green pea soup, 249.
noodles, making, 120.
lomato soup, 250, 251.
Sour milk:
cause of, 95.
neutralization of, by soda, 105,
106.
Spaghetti :
manufacture of, 118.
tomato sauce with, 120.
Sparkling jelly, serving, 165.
Spice cake, making (table) , 268.
Spinach, information about, 247.
Split-pea soup (table), 251.
Spoiling of food, relation of bacteria
to, 280.
Sponge, definition of, 124.
Sponge cake, making (table) , 268.
Sponge cakes, definition of, 265,
266.
Spring chicken, definition of term,
192.
Spring wheat :
composition of, 118.
difference between spring and
winter wheats, 81.
Sprouting of potato and composition
of potato, relation between, 63.
Squashes :
care of, 240.
cooking, 247.
information about, 247.
Stains, fruit, removing, 46.
Stale bread, uses for, 131.
Standard cake, making (table), 268.
Starch:
cells in, 69, 136.
composition of, 68, 70.
digestion of, 71, i;34, 197.
effect of heat on, 70.
food value of, 71.
prevention of lumping when cook-
ing, 69.
sources of, 68.
study of, 69.
test for, 61, 68.
thickening sauces with, 70.
See also Wheat, Flour, Potatoes,
etc.
INDEX
345
Steam, changing of water into, 28.
Steam-engine, body compared to,
72.
Steaming :
cereals, steaming, directions for,
74, 79.
definition of terra, 53.
double boilers, using, 74.
moist and dry steaming, 74.
Steapsin, 197.
Stearin, 212.
Steel knives:
cleaning, 34, 43, 44.
removal of rust from, 36.
Sterilization:
definition of, 284.
directions for sterilizing, 284.
milk, 291.
sterilizing jars, 285.
Stewing:
definition of term, 52.
directions for stewing meat, 160,
169.
fruit, directions for, 232.
prunes, directions for, 235.
Stews :
chicken, preparing, 194.
dumplings for, 167.
lamb slew, recipe for, 166.
oj'ster stew, 210.
stock used instead of water in , 161.
Stirring ingredients, directions for,
90.
Stock-making, 155, 158.
vegetable cooking water, using,
242.
Stomach, digestion of food, 196.
Stove-blacking, composition of, 37.
Stoves :
broiling by gas stove, 151.
cleaning and care of stove, 46.
construction and management of
gas stoves, 17.
ranges and stoves, distinction
between, 12.
Strainer-cloths, washing, 46.
Strainers, wire, washing, 43.
Strawberries, canning, 285.
Strawberry ice-cream, making, 279.
String beans:
information about, 245.
preparing for salad, 253.
Striped bass, information about, 208.
Stuffed tomato salad, 255, 258.
Stuffing:
fisb, baked, stuffing for, 201.
recipe for, 168.
Suet:
butter or drippings substituted
for, 268.
frying with suet mixed with
lard, 224.
Suet pudding, making (table), 268.
Sugar:
boiling, 263.
food value, 259.
growth of yeast hastened by, 126.
maltose formed in starch diges-
tion, 71.
manufacture, 260.
soluble in water, 24.
Sugar cookies, making (table), 268.
Sugaring fruits, 230.
Sunlight :
as aid to cleanliness, 33.
coal, sun as source of energy in,
21.
Swedish rolls, recipe for, 133.
Sweeping floors, 37.
Sweet breads, definition of, 176.
Sweet potatoes, cooking, 67.
Sweets and sugar, 259.
Tallow, purified mutton fat, 175.
Tannin, 309, 313.
test for, 313.
Tapioca :
apple tapioca, recipe for, 275.
manufacture of, 272.
Tarnish on metal, explanation and
removal of, 36, 45.
Tartar sauce, recipe for, 203.
346
INDEX
Tea:
composition of, 309.
directions for making, 310.
effect of waj;er on , 309.
growth and preparation of, 310.
hints on huying, 309.
iced tea, 310.
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green pea soup, 249.
noodles, making, 120.
lomato soup, 250, 251.
Sour milk:
cause of, 95.
neutralization of, by soda, 105,
106.
Spaghetti :
manufacture of, 118.
tomato sauce with, 120.
Sparkling jelly, serving, 165.
Spice cake, making (table) , 268.
Spinach, information about, 247.
Split-pea soup (table), 251.
Spoiling of food, relation of bacteria
to, 280.
Sponge, definition of, 124.
Sponge cake, making (table) , 268.
Sponge cakes, definition of, 265,
266.
Spring chicken, definition of term,
192.
Spring wheat :
composition of, 118.
difference between spring and
winter wheats, 81.
Sprouting of potato and composition
of potato, relation between, 63.
Squashes :
care of, 240.
cooking, 247.
information about, 247.
Stains, fruit, removing, 46.
Stale bread, uses for, 131.
Standard cake, making (table), 268.
Starch:
cells in, 69, 136.
composition of, 68, 70.
digestion of, 71, i;34, 197.
effect of heat on, 70.
food value of, 71.
prevention of lumping when cook-
ing, 69.
sources of, 68.
study of, 69.
test for, 61, 68.
thickening sauces with, 70.
See also Wheat, Flour, Potatoes,
etc.
INDEX
345
Steam, changing of water into, 28.
Steam-engine, body compared to,
72.
Steaming :
cereals, steaming, directions for,
74, 79.
definition of terra, 53.
double boilers, using, 74.
moist and dry steaming, 74.
Steapsin, 197.
Stearin, 212.
Steel knives:
cleaning, 34, 43, 44.
removal of rust from, 36.
Sterilization:
definition of, 284.
directions for sterilizing, 284.
milk, 291.
sterilizing jars, 285.
Stewing:
definition of term, 52.
directions for stewing meat, 160,
169.
fruit, directions for, 232.
prunes, directions for, 235.
Stews :
chicken, preparing, 194.
dumplings for, 167.
lamb slew, recipe for, 166.
oj'ster stew, 210.
stock used instead of water in , 161.
Stirring ingredients, directions for,
90.
Stock-making, 155, 158.
vegetable cooking water, using,
242.
Stomach, digestion of food, 196.
Stove-blacking, composition of, 37.
Stoves :
broiling by gas stove, 151.
cleaning and care of stove, 46.
construction and management of
gas stoves, 17.
ranges and stoves, distinction
between, 12.
Strainer-cloths, washing, 46.
Strainers, wire, washing, 43.
Strawberries, canning, 285.
Strawberry ice-cream, making, 279.
String beans:
information about, 245.
preparing for salad, 253.
Striped bass, information about, 208.
Stuffed tomato salad, 255, 258.
Stuffing:
fisb, baked, stuffing for, 201.
recipe for, 168.
Suet:
butter or drippings substituted
for, 268.
frying with suet mixed with
lard, 224.
Suet pudding, making (table), 268.
Sugar:
boiling, 263.
food value, 259.
growth of yeast hastened by, 126.
maltose formed in starch diges-
tion, 71.
manufacture, 260.
soluble in water, 24.
Sugar cookies, making (table), 268.
Sugaring fruits, 230.
Sunlight :
as aid to cleanliness, 33.
coal, sun as source of energy in,
21.
Swedish rolls, recipe for, 133.
Sweeping floors, 37.
Sweet breads, definition of, 176.
Sweet potatoes, cooking, 67.
Sweets and sugar, 259.
Tallow, purified mutton fat, 175.
Tannin, 309, 313.
test for, 313.
Tapioca :
apple tapioca, recipe for, 275.
manufacture of, 272.
Tarnish on metal, explanation and
removal of, 36, 45.
Tartar sauce, recipe for, 203.
346
INDEX
Tea:
composition of, 309.
directions for making, 310.
effect of waj;er on , 309.
growth and preparation of, 310.
hints on huying, 309.
iced tea, 310.