The home cook book

— Porcelain for Acids — To Clean Decanters and Cruets — About Planking Boards — To Keep Pears for Winter Use — To Pack Eggs— To Make Bread Cloths — Paper on Pantry Shelves — The Use of Wine . 397 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TEXT DRAWINGS PAGE Vegetable Cutters 22 Chinese Furee Sieve ........... 24 Vegetable Sieve ............ 28 A Double-Boiler 38 Small Dish and Shell 42 Bread Grater (also used for Corn, Cheese, and Cocoanut) . . . . s6 Casserole ............. 62 Frying Basket ............ 65 Diagram of Cuts of Beef .......... 78 Diagram of Cuts of Veal .......... 78 Diagram of Cuts of Pork .......... 79 Diagram of Cuts of Mutton .......... 79 A Larding Needle ............ 86 A Meat Chopper ............ 92 Dripping-Pan with Basting Ladle ......... 95 Skewers for Meat and Poultry ......... 98 A French Kitchen Knife . . . . • . . . . .111 A Cucumber Slicer . . . . . . . . . . . iS5 Quart and Pint Measures . . . . . . . . . .168 A Boston Bean Pot . . . . . . . . . . .174 A Perforated Ladle ........... 207 Patty Pans . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 A Slitted Wooden Spoon . . . . . . . . . .215 Fancy Sandwich Cutters . . . . . . . . . .217 Rolling Pin (even diameter) .......... 227 Boston Brown Bread Mold .......... 228 Biscuit Cutters ............ 232 Gem Pans ............. 237 Popover Cups ............ 239 Waffle Irons ............ 243 IcIce Shaver . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Ice Cream Freezer ........... 256 Ice Cream Molds . . . . . . . . -. . .259 Pudding Molds ............ 262 Charlotte Moid . 268 Small Custard Cups ........... 279 Jelly (Gelatine) Molds 283 Layer Tin . . . . . . . . . . , . .311 Lady Finger Pans . . . . . . . . . . , .318 Cherry Pitter ............ 337 Apple Parer 348 French Coffee-Pot and Its Filter 377 Lemon Squeezer ............ 379 Shakers for Mixing Drinks .......... 380 Fig. I — Pressing out Grape-juice by Hand 384 Fig. 2— Cloth or Felt Filter 385 Fig. 3— Drip Bag 385 Meat Press ............. 394 Holly Butter Paddles 401 (9) 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES ^ ^. PLATE Oyster Pie ............ I Oysters in Grapefruit Basket . . . . . , . .1 Lobster Baked in the Shell . . . . . . . . .11 Lobster Salad in Tomato Ring .....,,. II Lobster Croquettes .......... Ill Lobster Melon ! Ill Three Salted Fish IV Delmonico Steak ........... V Porterhouse Steak . . ; . . . . . . . . .V Flat Bone Sirloin St'eak .......... VI Round Bone Sirloin Steak ......... VI Hip Steak VII Flank, Skirt, and Chuck Steaks ........ VII F'irst Cut of Prime Rib Roast VIII Second Cut of Prime Rib Roast ........ VllI Blade Rib Roast — Seventh and Eighth Ribs . . ' . , . .IX Chuck Rib Roast— Ninth and Tenth Ribs IX Top Round and Bottom Round . . . . . . . .X Lamb Chops ............ X Broiled Lamb Chops .......... XI Holland Meat Pie XI Fanned Breast of Chicken ......... XII Roast Goose with Apples ......... XII