for Same — Filling and Baking, ....... 540-551 PUDDINGS : Of Every Sort and Description — Dumplings — Miscellaneous Dessert Dishes, 55*-5°6 PUDDING SAUCES, 567-569 PICKLES : Both Sour and Sweet — Good Vinegar — Pickling Fruit and Vegetables — Chopped and Mixed Pickles — Chow-Chow, Picalilli and Mangoes, 569-584 xii CONTENTS. POULTRY : page Market Hints — To Choose Young; and Tender Fowls — How to Dress and Cook Them, . . - . . . . . . 584-591 \ PRESERVES AND MARMALADES : Time-table for Boiling; and Amount of Sugar to be Used — How to Proceed with the Various Fruits, ...... 591-601 SALADS: Preparing; the Vegetables — How to Dress and Serve — Fish, Meat, Fruit and Vegetable Salads, ....... 601-608 SANDWICHES : For Home, Traveling and Picnic Lunche*, . 608-610 SHELL FISH : The Many Ways of Cooking — Clams — Lobsters, Turtles and Oysters, 610-619 SOUPS : The Basis of all Good Soups — Soup Paste and Balls — Fish, Meat and Vegetable Soups and Stews, ....... 619-626 VEGETABLES : How to Prepare — Cook and Serve — Plain and Fancy Dishes, . . 626-641 COOK'S TIME TABLE : Giving Mode of Preparation and Time of Cooking, . . , 642 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 643 UTENSILS : Necessary in the Kitchen of a Small Family, ... 644 INDEX TO APPENDIX. ART OF ENTERTAINING: Whom to invite to Dinner — Invitation Cards — How to be Signed — Table Service — Table Decorations — Introductions — Courses — Salad Dressing — Practice — Card Parties, etc. — Invitations — In Whose Name Sent — Handshaking — Improvement of the Voice — Cultivate Frankness — Visiting Cards, . . ... . . 647-655 FANCY WORK, KNITTING, CROCHET AND NEEDLE WORK: Fancy Bags, 656 — Laundry Bags; Dusting Bags; Work Bags, 657 — Afghan Knit on Small Ivory Needles; Baby Afghan, 659— Com- fortable from Cheese Cloth in Colors, 659 — Fancy Blotters, 660 — Handkerchief Cases, 66c — Patch-work, 660 — Piano Cover of Felt, 660 — Cushions of Bright-colored Silk, 661 — Sofa Pillows, 661 — Table Covers, 661 — Bangle Boards, 661 — Japanese Parasols as a Waste Basket, 661 — Paper Flowers, 662 — Kensington Painting, 662 — Banner Thermometer, 662 — Paper Fans, 664 — Brush-broom Holder, 664 — Darning Work, 664 — String Ball, 664 — Fancy Hand- kerchiefs, 665 — Fancy Aprons, 665 — Instructions How to Knit a Purse, 666 — Knotted Stitches with New Designs, 668 — Baby's Knitted Sock, 669 — Double-heel Old Ladies' Receipt, 669 — A Stocking in Rhyme, 670 — Round Shawl Crocheting, Full Instruc- tions How, 672 — Needle Work; Tray Cloth, 674 — Cake Doyley, 674 — Napkins, 675 — Sash for Side-board, 675 — Stitches for Linen and Cotton Fabrics; The Hem Stitch, 677 — The Herring-bone Stitch, 677 — Thread Stitches, 679 — The Fodder Stitch, 680 — Two- tie and Three-tie Stitches; Drawn Work; Suggestions for Fringe; Net Fringe and Tassel, 686— Simple Fringe, 6S7, . . . 656-687 COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. Asparagus and Toast opp. 626 Baked Cod " 471 Baked Ham " 532 Baked Ox Heart " 520 Baked Fruit " 471 Bananas, Pears and Plums " 481 Beef Balls ." " 520 Beef Turnovers " 520 Black Bass " 471 Boiled Carrots " 626 Boiled Mackerel . " 471 Boiled Salmon " 471 Boiled Tongue " 532 Breakfast Table Frontispiece Bri Je's Cake opp. 408 Cauliflower. Cherry Jam Clam on Half Shell Cocoanut Cake Codfish Balls

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Pies for Same — Filling and Baking, ....... 540-551 Of Every Sort and Description — Dumplings — Miscellaneous Dessert Dishes, 55*-5°6 PUDDING SAUCES, 567-569 Both Sour and Sweet — Good Vinegar — Pickling Fruit and Vegetables — Chopped and Mixed Pickles — Chow-Chow, Picalilli and Mangoes, 569-584 xii CONTENTS. POULTRY : page Market Hints — To Choose Young; and Tender Fowls — How to Dress and Cook Them, . . - . . . . . . 584-591 \ Time-table for Boiling; and Amount of Sugar to be Used — How to Proceed with the Various Fruits, ...... 591-601 Preparing; the Vegetables — How to Dress and Serve — Fish, Meat, Fruit and Vegetable Salads, ....... 601-608 SANDWICHES : For Home, Traveling and Picnic Lunches, . 608-610 The Many Ways of Cooking — Clams — Lobsters, Turtles and Oysters, 610-619 SOUPS : The Basis of all Good Soups — Soup Paste and Balls — Fish, Meat and Vegetable Soups and Stews, ....... 619-626 How to Prepare — Cook and Serve — Plain and Fancy Dishes, . . 626-641 COOK'S TIME TABLE : Giving Mode of Preparation and Time of Cooking, . . , 642 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 643 UTENSILS : Necessary in the Kitchen of a Small Family, ... 644 INDEX TO APPENDIX. Whom to invite to Dinner — Invitation Cards — How to be Signed — Table Service — Table Decorations — Introductions — Courses — Salad Dressing — Practice — Card Parties, etc. — Invitations — In Whose Name Sent — Handshaking — Improvement of the Voice — Cultivate Frankness — Visiting Cards, . . ... . . 647-655 FANCY WORK, KNITTING, CROCHET AND NEEDLE WORK: Fancy Bags, 656 — Laundry Bags; Dusting Bags; Work Bags, 657 — Afghan Knit on Small Ivory Needles; Baby Afghan, 659— Comfortable from Cheese Cloth in Colors, 659 — Fancy Blotters, 660 — Handkerchief Cases, 660 — Patch-work, 660 — Piano Cover of Felt, 660 — Cushions of Bright-colored Silk, 661 — Sofa Pillows, 661 — Table Covers, 661 — Bangle Boards, 661 — Japanese Parasols as a Waste Basket, 661 — Paper Flowers, 662 — Kensington Painting, 662 — Banner Thermometer, 662 — Paper Fans, 664 — Brush-broom Holder, 664 — Darning Work, 664 — String Ball, 664 — Fancy Handkerchiefs, 665 — Fancy Aprons, 665 — Instructions How to Knit a Purse, 666 — Knotted Stitches with New Designs, 668 — Baby's Knitted Sock, 669 — Double-heel Old Ladies' Receipt, 669 — A Stocking in Rhyme, 670 — Round Shawl Crocheting, Full Instructions How, 672 — Needle Work; Tray Cloth, 674 — Cake Doyley, 674 — Napkins, 675 — Sash for Side-board, 675 — Stitches for Linen and Cotton Fabrics; The Hem Stitch, 677 — The Herring-bone Stitch, 677 — Thread Stitches, 679 — The Fodder Stitch, 680 — Two-tie and Three-tie Stitches; Drawn Work; Suggestions for Fringe; Net Fringe and Tassel, 686— Simple Fringe, 6S7, . . . 656-687 COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. Asparagus and Toast opp. 626 Baked Cod " 471 Baked Ham " 532 Baked Ox Heart " 520 Baked Fruit " 471 Bananas, Pears and Plums " 481 Beef Balls ." " 520 Beef Turnovers " 520 Black Bass " 471 Boiled Carrots " 626 Boiled Mackerel . " 471 Boiled Salmon " 471 Boiled Tongue " 532 Breakfast Table Frontispiece Bri Je's Cake opp. 408 Cauliflower. Cherry Jam Clam on Half Shell Cocoanut Cake Codfish Balls

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