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The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book

1913

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Presented as published in 1913. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
If you are not al- ready a subscriber to the Journal ,j ust order it for a week or two and become convinced that it is the paper for your home. The handling of the daily local and telegraphic happen- ings, and the Sunday magazine and comic features make the Journal supreme in this field. The Daily and Sunday Journal Delivered, Fifteen Gents a Week THE PORTLAND « WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK 02988 • t^ P€RTLAND, OREGON AUGUST, 1913 *>• <• i \ Copyright 1018 bv Portland Woman's Exchanoe Foreword THE Portland Woman's Exchange, for whose benefit this book has been com- piled, is not a money-making institu- tion. It is a philanthropy sustained by its subscribers. Its sole aim is to help women to help themselves. Only 10 per cent commis- sion is charged upon the goods sold, so the restaurant and tea-room become the main source of revenue with which to pay the run- ning expenses of the business, for the list of subscribers is small. In spite of every effort, however, there is usually a deficit at the close of the year, and some means has to be tried to wipe it out. This year it is the sale,. oF a yjy^ book. We trust that those who jielp us by buyiiig the book will feel that tj;e* Ex* niiig^e has also^v^lped them, by making^ it possible ft)r them to Jjave upon their own tabfes the most delici(fts dishes known to the good housekeepers of Portland, whose kindness in giving their recipes is grate- fully acknowledged *by the Officers and Board of Directors • OF THE ExCHAf^CTE. Contents p,„. Appetizers 11 Beverages for Invalids and Others 241 Breads 177 Cakes 193 Candies 259 Curries 99 Custardy Things 153 Desserts and Ices 141 Entrees 50 Fish 33 Fish Sauces 43 For Additional Recipes 282-288 Gelatine Desserts 145 Icings and Fillings 213 Index 270 Index to Advertisers 280 Invalid Dishes. 247 Meats 69 Miscellaneous 266 Pastry 135 Poultry 87 Preserves 233 Puddings 157 Pudding Sauces 173 Salads , 122 Sauces 107 Small Cakes 217 Souffles 156 Soups 18 Spiced Fruits and Pickles. 225 Table of Proportions, Weights and Measures 9 Vegetables 113 Vegetarian Dishes 253 Table of Proportions Four even teaspoons of baking powder to one quart of flour. One teaspoon of flavoring to one quart of custard. One teaspoon of soda to one pint of sour milk. One teaspoon extract of beef to one quart of water. One teaspoon mixed herbs to one quart of soup stock. One teaspoon of salt to one quart of soup stock. One teaspoon of salt to two quarts of flour. One teaspoon of soda to one cup of molasses. One tablespoon of each chopped vegetables in one quart soup stock. OfG Table of Weights and Measures Three teaspoons equal one tablespoon Two tablespoons equal one ounce Sixteen tablespoons of liquid equal one cup Twelve tablespoons dry equal one cup One heaping quart of flour equal one pound One pint granulated sugar equal one pound Two cups of butter equal one pound One pint of brown sugar equal twelve ounces Twelve medium-sized eggs equal one pound Four cups of flour equal one pound Two teacups of flour equal one pint Four tablespoons liquid equal one wine glass Two wine glasses equal one gill One cup of flour equal four ounces Butter, size of an egg equal two ounces Butter, size of walnut, equal one ounce Your Valuables A safe deposit box is a necessity, and the satis- faction of knowing that your valuables are safe more than repays the cost of a box. Security Safe Deposit Company Fifth and Morrison Streets THE PORTLAND WOMAN'S EXCHANGE COOK BOOK