a large piece of tough meat palatable and digestible.
VARIOUS WAYS OF PREPARING FOOD FOR COOKING
Egging and Crumbing. Use for crumbing dried bread crumbs which have been rolled and sifted, or soft stale bread broken in pieces and forced through a colander. An ingenious machine on the market, "The Bread Crumber," does this work. Egg used for crumbing should be broken into a shallow plate and beaten with a silver fork to blend yolk and white; dilute each egg with two tablespoons water. The crumbs should be taken on a board; food to be fried should be first rolled in crumbs (care being taken that all parts are covered with crumbs), then dipped in egg mixture (equal care being taken to cover all parts), then rolled in crumbs again; after the last crumbing remove food to a place on the board where there are no crumbs, and shake off some of the outer ones which make coating too thick. A broad-bladed knife with short handle—the Teller knife—is the most convenient utensil for lifting food to be crumbed from egg mixture. Small scallops, oysters, and crabs are more easily crumbed by putting crumbs and fish in paper and shaking paper until the fish is covered with crumbs. The object of first crumbing is to dry the surface that egg may cling to it; and where a thin coating is desired flour is often used in place of crumbs.
Larding is introducing small pieces of fat salt pork or bacon through the surface of uncooked meat. The flavor of lean and dry meat is much improved by larding; tenderloin of beef (fillet), grouse, partridge, pigeon, and liver are often prepared in this way. Pig pork being firm, is best for larding. Pork should be kept in a cold place that it may be well chilled. Remove rind and use the part of pork which lies between rind and vein. With sharp knife (which is sure to make a clean cut) remove slices a little less than one-fourth inch thick; cut the slices into strips a little less than one-fourth inch wide; these strips should be two and one-fourth inches long, and are called lardoons. Lardoons for small birds—quail, for example—should be cut smaller ​and not quite so long. To lard, insert one end of lardoon into larding-needle, hold needle firmly, and with pointed end take up a stitch one-third inch deep and three-fourths inch wide; draw needle through, care being taken that lardoon is left in meat and its ends project to equal lengths. Arrange lardoons in parallel rows, one inch apart, stitches in the alternate rows being directly underneath each other. Lard the upper surface of cuts of meat with the grain, never across it. In birds, insert lardoons at right angles to breast-bone on either side. When large lardoons are forced through meat from surface to surface, the process is called daubing. Example: Beef à la mode. Thin slices of fat salt pork placed over meat may be substituted for larding, but flavor is not the same as when pork is drawn through flesh, and the dish is far less sightly.
Boning is removing bones from meat or fish, leaving the flesh nearly in its original shape. For boning, a small sharp knife with pointed blade is essential. Legs of mutton and veal and loins of beef may be ordered boned at market, no extra charge being made.
Whoever wishes to learn how to bone should first be taught boning of a small bird; when this is accomplished, larger birds, chickens, and turkeys may easily be done, the processes varying but little. In large birds tendons are drawn from legs, and the wings are left on and boned.
How to Bone a Bird
In buying birds for boning, select those which have been fresh killed, dry picked, and not drawn. Singe, remove pinfeathers, head, and feet, and cut off wings close to body in small birds. Lay bird on a board, breast down.
Begin at neck and with sharp knife cut through the skin the entire length of body. Scrape the flesh from backbone until end of one shoulder-blade is found; scrape flesh from shoulder-blade and continue around wing-joint, cutting through tendinous portions which are encountered; then bone other side. Scrape skin from backbone the entire length of body, working across the ribs. Free wishbone and collar-bones, at same time removing crop and windpipe; ​continue down breastbone, particular care being taken not to break the skin as it hes very near bone, or to cut the delicate membranes which enclose entrails. Scrape flesh from second joints and drumsticks, laying it back and drawing off as a glove may be drawn from the hand. Withdraw carcass and put flesh back in its original shape. In large birds where wings are boned, scrape flesh to middle joint, where bone should be broken, leaving bone at tip end to assist in preserving shape.
How to Measure
Correct measurements are absolutely necessary to insure the best results. Good judgment, with experience, has taught some to measure by sight; but the majority need definite guides.
Tin, granite-ware, and glass measuring-cups, divided in quarters or thirds, holding one half-pint, and tea and table spoons of regulation sizes, — which may be bought at any store where kitchen furnishings are sold, — and a case knife, are essentials for correct measurement. Mixing-spoons, which are little larger than tablespoons, should not be con- founded with the latter.
Measuring Ingredients. Flour, meal, powdered and confectioners’ sugar, and soda should be sifted before measuring. Mustard and baking-powder, from standing in boxes, settle, therefore should be stirred to lighten; salt frequently lumps, and these lumps should be broken. A cupful is measured level. To measure a cupful, put in the ingredient by spoonfuls or from a scoop, round slightly, and level with a case knife, care being taken not to shake the cup. A tablespoonful is measured level. A teaspoonful is measured level.
To measure tea or table spoonfuls, dip the spoon in the ingredient, fill, lift, and level with a knife, the sharp edge of Knife being toward tip of spoon. Divide with knife lengthwise of spoon, for a half-spoonful; divide halves crosswise for quarters, and quarters crosswise for eighths. Less than one-eighth of a teaspoonful is considered a few grains.
​Measuring Liquids. A cupful of liquid is all the cup will hold.
A tea or table spoonful is all the spoon will hold.
Measuring Butter, Lard, etc. To measure butter, lard, and other solid fats, pack solidly into cup or spoon, and level with a knife.
When dry ingredients, liquids, and fats are called for in the same recipe, measure in the order given, thereby using but one cup.
How to Combine Ingredients
Next to measuring comes care in combining,-a fact not always recognized by the inexperienced. Three ways are considered,-stirring, beating, and cutting and folding.
To stir, mix by using circular motion, widening the circles until all is blended. Stirring is the motion ordinarily employed in all cookery, alone or in combination with beating.
To beat, turn ingredient or ingredients over and over, continually bringing the under part to the surface, thus allowing the utensil used for beating to be constantly brought in contact with bottom of the dish and throughout the mixture.
To cut and fold, introduce one ingredient into another ingredient or mixture by two motions: with a spoon, a repeated vertical downward motion, known as cutting; and a turning over and over of mixture, allowing bowl of spoon each time to come in contact with bottom of dish, is called folding. These repeated motions are alternated until thorough blending is accomplished.
By stirring, ingredients are mixed; by beating, a large amount of air is inclosed; by cutting and folding, air already introduced is prevented from escaping.
Ways of Preserving
1. By Freezing. Foods which spoil readily are frozen for transportation, and must be kept packed in ice until used. Examples: Fish and poultry.
2. By Refrigeration. Foods so preserved are kept in cold storage. The cooling is accomplished by means of ​2. By Refrigeration. Foods so preserved are kept in cold storage. The cooling is accomplished by means of ice, or by a machine where compressed gas is cooled and then permitted to expand. Examples: meat, milk, butter, eggs, etc.
3. By Canning. Which is preserving in air-tight glass jars, or tin cans hermetically sealed. When fruit is canned, sugar is usually added.
4. By Sugar. Examples: fruit-juices and condensed milk.
5. By Exclusion of Air. Foods are preserved by exclusion of air in other ways than canning. Examples: grapes in bran, eggs in lime water, etc.
6. By Drying. Drying consists in evaporation of nearly all moisture, and is generally combined with salting, except in vegetables and fruits.
7. By Evaporation. There are examples where considerable moisture remains, though much is driven off. Example: beef extract.
8. By Salting, There are two kinds of salting,-dry, and corning or salting in brine. Examples: salt codfish, beef, pork, tripe, etc.
9. By Smoking Some foods, after being salted, are hung in a closed room for several hours, where hickory wood is allowed to smother. Examples: ham, beef, and fish.
10. By Pickling. Vinegar, to which salt is added, and sometimes sugar and spices, is scalded; and cucumbers, onions, and various kinds of fruit are allowed to remain in it.
11. By Oil. Examples: sardines, anchovies, etc.
12. By Antiseptics. The least wholesome way is by £lie use of antiseptics. Borax and salicylic acid, when employed, should be used sparingly.
TABLE OF MEASURES AND WEIGHTS
| 2 cups butter (packed solidly) | =1 pound |
| 4 cups flour (pastry) | =1 pound |
| 2 cups granulated sugar | =1 pound |
| 2$^2$/$_3$ cups powdered sugar | =1 pound |
| 3$^1$/$_2$ cups confectioners' sugar | =1 pound |
| 2$^2$/$_3$ cups brown sugar | =1 pound |
| 2$^2$/$_3$ cups oatmeal | =1 pound |
| 4$^3$/$_4$ cups rolled oats | =1 pound |
| 2$^2$/$_3$ cups granulated corn meal | =1 pound |
| 4$^1$/$_3$ cups rye meal | =1 pound |
| 1$^7$/$_8$ cups rice | =1 pound |
| 4$^1$/$_2$ cups Graham flour | =1 pound |
| 3$^7$/$_8$ cups entire wheat flour | =1 pound |
| 4$^1$/$_3$ cups coffee | =1 pound |
| 2 cups finely chopped meat | =1 pound |
| 9 large eggs | =1 pound |
| 1 square Baker's chocolate | =1 ounce |
| $^1$/$_3$ cup almonds blanched and chopped | =1 ounce |
| A few grains is less than one-eighth teaspoon. | |
| 3 teaspoons | =1 tablespoon |
| 16 tablespoons | =1 cup |
| 2 tablespoons butter | =1 ounce |
| 4 tablespoons flour | =1 ounce |
TIME-TABLES FOR COOKING
Boiling
| ARTICLES | TIME | TIME |
| ARTICLES | Hours | Minutes |
| Coffee | | 1 to 3 |
| Eggs, soft cooked | | 6 to 8 |
| Eggs, hard cooked | | 35 to 45 |
| Mutton, leg | 2 to 3 | |
| Ham, weight 12 to 14 lbs. | 4 to 5 | |
| Corned Beef or Tongue | 3 to 4 | |
| Turkey, weight 9 lbs. | 2 to 3 | |
| Fowl, weight 4 to 5 lbs. | 2 to 3 | |
| Chicken, weight 3 lbs. | 1 to 1$^1$/$_4$ | |
| Lobster | | 25 to 30 |
| Cod and Haddock, weight 3 to 5 lbs | | 20 to 30 |
| Halibut, thick piece, weight 2 to 3 lbs | | 30 |
| Bluefish and Bass, weight 4 to 5 lbs | | 40 to 45 |
| Salmon, weight 2 to 3 lbs | | 30 to 35 |
| Small Fish | | 6 to 10 |
| Potatoes, white | | 20 to 30 |
| Potatoes, sweet | | 15 to 25 |
| Asparagus | | 20 to 30 |
| Peas | | 20 to 60 |
| String Beans | 1 to 2$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Lima and other Shell Beans | 1 to 1$^1$/$_4$ | |
| Beets, young | | 45 |
| Beets, old | 3 to 4 | |
| Cabbage | | 35 to 60 |
| Oyster Plant | | 45 to 60 |
| Turnips | | 30 to 45 |
| Onions | | 45 to 60 |
| Parsnips | | 30 to 45> |
| Spinach | | 25 to 30 |
| Green Corn | | 12 to 20 |
| Cauliflower | | 20 to 25 |
| Brussels Sprouts | | 15 to 20 |
| Tomatoes, stewed | | 15 to 20 |
| Rice | | 20 to 25 |
| Macaroni | | 20 to 30 |
| Broiling |||
| Steak, one inch thick | | 4 to 6 |
| Steak, one and one-half inches thick | | 8 to 10 |
| Lamb or Mutton Chops | | 6 to 8 |
| Lamb or Mutton Chops in paper cases | | 10 |
| Quails or Squabs | | 8 |
| Quails or Squabs in paper cases | 10 to 12 |
| Chickens | | 20 |
| Shad, Bluefish, and Whitefish | | 15 to 20 |
| Slices, of Fish, Halibut, Salmon, and Swordfish | | 12 to 15 |
| Small, thin Fish | | 5 to 8 |
| Liver and Tripe | | 4 to 5 |
| Baking |||
| Bread (white loaf) | | 45 to 60 |
| Bread (Graham loaf) | | 35 to 45 |
| Bread (sticks) | | 10 to 15 |
| Biscuits or Rolls (raised) | | 12 to 20 |
| Biscuits (baking-powder) | | 12 to 15 |
| Gems | | 25 to 30 |
| Muffins (raised) | | 30 |
| Muffins (baking-powder) | | 20 to 25 |
| Corn Cake (thin) | | 15 to 20 |
| Corn Cake (thick) | | 30 to 35 |
| Gingerbread | | 20 to 30 |
| Cookies | | 6 to 10 |
| Sponge Cake | | 45 to 60 |
| Cake (layer) | | 20 to 30 |
| Cake (loaf) | | 40 to 60 |
| Cake (pound) | 1$^1$/$_4$ to 1$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Cake (fruit) | 1$^1$/$_4$ to 2 | |
| Cake (wedding) | 3 | |
| or steam 2 hours and bake1$^1$/$_2$ | or steam 2 hours and bake1$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Baked batter puddings | 35 to 45 |
| Bread pudding | 1 | |
| Tapioca or Rice Pudding | 1 | |
| Rice Pudding (poor man's) | 2 to 3 | |
| Indian Pudding | 2 to 3 | |
| Plum Pudding | 2 to 3 | |
| Custard Pudding | | 30 to 45 |
| Custard (baked in cups) | | 20 to 25 |
| Pies | | 30 to 50 |
| Tarts | | 15 to 20 |
| Patties | | 20 to 25 |
| Vol-au-vent | | 50 to 60 |
| Cheese Straws | | 8 to 10 |
| Scalloped Oysters | | 25 to 30 |
| Scalloped dishes of cooked mixtures | | 12 to 15 |
| Baked Beans | 6 to 8 | |
| Braised Beef | 3$^1$/$_2$ to 4$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Beef, sirloin or rib, rare, weight 5 lbs | 1 | 5 |
| Beef, sirloin or rib, rare, weight 10 lbs | 1 | 30 |
| Beef, sirloin or rib well done, weight 5 lbs | 1 | 20 |
| Beef, sirloin or rib, well done, weight 10 lbs | 1 | 50 |
| Beef, rump, rare, weight 10 lbs | 1 | 35 |
| Beef, rump, well done, weight 10 lbs | 1 | 55 |
| Beef, (fillet) | | 20 to 30 |
| Mutton (saddle) | 1$^1$/$_4$ to 1$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Lamb (leg) | 1$^1$/$_4$ to 1$^3$/$_4$ | |
| Lamb (forequarter) | 1 to 1$^1$/$_4$ | |
| Lamb (chops) in paper cases | | 15 to 30 |
| Veal (leg) | 3$^1$/$_2$ to 4 | |
| Veal (loin) | 2 to 3 | |
| Pork (chine or sparerib) | 3 to 3$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Chicken, weight 3 to 4 lbs | 1 to 1$^1$/$_2$ | |
| Turkey, weight 9 lbs | 2$^1$/$_2$ to 3 | |
| Goose, weight 9 lbs | 2 | |
| Duck (domestic) | 1 to 1$^1$/$_4$ | |
| Duck (wild) | | 20 to 30 |
| Grouse | | 25 to 30 |
| Partridge | | 45 to 50 |
| Pigeons (potted) | 2 | |
| Fish (thick), weight 3 to 4 lbs. | | 45 to 60 |
| Fish (small) | | 20 to 30 |
| Frying |||
| Muffins, Fritters, and Doughnuts | | 3 to 5 |
| Croquettes and Fishballs | | 1 |
| Potatoes, raw | | 4 to 8 |
| Breaded Chops | | 5 to 8 |
| Fillets of Fish | | 4 to 6 |
| Smelts, Trout, and other small Fish | | 3 to 5 |
| NOTE—Length of time for cooking fish and meat does not depend so much on the number of pounds to be cooked as the extent of surface exposed to the heat. |||
USE OF RECIPES
Dishes prepared from my recipes are intended for the most part to serve six persolis.