SNOWDRIFT SECRETS B8SS!!!i sain!iiSB^sj|||jgg!i|L t!iii\$:i* A BOOK OF RECIPES BCSCIENCES LIBRARY •ftMUV LIBRARY SNOWDRIFT SECRETS SOME Recipes FOR THE USE OF SNOWDRIFT THE PERFECT SHORTENING FOR ALL COOKING Sarah "Tyson Rorer The Southern Cotton Oil Company 24 Broad Street, New York SAVANNAH NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO Copyright, 1913, The Southern Cotton Oil Cf. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 MEASUREMENT OF FOOD MATERIALS 5 HINTS FOR FRYING AND SAUTEING 6 SUGGESTIONS 7 SOUPS 8 FISH AND OYSTERS 10 MEATS 15 VEGETABLES 23 EGGS 24 SAUCES FOR MEATS AND VEGETABLES 26 BREADS 28 CAKES T 33 ICINGS AND FROSTINGS 38 PASTRY 39 PUDDINGS 42 PUDDING SAUCES 44 CANDIES 45 " MY OWN RECIPES " . .46 SNOWDRIFT SECRETS In presenting this new edition of our recipe book Snowdrift Secrets we beg to call your attention to Snowdrift and its many advantages over all other cooking fats used for shortening or frying. SNOWDRIFT is the perfect shortening for mak- ing perfect cake, biscuit and bread — for shortening pie crust and flaky pastries — for quick, wholesome frying — for all cooking. SNOWDRIFT is absolutely pure and clean, and is sold only in pails to keep it pure and clean. SNOWDRIFT is wholesome — more wholesome than any animal cooking fat — and endorsed by physicians and food chemists as well as by expert cooks. SNOWDRIFT is economical to use. You may use it over and over again for frying different things, as it will not absorb the odor or taste of foods fried in it. SNOWDRIFT is made by The Southern Cotton Oil Company, who hold the exclusive right to the process by which it is made. SNOWDRIFT SECRETS In the following pages we trust that the house- keeper will find much that is "worth while." The recipes have been prepared by Mrs. Sarah "Tyson Rorer who is too well known as a cook and expert on all matters pertaining to good housekeeping to need any introduction. There are many helpful suggestions regarding the preparation of food and a table of measure- ments which will lift cooking out of the plane of guess-work. From the results the housewife will find that her confidence in Snowdrift has not been misplaced. The recipes have been prepared, as nearly as possible, for a family of four or five. THE MEASUREMENT OF FOOD MATERIALS The success of a recipe is often due to exactness in meas- uring materials as well as the care with which directions are followed. To avoid misunderstandings regarding quantity of any material to be used in the preparation of food, a table of standard measurements has been adopted by expert cooks. The recipes in this book have been compiled in accordance with this table: 60 drops 1 teaspoon 4 teaspoons . . 1 tablespoon 4 tablespoons . ^ tablespoons . 8 tablespoons . 16 tablespoons . 1 cup cup cup cup 1 cup % pint To measure flour, meal, and similar ingredients, sift lightly into the measure, and then level. To measure Snowdrift, pack into cup or spoon, and level with a knife. To measure a spoonful of dry material, lift the spoon, heaping, then level. To measure a half -spoonful, fill and level the spoon, then divide in halves lengthwise; for quarter- spoonfuls, cut the halves crosswise. Halves, quarters and thirds of a cup should be measured with a tablespoon, according to the above table. A " rounding teaspoon " means two level teaspoons. A " heaping teaspoon " means three level teaspoons.

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SNOWDRIFT SECRETS A BOOK OF RECIPES SNOWDRIFT SECRETS SOME Recipes FOR THE USE OF SNOWDRIFT THE PERFECT SHORTENING FOR ALL COOKING Sarah Tyson Rorer The Southern Cotton Oil Company 24 Broad Street, New York SAVANNAH NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO Copyright, 1913, The Southern Cotton Oil Company CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 MEASUREMENT OF FOOD MATERIALS 5 HINTS FOR FRYING AND SAUTEING 6 SUGGESTIONS 7 SOUPS 8 FISH AND OYSTERS 10 MEATS 15 VEGETABLES 23 EGGS 24 SAUCES FOR MEATS AND VEGETABLES 26 BREADS 28 CAKES T 33 ICINGS AND FROSTINGS 38 PASTRY 39 PUDDINGS 42 PUDDING SAUCES 44 CANDIES 45 " MY OWN RECIPES " . .46 SNOWDRIFT SECRETS In presenting this new edition of our recipe book Snowdrift Secrets we beg to call your attention to Snowdrift and its many advantages over all other cooking fats used for shortening or frying. SNOWDRIFT is the perfect shortening for making perfect cake, biscuit and bread — for shortening pie crust and flaky pastries — for quick, wholesome frying — for all cooking. SNOWDRIFT is absolutely pure and clean, and is sold only in pails to keep it pure and clean. SNOWDRIFT is wholesome — more wholesome than any animal cooking fat — and endorsed by physicians and food chemists as well as by expert cooks. SNOWDRIFT is economical to use. You may use it over and over again for frying different things, as it will not absorb the odor or taste of foods fried in it. SNOWDRIFT is made by The Southern Cotton Oil Company, who hold the exclusive right to the process by which it is made. SNOWDRIFT SECRETS In the following pages we trust that the housekeeper will find much that is "worth while." The recipes have been prepared by Mrs. Sarah "Tyson Rorer who is too well known as a cook and expert on all matters pertaining to good housekeeping to need any introduction. There are many helpful suggestions regarding the preparation of food and a table of measurements which will lift cooking out of the plane of guess-work. From the results the housewife will find that her confidence in Snowdrift has not been misplaced. The recipes have been prepared, as nearly as possible, for a family of four or five. THE MEASUREMENT OF FOOD MATERIALS The success of a recipe is often due to exactness in measuring materials as well as the care with which directions are followed. To avoid misunderstandings regarding quantity of any material to be used in the preparation of food, a table of standard measurements has been adopted by expert cooks. The recipes in this book have been compiled in accordance with this table: 60 drops 1 teaspoon 4 teaspoons . . 1 tablespoon 4 tablespoons . ^ tablespoons . 8 tablespoons . 16 tablespoons . cup cup cup cup 1 cup % pint To measure flour, meal, and similar ingredients, sift lightly into the measure, and then level. To measure Snowdrift, pack into cup or spoon, and level with a knife. To measure a spoonful of dry material, lift the spoon, heaping, then level. To measure a half -spoonful, fill and level the spoon, then divide in halves lengthwise; for quarterspoonfuls, cut the halves crosswise. Halves, quarters and thirds of a cup should be measured with a tablespoon, according to the above table. A " rounding teaspoon " means two level teaspoons. A " heaping teaspoon " means three level teaspoons.

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