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Domestic science (Clark, Cornell home economics)

1911

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Presented as published in 1911. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Order of Lessons for Fireless Cooker 1. Discuss principle of food that is brought to a boiling point over a fire and enclosed in such a way that it must continue to cook. 2. It saves fuel and utilizes cheap and nutritious foods. 3. Particularly good for tough meat, dried peas, beans, corn and fruit. 4. Good for busy women, who have outside duties and inside home duties. United States Army uses Fireless Cooker, as it saves time. On the march, after breakfast, dinner may be prepared and served on arrival at camp. Hotels use it as a time-saver; large packing-houses for econ- omy. In boiling ham for market, it saves in shrinkage. 5. Discuss recipe. Pot roast suggested for the lesson. 290 DOMESTIC SCIENCE BOOKS OF REFERENCE Miss Farmer's Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Revised edition. Wilson's Domestic Science. Williams & Fisher's Elements of the Theory and Practice in Cookery. Janet Mackenzie Hill's "Cooking for Two." Bulletins, United States Department of Agriciilture. Knight's Food and its Fvmctions. Colton's Elementary Course in Zoology.