When Mother Lets Us Cook | by Constance Johnson
A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils needed for the preparation of each dish.
| Title | When Mother Lets Us Cook |
| Author | Constance Johnson |
| Publisher | Moffat, Yard & Company |
| Year | 1919 |
| Copyright | 1908, Moffat, Yard & Company |
| Amazon | When Mother Lets Us Cook |
When you bake a small thing, have the oven hot. But for baking big things cool it off a lot.
Preface- To make something that we can eat! Surely it is always delightful to do this, and never quite so nice as when it is a stormy day, and one is - well - ten or twelve years old. My aim has been to give i...
- How To Make Boiled Eggs
- Fresh eggs Boiling water Saucepan Never boil eggs that are not perfectly fresh; cook them some other way. Put your fresh eggs, with their shells on, into a deep saucepan. Fill the saucepan...
- How To Make Boiled Rice
- 1 cup rice 3 quarts boiling water 1 teaspoonful salt Measuring cup Sieve Teaspoon Deep saucepan Fork Measure 1 cupful of rice. Pick it over carefully so that there will be no yellow grains or...
- How To Make Jelly Warm-Over
- 3 tablespoonfuls cur-rant jelly Cold beef or mutton Pepper and salt French mustard Saucepan or chafing-dish Spoons If you have any cold beef or mutton left over from yesterday, cut it into rathe...
- Cream Sauce For All Sorts Of Things
- 1 tablespoonful flour 1 tablespoonful butter 1 cupful milk 1 teaspoonful salt 1/4 teaspoonful pepper Saucepan or chafing-dish Spoon Measuring cup Put 1 tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan, a...
- How To Make Scrambled Eggs For Three
- 5 eggs 1 cup milk 1 tablespoonful but-ter 1 teaspoonful salt 1/2 teaspoonful pep-per Egg beater Saucepan or chafing-dish Teaspoon Tablespoons Break 5 eggs into a bowl, being careful ...
- How To Make Apple Sauce
- Apples Sugar Butter Spices Saucepan Sharp knife Apple-corer Strainer or sieve Bowl Choose some nice hard cooking apples, core them, and peel them with a sharp knife. Cut them in quarters and ...
- How To Stew Fruits
- When stewing fruits, do not let them boil hard. They should only simmer. Cover the fruit with cold water and add sugar if the fruit is sour. The saucepan should be put at the back of the stove a...
- How To Make Stewed Prunes
- 1 pound prunes Saucepan Put your prunes into an agate saucepan, and cover them with cold water, allowing 1 quart of water to each pound of prunes. Put the pan at the back of the stove. Coo...
- How To Make Stewed Rhubarb
- Rhubarb 1 cup sugar Measuring cup Saucepan Knife Select tender stalks of rhubarb. Cut off the green tops with a sharp knife and throw them away. Cut the stalks into pieces about 1 in...
- How To Make Sweet Sauces. Raspberry Sauce
- 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup raspberries 1/3 cup cream Vegetable masher 2 bowls Cheese cloth Measuring cup Fork Egg beater Measure one cupful of ripe raspberries, pick them over carefully, and wash them ...
- How To Make Hot Chocolate Sauce
- 2 cups sugar 1 cupful hot water 2 tablespoonfuls cocoa Boiling water 1 teaspoonful vanilla Sauce pan Measuring cup Tablespoon Teaspoon Measure 2 tablespoonfuls of cocoa and put them ...
- How To Make Custard Sauce
- 1/2 pint milk 1 egg Sugar Vanilla Saucepan Tablespoon Fork Bowl Put 1 cupful of milk into a saucepan with 1 tablespoonful of granulated sugar. Break an egg into a bowl and beat it with a fork...
- How To Make Curlylocks Pudding
- 1 quart strawberries 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful lemon juice 3 tablespoonfuls cornstarch Knife Measuring cup Tablespoons Lemon squeezer Double boiler or chafing-dish Cup Bowls Pick over 1 qua...
- How To Make Sweet Omelet
- 4 eggs 3 teaspoonfuls powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla extract Teaspoonful butter Chafing-dish or double-boiler Teaspoon Egg-beater Spatula 2 bowls for mixing Fork Take 2 eggs ...
- How To Make Cereal Cakes
- Any cooked cereal Tablespoonful of butter Iron sauce-pan Turning knife, or spatula Mixing bowl Some day when there is cooked oatmeal, or hominy or rice, left over from breakfast, ask your mother...
- How To Make Pan Cakes
- 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1 1/2 cups flour 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1 teaspoonful salt Butter Fork 1 teaspoon 2 mixing bowls Measuring cup Egg-beater Flour sifter Saucepan Spatula W...
- How To Make "Baked" Stewed Pears
- Pears Spices Baking dish Take some small sickle pears, wash them and put them whole into a deep dish. Sprinkle each one with a pinch of sugar, a pinch of cinnamon and a pinch of cloves. Cover...
- How To Make Baked Potatoes
- 6 potatoes Scrubbing brush Fork Choose 6 potatoes of about the same size, and scrub the dark skin well with a scrubbing brush and cold water. Pierce them with a fork. Put the potatoes in a...
- How To Make Baked Apples
- 6 apples Granulated sugar Butter Cinnamon 1 cup hot water Apple-corer Baking pan Cup Fork Pick out 6 nice, large, cooking apples, greenings are the best; core them and put them in a ...
- How To Make Nest Egg
- Eggs Salt Pepper Mixing bowl Egg-beater Baking bowl Spoon Take a nice, fresh egg, and ask the cook to show you how to break it open carefully, and separate the white and the yolk, so that ...
- How To Make Tapioca Pudding
- 3 tablespoonfuls pearl tapioca 1 quart milk 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla Mixing bowls Tablespoon Teaspoon Baking dish Egg-beater Put 3 tablespoonfuls of pearl ...
- How To Make Scalloped Fish
- Cold fish Butter Flour Milk Pepper Salt Bread crumbs Saucepan Fork Spoons Baking dish Take some cold fish, say enough to make 1 pint, and pick it to pieces with a silver fork. ...
- How To Make Rice Pudding
- 4 tablespoons rice 4 tablespoons sugar Nutmeg 1 quart milk Mixing bowl Strainer or sieve Enamel baking dish Take 4 tablespoonfuls of rice, pick out all the specks and dried kernels and ...
- How To Make Cup Custard For Three
- 2 eggs Granulated sugar Salt Nutmeg Hot water 1 pint milk Egg-beater Saucepan Grater Baking dishes Baking pan Mixing bowl Spoon Break 2 eggs carefully into a bowl and beat with...
- How To Make Chicken Custard
- 1 cup thick chicken stock 1 cup cream or milk Yolks of 3 eggs 1 teaspoonful salt Measuring cup Custard cups Double boiler Egg-beater Teaspoon Bowl Some day when the cook has some good, rich chic...
- How To Make Brown Betty
- 6 cooking apples 1/2 cup molasses 1/2 cup cold water 4 tablespoonfuls brown sugar Butter Bread crumbs Apple corer Measuring cup Baking dish Knife Take 6 large, tart apples, core them and peel th...
- How To Make Meat Loaf
- I pound chopped raw beef 4 white crackers 1/2 cup cream or milk (or some evaporated cream) 1 egg 1 teaspoonful salt Butter Rolling pin and board Mixing bowl Wooden spoon Teaspoon Mea...
- How To Make Birthday Cake
- 2 heaping table-spoonfuls butter 6 heaping table-spoonfuls sugar l/2 cup milk 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 lemon 2 eggs 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 3 mixing bowls Wooden spoon Measuring cup...
- How To Make Hilda's Johnny Cake
- 1 egg 1 cup flour 1/3 cup cornmeal 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 tablespoonful melted butter 3/4 cup milk Butter or lard for greasing pan Measuring c...
- How To Make Blueberry Muffins
- 1/2 cupful sugar 1 egg 1/2 cupful milk Teaspoonful baking powder 1 tablespoonful butter 1 cupful flour 1 cupful blueberries 1/2 teaspoonful salt Measuring cup 2 mixing bowls Wo...
- How To Make Katy's Gingerbread
- 1 egg 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoonfuls butter Bacon fat 1 cup black molasses 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful cinnamon 1/2 teaspoonful allspice 1/2 teaspoonful gin...
- How To Make Vanilla Sauce
- Break an egg into a bowl. Beat it hard with an egg-beater. Stir into it 1/2 pint of milk and one tablespoon-ful of sugar. Put into a sauce-pan and cook over a slow fire, stirring all the time...
- How To Make Tea-Party Biscuit
- 1 cup flour 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1/2 cup milk or water 1/4 teaspoonful salt 4 teaspoonfuls butter or lard Flour sifter Measuring cup Wooden spoon Teaspoons Mixing bowl Flour board and rol...
- How To Make Saturday Cookies
- 3 tablespoonfuls butter 3/4 cup sugar 6 teaspoonfuls rich milk 1/4 teaspoonful soda 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla 1 egg V/2 cups flour Saucepan Measuring cup ...
- How To Make Junket
- 1 quart milk 2 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 1 tablespoonful liquid rennet Mixing bowl Tablespoon Teaspoon Put a quart of milk into a mixing bowl and st...
- How To Make School Sandwiches
- To make good sandwiches it is necessary to have bread that is at least a day old, a sharp knife, and soft butter. Soften your butter by putting it in a dish at the back of the stove for a few minutes....
- How To Make Fairy Salad
- 1 head lettuce Sugar 1 orange Dish pan Sharp knife Cloth Choose a nice head of lettuce, one that has no faded leaves and that seems solid. Carefully pull the leaves from the stem, so th...
- How To Make Lemonade
- 2 lemons 10 teaspoonfuls granulated sugar 4 cupfuls water Lemon squeezer Measuring cup Teaspoon Pitcher Knife Cut two lemons in half and squeeze the juice into a pitcher with a lemon squeezer...
- Cottage Cheese
- Pint or more of sour milk Salt Tablespoonful fresh milk Glass milk bottle or pitcher Mixing bowl Half-yard of white cheese-cloth If your mother will let you have some sour milk or cream, it is v...
- How To Make Clam Broth
- 1 pint soft clams Salt Pepper 1 tablespoonful butter Cold water A large soup pot Strainer Bowl Put 1 pint of fresh soft clams into a large pot and pour enough cold water over them to co...
- How To Make Beef Tea
- 1 pound beef 1 pint cold water Salt and pepper Saucepan Cheese cloth Take 1 pound of beef, either from the neck or round where the meat is tough, but juicy and cheap; have the butcher or the coo...
- How To Make Milk Toast
- Bread Butter 2 cupfuls milk Salt and pepper Toaster or toasting fork Saucepan Measuring cup Knife First make your toast; this is best done over a hot fire, with a toaster, but you can m...
- How To Make Blackberry Bread
- 1 loaf stale bread Butter 1 quart blackberries Sugar 3/4 cup cold water Sharp bread knife Broad knife Saucepan Spoon Take a loaf of stale bread, butter one end, and cut off a thin sl...
- How To Make Angel Hash
- 2 oranges 2 bananas 1 cup sugar 1/2 lemon Sharp vegetable knife Mixing spoon Measuring cup Lemon squeezer Take 2 fine juicy oranges and cut them, without peeling, into thin slices, across the gr...
- How To Make Jelly Whip
- Whites of 3 eggs 3 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar 1/2 cup currant jelly Mixing bowl Tablespoon Teaspoon Separate carefully the whites and yolks of 3 eggs. Put the yolks away in a cup for so...
- How To Make Mock Wine Jelly
- 1/2 cupful prune syrup 14 box gelatine 1 banana 1 orange 1 cup sugar 1 lemon Measuring cup 1 cup 1 bowl Jelly mold Knife Wooden spoon Lemon squeezer Cheese-cloth Put 1/4 of a box of gelatine ...
- How To Make Ways To Make Good Tea
- In order to make good tea you must use water that is really boiling hard. First heat your tea-pot by pouring some hot water into it. Empty it and put in your tea, 1 teaspoonful for each cup. ...
- How To Make How To Make One Cup Of Cocoa
- 1 teaspoonful cocoa 1 tablespoonful boiling water 1/2 pint milk 1 teaspoonful granulated sugar Tablespoon Measuring cup Saucepan Take a teaspoonful of cocoa, and put it in a tin cup. ...
- How To Make Poppity Corn
- Ears of popcorn A little oil or butter or lard Deep saucepan with cover Ordinary popcorn is made with a corn-popper. Poppity Corn is made in a deep covered dish on the stove, and is much fluffie...
- How To Make Popcorn Balls
- Have a bowl of popped corn all ready. Put in a saucepan half a cupful of granulated sugar and 4 tablespoonfuls of water, and place on a hot part of the stove. Boil this until you have a thick syrup...
- How To Make Candied Orange-Peel
- Peel of 6 oranges 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar Water 1 teaspoonful salt Bowl Saucepan Spoon Fork Sharp knife Put about 1 quart of cold water into a bowl and add to it 1 teaspoonful of salt. Ke...
- How To Make Rainy-Day Fudge
- 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup milk Butter Teaspoonful vanilla 1/4 pound chocolate, or 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa Measuring cup Chafing-dish or saucepan Knife Stirring spoon Teaspoon Glass...
- How To Make Molasses Candy
- 1 cupful molasses 1 cupful brown sugar 1 tablespoonful vinegar 2 tablespoonfuls butter Measuring cup Tablespoon Saucepan Pans Glass or cup Take a large saucepan and put into it...
- How To Make Peppermint Drops For Two Children
- 2 cupfuls sugar 1 cupful water 1 teaspoonful extract of peppermint Measuring cup Saucepan Teaspoon Two thick glasses Brown paper Measure 2 cupfuls of granulated sugar and put it in a...
- Few Tips On Cooking
- Things To Remember 16 tablespoons make one cup If milk or water fill it up; It takes but 8, heaped full and high, If what you measure 's fine and dry. The Witch's Test Put eg...
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