133.
to make digestible, 127.
with sour milk, 128.
Guests, how to honor, 78.
Ham, boiled, 215.
Hard sauce, 115.
Hash, corned-beef, 150.
Hashed brown potatoes, 125.
Hasty pudding, 150.
Health:
clean milk for, 36.
effect of meat on, 205.
fruit for, in.
Heat:
"conductors" of, 250.
effect on potato, 120.
for cooking, 247.
"nonconductors" of, 250.
Heat unit, 273.
Homemade ice box, 259.
Honest measures and weights, 281.
Honey, 132.
Hot drinks, 26-31.
Hot water, 135-139.
Household measures, 28.
Ice:
caution about using, 24.
for keeping food, 259.
putting in, 260.
Ice cream custard, 244.
Impure water, 22.
Indian corn, 161.
Indian meal mush, 162.
Indian pudding, 251.
Iron:
in fruit, 20.
in potato, 120.
in vegetables, 226.
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INDEX
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Jam, loi, 243.
Japanese toweling for table, 73.
Jars for canning, 96, 99.
Jelly:
apple, 102.
barberry, 114.
^ blueberry, 103.
cranberry, 113.
currant, 103.
lemon, 237.
Johnny cake, 178.
Junket, 32, 33.
Kerosene, cooking by, 136, 249
Kitchen :
arrangement of, 191.
clean, 189.
lesson about, 186-196.
Mrs. Allen's, 187.
place for dining-room table in the,
72.
saving steps in, 190.
to have hot water in, 192.
Kitchen cabinet, 192.
Kitchen floor, 189.
Kitchen sink, 189.
Kitchen walls, 189.
Knife, use of, 79, 80.
Lamb, cuts of, 209.
Lemon jelly, 237.
Lemon juice for fruit beverages, 18.
Lettuce :
calorie portions of, 275.
for salad, 87.
Lime, 7, 35.
Luncheon :
at school, 9-67.
definition of, 56.
list of foods for, 57.
nuts for, 60.
picnic, 61.
sandwiches for, 58.
Luncheon club, 10, JS, 24, 40, 61, 65.
Magnesia, in fruit, no.
Manners at table, 79,
Maple sugar, 132.
Marjorie Allen, 4, 9, 18, 19, 36, 54,
70, 71, 86, 201, 219, 257, 268, 274.
Marketing eggs, 170.
Meal:
clearing up after, 134.
definition of, 56.
effect of season of year on, 149.
Measures :
convenient, 28.
honest, 281.
liquid for dry, 282.
Measuring, spoonfuls ii\, 29.
Meat:
as food, 204-219.
canned, 298.
cooking, 214, 216.
danger from, 210.
effect on health, 205, 206.
extractives from, 214.
for sandwiches, 58, 60.
old-fashioned, soup, 218.
roasted, 217.
salted, corned, and smoked, 214.
scalloped, 83.
selecting, 211.
Menu, 147, 199.
Milk:
composition of, 35.
for hot drinks, 36.
for school lunch, 32.
how to keep, 38.
renneted, 32.
value of, as food, 32-39, 46.
loo-calorie portions of, 277.
Milk desserts, 238.
Milk sherbet, 246.
Mineral matter :
for body building, 7.
in bread, 45.
in food, 7.
in fruit, 20, no.
in meat, 205.
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INDEX
Mineral matter (Continued)
in milk, 35.
in potato/ 1 18.
Miss Fields, 168.
Miss Travers :
about bread, 46.
about buying and selling foods, 280.
about canning food, 106.
about earning money, 284.
about fruit, 108.
about griddle cakes, 126.
about pies, 241.
about icx>calorie portions, 275.
at quick bread exhibit, 183.
Molasses, 19, 126.
Mold, 94-96.
Muffins, 180.
Mutton, cuts of, 2C39.
Naphtha soap, 137.
Napkin, 73, 74.
Nitrogen, 35, 36.
Nuts:
in bread, 51.
for luncheon, 60.
with dried fruit, 1 14.
Oatmeal :
calorie portions, 275.
cooking, 158, 159, 165.
in griddlecakes, 127.
Old-fashioned meat soup, 218.
Old-fashioned Rhode Island johnnycake,
178.
One-egg cake, 130.
Oysters, 64.
Parsnip, 225.
Patterns, for dishes, 76, 77.
Peaches, ill, 114, 115.
Pears, 113.
Peas, 107, 231.
Phosphorus, 66, no, 119.
Pickling, 103.
Picnic luncheon, 61.
Pie, 241-243.
Pitcher, 13, 77.
Planting garden, 220.
Plants, 119, 221.
Plates, 74, 140.
Pleasant Valley, 3, 10, 25, 40, 55, 62, 70,
94, 109, 132, 290.
Plums, 114.
Popovers, 179.
Pork, 206, 211.
Potash, no, 119.
Potato :
best way to cook, 121.
boiled, 122.
calorie portions, 275.
creamed, 125.
food value of, 1 17-126.
hashed brown, 125.
mashed, 123.
salad, 87.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
to make digestible, 127. with sour milk, 128. Guests, how to honor, 78.
Ham, boiled, 215. Hard sauce, 115. Hash, corned-beef, 150. Hashed brown potatoes, 125. Hasty pudding, 150. Health:
clean milk for, 36.
effect of meat on, 205.
fruit for, in. Heat:
"conductors" of, 250.
effect on potato, 120.
for cooking, 247.
"nonconductors" of, 250. Heat unit, 273. Homemade ice box, 259. Honest measures and weights, 281. Honey, 132. Hot drinks, 26-31. Hot water, 135-139. Household measures, 28.
Ice:
caution about using, 24.
for keeping food, 259.
putting in, 260. Ice cream custard, 244. Impure water, 22. Indian corn, 161. Indian meal mush, 162. Indian pudding, 251. Iron:
in fruit, 20.
in potato, 120.
in vegetables, 226.
Jam, loi, 243.
Japanese toweling for table, 73.
Jars for canning, 96, 99.
Jelly:
apple, 102.
barberry, 114. ^ blueberry, 103.
cranberry, 113.
currant, 103.
lemon, 237. Johnny cake, 178. Junket, 32, 33.
Kerosene, cooking by, 136, 249 Kitchen :
arrangement of, 191.
clean, 189.
lesson about, 186-196.
Mrs. Allen's, 187.
place for dining-room table in the,
saving steps in, 190.
to have hot water in, 192. Kitchen cabinet, 192. Kitchen floor, 189. Kitchen sink, 189. Kitchen walls, 189. Knife, use of, 79, 80.
Lamb, cuts of, 209.
Lemon jelly, 237.
Lemon juice for fruit beverages, 18.
Lettuce :
calorie portions of, 275.
for salad, 87. Lime, 7, 35. Luncheon :
at school, 9-67.
definition of, 56.
list of foods for, 57.
nuts for, 60.
picnic, 61.
sandwiches for, 58. Luncheon club, 10, JS, 24, 40, 61, 65.
Magnesia, in fruit, no. Manners at table, 79, Maple sugar, 132.
Marjorie Allen, 4, 9, 18, 19, 36, 54, 70, 71, 86, 201, 219, 257, 268, 274. Marketing eggs, 170. Meal:
clearing up after, 134.
definition of, 56.
effect of season of year on, 149. Measures :
convenient, 28.
honest, 281.
liquid for dry, 282. Measuring, spoonfuls ii\, 29. Meat:
as food, 204-219.
canned, 298.
cooking, 214, 216.
danger from, 210.
effect on health, 205, 206.
extractives from, 214.
for sandwiches, 58, 60.
old-fashioned, soup, 218.
roasted, 217.
salted, corned, and smoked, 214.
scalloped, 83.
selecting, 211. Menu, 147, 199. Milk:
composition of, 35.
for hot drinks, 36.
for school lunch, 32.
how to keep, 38.
renneted, 32.
value of, as food, 32-39, 46.
loo-calorie portions of, 277. Milk desserts, 238. Milk sherbet, 246. Mineral matter :
for body building, 7.
in bread, 45.
in food, 7.
in fruit, 20, no.
in meat, 205.
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Mineral matter (Continued)
in milk, 35.
in potato, 118. Miss Fields, 168. Miss Travers :
about bread, 46.
about buying and selling foods, 280.
about canning food, 106.
about earning money, 284.
about fruit, 108.
about griddle cakes, 126.
about pies, 241.
about icx>calorie portions, 275.
at quick bread exhibit, 183. Molasses, 19, 126. Mold, 94-96. Muffins, 180. Mutton, cuts of, 209.
Naphtha soap, 137. Napkin, 73, 74. Nitrogen, 35, 36. Nuts:
in bread, 51.
for luncheon, 60.
with dried fruit, 1 14.
Oatmeal :
calorie portions, 275.
cooking, 158, 159, 165.
in griddlecakes, 127. Old-fashioned meat soup, 218. Old-fashioned Rhode Island johnnycake,
One-egg cake, 130. Oysters, 64.
Parsnip, 225.
Patterns, for dishes, 76, 77. Peaches, ill, 114, 115. Pears, 113. Peas, 107, 231. Phosphorus, 66, no, 119. Pickling, 103. Picnic luncheon, 61.
Pie, 241-243.
Pitcher, 13, 77.
Planting garden, 220.
Plants, 119, 221.
Plates, 74, 140.
Pleasant Valley, 3, 10, 25, 40, 55, 62, 70,
94, 109, 132, 290. Plums, 114. Popovers, 179. Pork, 206, 211. Potash, no, 119. Potato :
best way to cook, 121.
boiled, 122.
calorie portions, 275.
creamed, 125.
food value of, 1 17-126.
hashed brown, 125.
mashed, 123.
salad, 87.