FoodNet

Domestic science (Johnson, for schools and homes)

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.
Starch. Review of previous lesson on starch, and starch producing products, Potato starch, rice starch, corn starch; their respective domestic uses. Practical Work, Making potato starch; boiling, mashing, and ricing potatoes; serving. Lesson 3. Cereals. Their food value and digestibility when served with fruits; comparative economy in use of raw cereals and steamed-cooked market preparations. Practical Work. Cooking rice as a vegetable; as a dessert, with fruit; serving. Lesson 4. Fruits. Review of value of mineral salts in foods; of acids. Comparison of fruits, fresh, dried, canned. Danger of over-ripe fruits; of unripe fruits. Common fruits and methods of cooking them. Practical Work. Making apple sauce and baking bananas; serving. Lesson 5. Fruits. Review of the subject. Cooling beverages for the sick, their nutritive values; fruit juices as beverages. Practical Work. Preparation of apple water, currant water, and grape water; serving. Lesson 6. Eggs. Review of composition and food value. The egg as a perfect food; economy in its use. Digestibility as affected by high temperature; by low temperature. Practical Work. Making toast and poaching eggs; serving eggs on toast. Preparing albumenized milk as a beverage for the sick; serving. Lesson 7. Milk. Review of its composition, its properties, its COOKING 17 nutritive values; its care. Danger of sour milk. Rennet, its source and properties. Practical Work. Demonstration of the action of rennet on milk. Making rennet custard; making milk por- ridge; serving. Lesson 8. Vegetables. Classes in common use; their relative nutritive values; comparative values of different methods of cooking. Practical Work. Preparing scalloped potatoes; boiling turnips, serving with white sauce. Lesson 9. Flour Pastes. The composition, use, and compara- tive values of macaroni, spaghetti, and vermicelli; their food values in combination with meats, vegetables, etc. Practical Work. Macaroni boiled, then baked with tomato sauce; serving. Lesson 10. Breakfast. Planning, cooking, and serving a simple breakfast, consisting of one fruit, one cereal, one quick bread; eggs; coffee or cocoa. Lesson IL Meats. Review of their composition. Effects of hot water, of cold water, of dry heat. A diagram of the different cuts of beef. Discussion of the different cuts as located in the diagram; utility of tough cuts; comparative expense of tough cuts; of tender cuts. Practical Work. Preparation of beef stew with Vegetables, from tough cut; serving. Lesson 12. Meats. Review of diagram of cuts of beef. The best cuts for boiling. Practical Work. Pan-broiling beef steak; brown gravy; serving. 18 DOMESTIC SCIENCE Lesson 13. Meats. Review of previous lessons on meats. Cuts for roasting; expense; methods of roasting. Practical Work. Roasting beef, making brown gravy with roast; carving, and serving at table. Lesson 14. Fish. Composition, cost, and nutritive valu9 com- pared with meats; tests for freshness. Practical Work. Sauteing halibut, haddock, or cat- fish; serving. Lesson 15. Fish. Review of previous lesson; garnishing; various fish sauces. Practical Work. Boiling fish; garnishing with boil- ed eggs; serving with drawn butter sauce. Lesson 16. Fish. Review of fish. Market preparations of codfish; methods of cooking. Practical Work. Preparation of creamed codfish; serving. Lesson 17. Fish. Review, optional.