Boil this water and compare it with the water boiled with the
potato and the apple. The water from the meat when boiled is
filled with flecks of solid material floating about. This indi-
cates that something has come from the meat and the heat has
coagulated it. It is the substance called protein. The water
from the potato when boiled resulted in a paste, indicating
starch; the water from the apple when boiled resulted in a
syrup, indicating sugar.
MetJiod of Cooking Protein:
Boil a thick piece of beef three hours.
Boil a similar piece of beef✪ Method of Cooking Protein three minutes and push to back
of stove where it cannot boil. Cook slowly three or four hours.
Compare. Which is more tender? Which is more juicy?
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Why do the fibres fall apart in the first one? Note: (The
boiling toughens the fibres and dissolves out the gelatin. That
is. why it is better to cook meats below the boiling point.
To prepare meat for cooking
Remove from the wrapping paper at once.
Keep in a cool, dry place.
See that the meat is free from all foreign particles.
Wipe all meat with a clean, damp cloth.
Note: Wash chicken — after it is free from pinfeathers and care-
fully singed, with ivory soap ft,nd warm water. Rinse thoroughly.
How to Make 3Ieat Soup:
In using meats to make soup, we wish to extract all the juices
from the meat. To do this, cut the meat into small pieces, soak
in cold water one hour and put it in this same water over the
fire. Bring slowly to the boiling point, set on back of stove and
let simmer until meat drops to pieces. Remember that if meat
Is allowed to boil, the proteins are hardened on the outside,
the juices cannot be extracted, and the soup will lack flavor.
Vegetables and salt should be added the last hour of cooking —
potatoes the last half hour✪ Meat Soup. Skim ofl:' all fat and serve soup hot.
Soups made in this way can be very successfully cooked in the
fireless cooker after being brought to the boiling point on the
range. A soup bone from the hind shank of the beef cooked this
way makes excellent soup.
Related Work
Geography :
Draw 2 maps showing —
The beef-raising centers of Texas.
The center o:^ the beef industry of the United States.
Agriculture.
Make a study of the Baby Beef Clubs.
Are beef raising localities also agricultural?
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Physiology.
Review of digestive organs and digestion of starch and sugar.
Study digestion of protein and fat.
Drawing.
Make drawing of the beef and show various cuts.
Make drawing of chicken, and color with crayon.
Model in clay.
Hand Work.
Making of simple homemade fireless cookers.
Making of wooden skewers.
A HOMEMADE FIRELESS COOKER
A — Candy bucket. C. — Cushion.
B.— Pail. D.— Cover.
This homemade fireless cooker was made at a cost of fifty-
four cents. The materials necessary are: One candy bucket;
one one-quart granite pail, excelsior or hay, newspaper, heavy
domestic or canvas, asbestos mat, hooks and screw eyes.
See that the bucket is perfectly clean and line the sides and
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Presented as published in 1916. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Boil this water and compare it with the water boiled with the potato and the apple. The water from the meat when boiled is filled with flecks of solid material floating about. This indicates that something has come from the meat and the heat has coagulated it. It is the substance called protein. The water from the potato when boiled resulted in a paste, indicating starch; the water from the apple when boiled resulted in a syrup, indicating sugar.
Method of Cooking Protein:
Boil a thick piece of beef three hours.
Boil a similar piece of beef three minutes and push to back of stove where it cannot boil. Cook slowly three or four hours.
Compare. Which is more tender? Which is more juicy?
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Why do the fibres fall apart in the first one? Note: The boiling toughens the fibres and dissolves out the gelatin. That is. why it is better to cook meats below the boiling point.
To prepare meat for cooking
Remove from the wrapping paper at once.
Keep in a cool, dry place.
See that the meat is free from all foreign particles.
Wipe all meat with a clean, damp cloth.
Note: Wash chicken — after it is free from pinfeathers and carefully singed, with ivory soap and warm water. Rinse thoroughly.
How to Make 3Ieat Soup:
In using meats to make soup, we wish to extract all the juices from the meat. To do this, cut the meat into small pieces, soak in cold water one hour and put it in this same water over the fire. Bring slowly to the boiling point, set on back of stove and let simmer until meat drops to pieces. Remember that if meat Is allowed to boil, the proteins are hardened on the outside, the juices cannot be extracted, and the soup will lack flavor.
Vegetables and salt should be added the last hour of cooking — potatoes the last half hour. Skim off all fat and serve soup hot. Soups made in this way can be very successfully cooked in the fireless cooker after being brought to the boiling point on the range. A soup bone from the hind shank of the beef cooked this way makes excellent soup.
Related Work
Geography :
Draw 2 maps showing —
The beef-raising centers of Texas.
The center of the beef industry of the United States.
Agriculture.
Make a study of the Baby Beef Clubs. Are beef raising localities also agricultural?
96 Bulletin of the University of Texas
Physiology.
Review of digestive organs and digestion of starch and sugar. Study digestion of protein and fat.
Drawing.
Make drawing of the beef and show various cuts. Make drawing of chicken, and color with crayon. Model in clay.
Hand Work.
Making of simple homemade fireless cookers. Making of wooden skewers.
A HOMEMADE FIRELESS COOKER
A — Candy bucket. C. — Cushion.
B.— Pail. D.— Cover.
This homemade fireless cooker was made at a cost of fiftyfour cents. The materials necessary are: One candy bucket; one one-quart granite pail, excelsior or hay, newspaper, heavy domestic or canvas, asbestos mat, hooks and screw eyes.
See that the bucket is perfectly clean and line the sides and
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