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Standard Paper-Bag Cookery

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
XII. Wire trivets such as are sold at house-furnishing stores for use in cooling bread and cakes will be found a great convenience. If a bag is laid on a trivet, it can then be easily set in the oven and as easily lifted out when done. XIII. Never try to take things from the oven with the gas lighted. Matches are cheaper than gas, if the oven has to be relighted, and burned fingers or wrists are more costly than many matches. XIV. Use care in opening the oven. A draught from an open door or window might cause the gas flame to ignite the bag. XV. Until taught by experience, follow the time table as given in the cookery book. CHAPTER III. TIME TABLE. As a general rule less time is required for Paper-bag Cookery than any other way. While this approximate time table is at your service, experience will enable you to modify the figures to suit your own stove and your family's predilections as to having things rare or well done. FISH. lib 15 minutes 3 Ibs 30 minutes 6 Ibs 50 minutes ROASTS. Beef, 3 Ibs 45 minutes Add 5 minutes for each additional pound. Veal, 5 Ibs 1 hour and a half. Add 7 minutes for each additional pound. Pork, 3 Ibs 50 minutes Add 6 minutes for each additional pound. Mutton, leg 8 pounds An hour and a half Mutton, shoulder 5 pounds 45 minutes Mutton, chops 12 minutes Mutton, cutlets 8 minutes Lamb, leg 7 Ibs 1% hours. Lamb, shoulder 50 minutes Lamb, chops 10 minutes Sausages 8 minutes Sliced Bacon 6 minutes POULTRY. Turkey (stuffed) 15 Ibs 2% hours Turkey (not stuffed) 15 Ibs 2 hours Goose (ordinary size) 2 hours Goose (green) iy2 hours Duck (old) 1 hour 16 STANDARD PAPER BAG COOKERY 17 Duck (young) 35 minutes Guinea, 6 Ibs 1 hour and 40 minutes Chicken (large) 1 hour and a half Chicken (young) 45 minutes Quail and other small birds 15 minutes Stews (meat) medium sized 1% or two hours Potatoes (Baked) 35 minutes Sweet (ten minutes less than by the other methods of cookery). TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS. 4 teaspoonfuls of liquid 1 tablespoonf ul 4 tablespoonf uls of liquid y2 gill or % cupful 1 tablespoonful of liquid % ounce 1 pint of liquid 1 pound 2 gills of liquid 1 cupful or % pint 1 kitchen cupful y2 pint 1 quart sifted pastry flour 1 pound 4 cupfuls sifted pastry flour 1 quart or 1 pound 2 rounded tablespoonf uls of flour 1 ounce 1 rounded tablespoonful granulated sugar.. 1 ounce 2 rounded tablespoonf uls of ground spice. .1 ounce 1 heaping tablespoonful powdered sugar. . 1 ounce 3 cupfuls cornmeal 1 pound 1 cupful butter y2 pound 1 pint butter 1 pound 1 tablespoonful butter 1 ounce Butter size of an egg 2 ounces 10 eggs 1 pound 1 solid pint chopped meat 1 pound 2 cupfuls granulated sugar 1 pound 1 pint brown sugar 7 ounces 2y2 cups powdered sugar 1 pound 1 cupful stemmed raisins 6 ounces 1 cupful rice % pound 1 cupful stemmed raisins 6 ounces 1 cupful cleaned and dried currants 6 ounces 1 cupful grated bread crumbs 2 ounces 8 rounded tablespoonfuls of flour 1 cupful 8 rounded tablespoonfuls of sugar 1 cupful 8 rounded tablespoonfuls of butter 1 cupful 1 common tumbler 1 cupful 3 tablespoonfuls grated chocolate 1 ounce 4 gills 1 pint 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon CHAPTER IV. APPETIZERS AND RELISHES.