Coffee. — How to Roast Coffee. — How to Make Coffee. — A Bachelor's Letter. — English Breakfast Tea. — Black and Green Teas. — Mandarin Tea. — How to Make Toast. — Fan- ny's Letter. — Pease. — Asparagus. — Green Beans. — Dried Beans. — Pork and Beans. — Stewed Corn. — Corn Oysters. — About Potatoes, 83 CHAPTER VII. AT DINNER. A Dissertation on Soup. — About Roasting Meats. — Searing Meats. — Dry Roasting. — How to Sear and Roast Meat. — Boiled Meats and Fowls. — Salt Meats. — To Boil Ham. — Beets, Onions, Cabbage, and other Vegetables. — Suitability of Food. — Things that Eat Well Together. — Rice Pudding. — Butter. — Boiled Rice. — Steamed Rice. — A Visit to Mrs. Douglas's Rooms. — Susannah's Story. — Family Portraits. — Mysteries, 104 CHAPTER VIII. OMELET AND DAINTY DISHES. Chicken. — Beefsteak. — Lamb Chops. — Mutton Chops. — Broiling without a Gridiron. — How to Broil. — Broiled Quail. — Canvas-back Ducks. — Terrapin. — Mrs. Rose's Omelet. — Her Trials and Failures. — Her Final Success. — How the Omelet was Made. — Chicken Salad. — Salad Dressing. — Frizzled Beef. — Mrs. Douglas's Letter. — Emeline An- noyed, 123 CONTENTS. 7 CHAPTER IX. IN THE ORCHARD. Moralizing. — The Prince of Fruits. — Cooked Apples. — Sugar and Spice. — The Flavor of Fruits. — Canned Fruits. — Fruit Mushes. — Jams and Jellies. — Apple Pie. — Cousiu Kate V. Parson Beecher. — Cambric Tea. — Linen Pie. — Baked Apples. — Stewed Apples. — Tapioca Pudding. — Fruit at Meals. — Sugaring Berries. — On the Veranda. — Gerald's Musings, 140 CHAPTER X. EDIBLES AND EDUCATION. Egg-Plant. — Fried Squash. — Fried Oysters. — Scalloped Oys- ters. — Fish-Balis. — Hashes. — Scrapple. — A Stew. — Per- sonal Matters. — Cousin Kate's School Project. — Boarding- Houses. — Homes. — The Professor's Story. — Beds and Blankets. — House- work. — Drudgery.— "A Shy" at Re- formers. — The Reform Most Needed. — Proper Home-Train- ing of Girls, 1C5 CHAPTER XI. LITTLE THINGS. About Cake. — Bread Cake. — Buns. — Doughnuts. — Pickled Cabbage. — Tomato Sauce. — Cucumber Catsup. — Cucumber Pickle. — Spiced Peaches. — Spiced Damsons. — On the Ver- anda after Tea. — An Interchange of Thoughts. — Cousin Kate on Little Things. — Good-by to Maplewood, . . 190 COOKING AND CASTLE-BUILDING. CHAPTER I. HOW IT HAPPENED. My cousin Emeline, after a two years' sojourn in Europe with her only child, Alice, had returned, and was loitering in New York, undecided as to where they should spend the summer. Abroad, Alice had devoted herself assiduously to French, German, and music, while her mother had employed much of her time in writing a novel. One day in early June, a fortnight after their arrival in the American metropolis, Emeline, looking up from the book she had been reading, exclaimed,— " ' O for a lodge in some vast wilderness ! ' Another week of this horrible din and confusion will be the death of me. Day and night it is one unceasing uproar. Kate, where can we hide our- selves for three months and enjoy uninterrupted rest, while I revise that book of mine?" I answered her by asking, "Would you mind going to Westfield ? " 10 COOKING AND CASTLE-BUILDING. " I feel just now as if I would not mind going to the ends of the earth, if necessary, in search of undisturbed quiet. But why go to Westfield?"

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Coffee. — How to Roast Coffee. — How to Make Coffee. — A Bachelor's Letter. — English Breakfast Tea. — Black and Green Teas. — Mandarin Tea. — How to Make Toast. — Fanny's Letter. — Pease. — Asparagus. — Green Beans. — Dried Beans. — Pork and Beans. — Stewed Corn. — Corn Oysters. — About Potatoes, 83 CHAPTER VII. A Dissertation on Soup. — About Roasting Meats. — Searing Meats. — Dry Roasting. — How to Sear and Roast Meat. — Boiled Meats and Fowls. — Salt Meats. — To Boil Ham. — Beets, Onions, Cabbage, and other Vegetables. — Suitability of Food. — Things that Eat Well Together. — Rice Pudding. — Butter. — Boiled Rice. — Steamed Rice. — A Visit to Mrs. Douglas's Rooms. — Susannah's Story. — Family Portraits. — Mysteries, 104 CHAPTER VIII. Chicken. — Beefsteak. — Lamb Chops. — Mutton Chops. — Broiling without a Gridiron. — How to Broil. — Broiled Quail. — Canvas-back Ducks. — Terrapin. — Mrs. Rose's Omelet. — Her Trials and Failures. — Her Final Success. — How the Omelet was Made. — Chicken Salad. — Salad Dressing. — Frizzled Beef. — Mrs. Douglas's Letter. — Emeline Annoyed, 123 CONTENTS. 7 CHAPTER IX. Moralizing. — The Prince of Fruits. — Cooked Apples. — Sugar and Spice. — The Flavor of Fruits. — Canned Fruits. — Fruit Mushes. — Jams and Jellies. — Apple Pie. — Cousiu Kate V. Parson Beecher. — Cambric Tea. — Linen Pie. — Baked Apples. — Stewed Apples. — Tapioca Pudding. — Fruit at Meals. — Sugaring Berries. — On the Veranda. — Gerald's Musings, 140 CHAPTER X. Egg-Plant. — Fried Squash. — Fried Oysters. — Scalloped Oysters. — Fish-Balis. — Hashes. — Scrapple. — A Stew. — Personal Matters. — Cousin Kate's School Project. — Boarding- Houses. — Homes. — The Professor's Story. — Beds and Blankets. — House- work. — Drudgery.— "A Shy" at Reformers. — The Reform Most Needed. — Proper Home-Training of Girls, 1C5 CHAPTER XI. About Cake. — Bread Cake. — Buns. — Doughnuts. — Pickled Cabbage. — Tomato Sauce. — Cucumber Catsup. — Cucumber Pickle. — Spiced Peaches. — Spiced Damsons. — On the Veranda after Tea. — An Interchange of Thoughts. — Cousin Kate on Little Things. — Good-by to Maplewood, . . 190 CHAPTER I. My cousin Emeline, after a two years' sojourn in Europe with her only child, Alice, had returned, and was loitering in New York, undecided as to where they should spend the summer. Abroad, Alice had devoted herself assiduously to French, German, and music, while her mother had employed much of her time in writing a novel. One day in early June, a fortnight after their arrival in the American metropolis, Emeline, looking up from the book she had been reading, exclaimed,— " ' O for a lodge in some vast wilderness ! ' Another week of this horrible din and confusion will be the death of me. Day and night it is one unceasing uproar. Kate, where can we hide ourselves for three months and enjoy uninterrupted rest, while I revise that book of mine?" I answered her by asking, "Would you mind going to Westfield ? " " I feel just now as if I would not mind going to the ends of the earth, if necessary, in search of undisturbed quiet. But why go to Westfield?"

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