J J J J J J ' r. '.^\- ': V Puhtished ai PhiUdetphU by ARNOLD AND COMPANY Prhtltd ai the Sign of the ky Leaf in PhUadetphU by George H Buchanan and Company (UNIVERSlTYl LIBRARY \jiAR i mi J * • • • • to • •> to b to to to w to ^ to to to to ^ to to tot, to t,to totoCC ••« ». t ^ to to to >. w ''■-totobtoto to to to to * to • to to to to e to to to to • •• . • • • • to • • ISE forethought, which means economy, stands as the first of domestic duties. Poverty in no way affects skill in the preparation of food. The object of cooking is to draw out the proper flavor of each individual ingredient used in the preparation of a dish, and render it more easy of digestion. Admirable flavorings are given by the little left overs of vegetables that too often find their way into the garbage bucket. Economical marketing does not mean the purchase of inferior articles at a cheap price, but of a small quantity of the best materials found in the market ; these materials to be wisely and econom- ically used. Small quantity and no waste, just enough and not a piece too much, is a good rule to remember. In roasts and steaks, however, there will be, in spite of careful buying, bits left over, that, if economically used, may be converted into palatable, sightly and wholesome dishes for the next day's lunch or supper. Never purchase the so-called tender meat for stews, Hamburg steaks or soups ; nor should you purchase a round or shoulder steak for broiling, nor an old chicken for roasting. Select a fowl for a fricassee, a chicken for roasting, and a so-called spring chicken for broil- ing. Each has its own individual price and place. Save for stock, every bone, whether beef, mutton, poultry or game, as well as all the juices that are left in the meat caiving dishes on the table, and the water in which meats are boiled and in which certain vegetables are boiled. Into this storehouse — for such a stock pot is — will go also the tough ends from the rib roasts, which would become tasteless and dry if roasted ; the bits that are taken from the French chops ; the bone that is left on the plate from the sirloin steak ; and every piece of the carcass left on the general carving plate of all sorts of game and poultry. After the meat has been taken from the roast, these bones will also be used. STCXX In all good cooking there is a con- stant demand for a half pint or a pint of stock. Brown sauce and tomato sauce, in fact, all meat sauces, are decidedly better made from stock than water, and as it comes to every household without the additional cost of a penny, there is no excuse whatever for being without it. Save the bones collected on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Chicken and veal bones may be kept together ; beef, mutton and ham in another lot; one makes a white stock, the other brown. If the quantity is small put them all together. Crack the bones, put them in the bottom of a large soup kettle, cover with cold water, bring slowly to boiling point and skim. Push the kettle to the back part of the stove where the stock may simmer for at least three hours, then add an onion into which you have stuck twelve cloves, a bay leaf, a few celery tops, or a little cel- ery seed, and a carrot cut into slices ; simmer gently for another hour and strain. Tuesdays and Saturdays are the « LEFT OVERS best days for making stock, as they are the days on which you have long, con- tinuous fires, Tuesdays for ironing pur- poses, Saturdays for bread baking; in this way you will economize in coal, heat and time. In making tomato soup, to each pint of tomatoes add a pint of this stock instead of water ; or the stock may be simply heated, nicely seasoned and used as clear soup. By adding a Httle cooked rice or macaroni, you will have a rice or a macaroni soup.

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J J J J J J ' r. '.^\- ': V Published ai PhiUdetphU by ARNOLD AND COMPANY Printed ai the Sign of the key Leaf in Philadelphia by George H Buchanan and Company (UNIVERSITY LIBRARY * • • • • to • •> to b to to to w to ^ to to to to ^ to to tot, to t,to totoCC ••« ». t ^ to to to >. w ''■-totobtoto to to to to * to • to to to to e to to to to • •• . • • • • to • • ISE forethought, which means economy, stands as the first of domestic duties. Poverty in no way affects skill in the preparation of food. The object of cooking is to draw out the proper flavor of each individual ingredient used in the preparation of a dish, and render it more easy of digestion. Admirable flavorings are given by the little left overs of vegetables that too often find their way into the garbage bucket. Economical marketing does not mean the purchase of inferior articles at a cheap price, but of a small quantity of the best materials found in the market ; these materials to be wisely and economically used. Small quantity and no waste, just enough and not a piece too much, is a good rule to remember. In roasts and steaks, however, there will be, in spite of careful buying, bits left over, that, if economically used, may be converted into palatable, sightly and wholesome dishes for the next day's lunch or supper. Never purchase the so-called tender meat for stews, Hamburg steaks or soups ; nor should you purchase a round or shoulder steak for broiling, nor an old chicken for roasting. Select a fowl for a fricassee, a chicken for roasting, and a so-called spring chicken for broiling. Each has its own individual price and place. Save for stock, every bone, whether beef, mutton, poultry or game, as well as all the juices that are left in the meat caiving dishes on the table, and the water in which meats are boiled and in which certain vegetables are boiled. Into this storehouse — for such a stock pot is — will go also the tough ends from the rib roasts, which would become tasteless and dry if roasted ; the bits that are taken from the French chops ; the bone that is left on the plate from the sirloin steak ; and every piece of the carcass left on the general carving plate of all sorts of game and poultry. After the meat has been taken from the roast, these bones will also be used. STCXX In all good cooking there is a constant demand for a half pint or a pint of stock. Brown sauce and tomato sauce, in fact, all meat sauces, are decidedly better made from stock than water, and as it comes to every household without the additional cost of a penny, there is no excuse whatever for being without it. Save the bones collected on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Chicken and veal bones may be kept together ; beef, mutton and ham in another lot; one makes a white stock, the other brown. If the quantity is small put them all together. Crack the bones, put them in the bottom of a large soup kettle, cover with cold water, bring slowly to boiling point and skim. Push the kettle to the back part of the stove where the stock may simmer for at least three hours, then add an onion into which you have stuck twelve cloves, a bay leaf, a few celery tops, or a little celery seed, and a carrot cut into slices ; simmer gently for another hour and strain. Tuesdays and Saturdays are the best days for making stock, as they are the days on which you have long, continuous fires, Tuesdays for ironing purposes, Saturdays for bread baking; in this way you will economize in coal, heat and time. In making tomato soup, to each pint of tomatoes add a pint of this stock instead of water ; or the stock may be simply heated, nicely seasoned and used as clear soup. By adding a Httle cooked rice or macaroni, you will have a rice or a macaroni soup.

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