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TRIED AND APPROVED.
BUCKEYE COOKERY
AND
PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPING.

COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECIPES.


" Bad dinners go hand in hand with total depravity, while a properly fed man is already half saved."

TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
BUCKEYE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1877.

PAYING WORK FOR WOMEN.


This book was compiled and published by women, and, as a rule, women are employed as agents. We believe every one who obtains it will find it an indispensable help, and, for this reason, will feel an interest in giving it a wide circulation. The Publishers will consider it a great favor, if ladies who have the book and value it, will put them in correspondence with bright, wide-awake women, who need work that will pay liberally, no matter in what part of the country they may live. Such friends as want a copy of the book, may get it direct from us by remitting $1.75, or from the agent whose address is given below.


BUCKEYE PUBLISHING COMPANY,

TO THE

PLUCKY HOUSEWIVES


OF 1876,
WHO MASTER THEIR WORK INSTEAD OF ALLOWING IT TO
MASTER THEM,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.

 

PREFACE.

BREAD-MAKING.

TO BAKE BREAD.

GRAHAM AND CORN BREAD.

BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES.

FRITTERS.

GRIDDLE-CAKES.

YEAST.

CAKE-MAKING.

THE OVEN

CAKES.

LAYER-CAKES.

DIRECTIONS FOR FROSTING.

CRULLERS AND DOUGHNUTS.

COOKIES AND JUMBLES.

GINGER-BREAD.

CREAMS AND CUSTARDS.

CONFECTIONERY.

CANNING FRUITS.

CATSUPS AND SAUCES.

DRINKS.

EGGS.

FISH.

FRUITS.

GAME.

ICES AND ICE-CREAM.

JELLIES AND JAMS.

JAMS.

MEATS.

PASTRY.

PUDDINGS AND SAUCES.

SAUCES.

PRESERVES.

PICKLES.

SWEET PICKLES.

POULTRY.

TO CUT UP A CHICKEN.

CHICKEN.

SALADS.

SHELL-FISH.

SOUPS.

VEGETABLES.

BILLS OF FARE.

FRAGMENTS

HOUSEKEEPING.

THE PARLOR.

THE SITTING ROOM.

THE BED-ROOM.

THE GUEST-CHAMBER.

HOUSE-CLEANING.

KALSOMINING.

PAINTING.

PAPERING.

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.

THE DINING-ROOM.

THE HOST AND HOSTESS.

INDIVIDUAL MANNERS.

BREAKFAST PARTIES.

TABLE OUTFIT.

HINTS TO "HIRED HELP.

HINTS ABOUT MARKETING.

GAME AND POULTRY.

FISH.

CARVING.

HOW TO CUT AND CURE MEATS Part 1.

HOW TO CUT AND CURE MEATS Part 2.

VEAL.

PORK.

MUTTON.

HINTS ON BUTTER-MAKING.

THE LAUNDRY.

THE CELLAR AND ICE-HOUSE.

THE ICE-HOUSE.

SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES.

HINTS FOR THE WELL.

A DYSPEPTIC'S FIGHT FOR LIFE.

HINTS FOR THE SICK-ROOM.

FOOD FOR THE SICK.

THE ARTS OF THE TOILET.

ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN SICKNESS.

ANTIDOTES TO POISONS.

MEDICAL.

A SKILLFUL SURGEON'S PETS.

FLORAL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE MANAGEMENT OF HELP.

THE KITCHEN.

KITCHEN UTENSILS.

CLEARING THE TABLE.

HOUSEKEEPER'S ALPHABET.

TABLE OF WEIGHS AND MEASURES.