DOMESTIC COOKERY

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Author

Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott), 1793-1858

Title

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

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Produced by Steve Schulze and Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Formulas, recipes, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9101

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9101

Release Date

October 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DOMESTIC COOKERY,
2. 2.USEFUL RECEIPTS, AND HINTS TO YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS. — BY ELIZABETH E. LEA — ADVERTISEMENT TO THIRD EDITION. — INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS.
3. 3.MEATS AND POULTRY. — To Boil Fresh Meat. — To Boil a Turkey. — To Boil Beef Tongue, Corned Beef &c. — To Boil a Ham. — To Boil Calf's Head. — To Boil Veal. — Roasting Meat. — To Roast a Turkey--to make Gravy, &c. — To Roast a Goose. — Ducks. — Chickens. — To Roast Beef. — To Roast Veal and Lamb. — To Roast a Pig--Hash Gravy, &c. — To Roast Pork. — To Bake a Stuffed Leg of Veal. — To Bake a Pig's Head. — To Cook Pigeons. — To Bake a Ham. — To Bake Beef's Heart. — Beef A la mode. — Beef Steak. — Mutton Chops. — Rabbits and Squirrels. — To Fry Ham. — To Fry Beef with Kidney. — To Fry Liver. — Veal Cutlets. — To Fry Veal, Lamb or Pork. — To Stew Veal, Lamb or Pork. — Brains and Tongue. — Veal Hash. — Brain Cakes. — Force Meat Balls. — To Fry Veal's Liver. — To Fry Veal Sweet Breads. — To Stew Sweet Breads. — To Brown A Calf's Head With The Skin On. — Bacon Fraise. — Irish Stew. — To Brown Flour for Gravy, &c. — Drawn Butter. — Stuffing or Dressing. — Egg Sauce. — Celery Sauce. — Bacon Dumplings. — Drop Dumplings. — Vermicelli. — Hash made of Fowls. — Beef Steak Pudding. — Beef Steak Pie. — Baked Beef Pudding. — Pork Stew Pie. — Spiced Beef in the Irish Style. — To Bake Fowls. — To Fry Chickens. — Chickens Fried in Batter. — Chickens in Paste. — To Fricassee Chickens. — Chicken Pie. — Pot Pie. — Giblet Pie and Soup. — Chicken Stewed with New Corn. — To Broil Chickens. — Chicken Pudding. — Cold Chicken With Vinegar. — Chicken Salad. — Stewed Chickens With Rice.
4. 4.SOUPS. — Chicken Soup. — Brown Calf's Head Soup. — Beef Shin Soup, Mutton Soup, &c. — Gumbo Soup. — Another Way. — Pea Soup. — Soup of Dried White Beans, &c. — A Vegetable Soup.
5. 5.FISH, OYSTERS, &c. — To Bake a Rock Fish. — To Stew a Rock Fish. — To Broil Shad. — To Bake a Fresh Shad. — To Fry Fresh Fish. — To Fry Clams. — To Stew Clams. — To Pot Fresh Herring. — To Boil Salt Cod. — To Boil Salt Shad, Mackerel Or Herring. — To Boil Salt Salmon. — To Boil Fresh Fish. — To Stew Terrapins. — Oyster Soup. — Another Way. — Scolloped Oysters. — To Fry Oysters. — Oyster Fritters. — To Stew Oysters. — A Rich Oyster Pie. — A Baltimore Oyster Pie. — Plain Oyster Pie. — Oyster Sauce. — To Pickle 100 Oysters. — Oysters Pickled another way. — To Brown Oysters in their own Juice. — A Dish of Poached Eggs. — Fried Eggs. — Fried Eggs another way. — Omelet. — To Boil Eggs.
6. 6.VEGETABLES. — To Boil Green Corn. — To Fricassee Corn. — To Keep Corn for Winter. — Corn Fritters. — Hominy. — To Fry Hominy. — To Boil Potatoes. — To Stew Potatoes. — Sweet Potatoes. — To Fry Potatoes. — Tomatoes. — To Fry Tomatoes. — Tomato Omelet. — To Stew Tomatoes. — To Bake Tomatoes. — Tomato Jelly, to eat with Roast Meat. — To Fricassee Tomatoes. — To Broil Tomatoes for Breakfast. — To Bake Tomatoes for Breakfast. — Tomatoes sliced with Onions. — To put up Tomatoes for Winter. — Baked Egg Plant. — To Fry Egg Plant. — Salsify, or Oyster Plant. — To Stew or Fry Mushrooms. — Cucumbers, to Fry or Slice. — Lettuce. — Cold Slaw. — Cauliflowers, &c. — To Boil Cabbage. — To Boil Greens and Poke. — String Beans. — Lima Beans. — Peas. — To Keep Green Beans for Winter. — Asparagus. — Cymlings, or Squashes. — Pumpkins. — To Bake Pumpkins. — To Dry Pumpkins. — Parsnips. — Turnips. — Onions. — Beets. — To Boil Rice. — To Keep Vegetables in Winter.
7. 7.BREAD, &c. — Light Bread, Baking in a Stove, &c. — To Bake a Dutch-oven Loaf. — To Bake in a Brick Oven. — Directions for Heating a Brick Oven, &c. — Graham Bread. — Dyspepsy Bread. — Yeast. — Another Method. — Corn Flour Dry yeast. — Potato Yeast. — Potato Yeast with Sugar. — Dry Yeast. — Milk Yeast. — Superior Boiled Milk Rolls. — Egg Rolls. — Soft Rolls. — Water Rolls. — Potato Rolls. — Another Way. — Mush Rolls, without Milk or Eggs. — Twist Rolls. — French Rolls. — Bread Rolls. — Maryland Biscuit. — Light Biscuit. — Salaeratus Biscuit. — Quick Biscuit. — Tea Biscuit. — Dyspepsy Biscuit. — Salaeratus Cake. — Wafer Cakes. — Short Cake. — Cold Water Muffins. — Smith Muffins. — Mansfield Muffins. — Rice Muffins. — Muffins. — Mush Muffins. — Boiled Milk Muffins. — Cream Muffins. — Waffles. — Quick Waffles. — Rice Waffles. — Flannel Cakes. — Mush Flannel Cakes. — Bread Batter Cakes. — Buckwheat Cakes. — Sally Lunn. — Butter-milk Batter Cakes. — Toast. — A Dish of Milk Toast for Breakfast. — General Remarks on making Bread of Indian Corn Meal. — Corn Meal Porridge. — Mush, Mush Cakes, and Fried Mush. — Journey Cake. — Corn Batter Cakes. — Rice Cakes. — Corn Bannock. — Virginia Pone. — Lightened Pone. — Cold Water Pone. — Indian Bread with Butter-milk. — Little Indian Cakes. — Maryland Corn Cakes. — A Virginia Hoe Cake. — Batter Bread with Yeast. — Carolina Corn Rolls. — Mixed Bread. — New England Hasty Pudding, or Stir-about. — Corn Muffins. — Soaked Crackers for Tea.
8. 8.PIES, PUDDINGS, CAKES, &c. — To Make Common Pies. — To Stew Fruit for Pies. — Pie Crust. — Paste for Puddings. — Another Way. — Puff Paste. — Rich Mince Pies. — Mince Pies not so Rich. — Farmers' Mince Pies. — Rhubarb Pie. — Peach Pie. — Pork Mince Pies. — Currant Pie. — Pumpkin Pudding. — Apple Pudding. — Quince Pudding — Potato Pudding. — Cocoanut Pudding. — Sweet Potato Pudding. — Lemon Pudding. — Another Way. — A Preserve Pudding. — Arrow Root Pudding. — Rice Pudding. — Another Way. — Pudding Of Whole Rice. — A Pudding Of Corn Meal. — Corn Pudding in Paste. — Richmond Pudding. — Suet Pudding. — Cheese Cakes. — Baked Apples. — Batter Pudding with Green Fruit. — Custard Bread and Butter Pudding. — Balloon Puddings. — Plain Rice Pudding. — A Rice Dish with Fruit. — Bread Pudding. — Bread and Apple Pudding. — Custard Hasty Pudding. — Elkridge Huckleberry Pudding. — Huckleberry Pudding. — Green Corn Pudding. — Baked Pudding. — A Boiled Indian Pudding. — Boiled Bread Pudding. — A Bird's Nest Pudding. — Little Puddings in Pans. — Switzerland Pudding. — Boiling Puddings. — Screw Dumplings. — Large Dumplings. — Peach and Apple Dumplings. — Light Bread Dumplings — Rice Dumplings — Indian Suet Dumplings — Corn Dumplings. — Pan Cakes. — Water Pan Cakes--a cheap Dessert. — Apple Fritters. — Rice Fritters. — Indian Meal Fritters. — Snow Fritters. — Rice Flummery. — Rice Milk. — Wine Sauce for Puddings. — White Sauce. — Cream Sauce. — Molasses Sauce. — Egg Sauce. — Cherry Toast. — Apple Custard. — Custard baked in Cups. — Boiled Custard. — Cold Custard. — Cream Custard. — Ice Custard with Vanilla. — Custard with Raisins. — To Boil Custard in Water. — Whips. — Trifle. — Floating Island. — Apple Float. — Carrageen or Irish Moss Blancmange. — To Keep Suet for several Months. — Skim Curds. — Whey Skim Curds. — Cheese Curds. — Rennet Wine for cold Custards or Curds. — To Preserve Milk to use at Sea.
9. 9.SYRUPS, ICES, &c. — Lemon Syrup. — Lemon Syrup for Seasoning. — Syrup of Lemon Juice. — Pine Apple Syrup. — Almond Cream. — Tincture of Vanilla. — Superior Receipt for Ice Cream. — Freezing Ice Cream. — Ice Cream with Lemon. — Ice Cream with Fruit. — Pokeberry Juice to Stain Ices. — Isinglass Jelly. — Blancmange. — Blancmange of Jelly. — Calf's Foot Jelly. — Raisins in Syrup. — To Blanch Almonds and Peach Kernels. — Snow Cream. — Kisses.
10. 10.CAKES. — Remarks on Making and Baking Cake. — Icing for Cake. — Another Way. — A Rich Fruit Cake. — A cheaper Fruit Cake. — Fruit or Plum Cake. — Pound Cake. — White Cake. — Washington Cake. — Madison Cake. — Rice Flour Pound Cake. — Sponge Cake. — Rice Sponge Cake. — Sponge Cake in Small Pans. — Lemon Sponge Cake. — Cup Cake. — Loaf Cake. — Queen Cake. — Rich Jumbles. — Common Jumbles. — Molasses Jumbles. — Jumbles for Delicate Persons. — Cup Jumbles. — Jackson Jumbles. — Macaroons. — Naples Biscuit. — New Year Cake. — Cider Cake. — Dover Cake. — Jelly Cake. — Almond Cake. — Raised Plum Cake. — Black Cake. — Bunns. — Butter-milk Cakes. — A Composition Cake. — Ginger Cup-cake. — Light Ginger bread. — Crisp Ginger-cake. — Ginger-bread Nuts. — Crullers. — Rusk. — Rusk for Drying. — Bread Rusk. — Dough-nuts. — Common Dough-nuts.
11. 11.PRESERVES, JELLIES, &c. — To Clarify Sugar. — Apples. — Apples with Brown Sugar. — Crab Apples. — Currants. — Pine Apples. — Blackberries. — Blackberry Flummery. — Cherries. — Common Cherries. — Cherries for Common Use. — Apricots. — Ginger. — Green Gage Plums. — Green Lemons. — Raspberries. — Citron Melon. — Watermelon Rinds. — Cantelopes, Cucumbers, or Melons. — Cranberries. — Gooseberries. — Peaches. — A New Mode of Preserving Peaches. — Damsons. — To Preserve Strawberries. — Another Way. — Tomatoes. — Quinces. — Green Peppers. — Pumpkin. — Green Fox-Grape Jelly. — Pears. — Ripe Fox-Grape Jam. — Currant Jelly. — Lemon Butter or French Honey. — Currant Syrup. — Quince Jelly. — Apple Jelly. — Apple Marmalade. — Peach Marmalade. — Another Way. — Quince Marmalade. — Marmalade of Mixed Fruits. — Lemon Marmalade. — To Conserve Pears. — Peaches in Cider. — Peaches, &c. in Brandy. — Grapes in Brandy. — To Conserve Peaches. — Sauce of Cherries, or Damsons. — Frosted Fruit. — Grapes for Pies. — Green Tomatoes for Pies. — Conserve of Roses. — To keep Damsons for Pies. — Dried Cherries, &c. — Apple Butter. — Another Way. — Candied Preserves, &c. — Cider Marmalade. — Tomato Figs. — Molasses Candy or Taffy. — Walnut Cheese.
12. 12.CORDIALS, WINES, VINEGAR, PICKLES, &c. — Peach Cordial. — Quince Cordial. — Cherry Cordial. — Lemon Brandy. — Rose Brandy. — Blackberry Cordial. — Rose Water. — Cologne. — Blackberry Wine. — Gooseberry Wine. — Currant Wine. — Another Way. — Elderberry Wine, &c. — Ginger Wine. — Raspberry Wine. — Raspberry Vinegar, and its uses. — Spruce Beer. — To Make Two Gallons of Beer. — Harvest Beer. — Porter Beer. — Molasses Beer. — To Make Cider. — To Make Vinegar. — To Pickle Mangoes. — For Pickling Mangoes with Oil and Vinegar. — Cucumbers. — Small Cucumbers. — To Pickle Cherries or Peaches. — Peaches. — White Walnuts. — English Walnuts. — Black Walnuts. — Virginia Yellow Pickles. — Tomatoes. — Another Way. — Pepper Mangoes. — Onions. — Mushrooms. — Nasturtions. — Cherries. — Cabbage. — Another Way. — Cut Cucumbers. — Cucumber Catsup. — Tomato Catsup. — Walnut Catsup. — Green Tomato Catsup. — Mushroom Catsup.
13. 13.TO CURE BACON, BEEF, PORK, SAUSAGE, &c. — To Cure Bacon. — To Pickle Pork. — To Cure Hams and Shoulders. — To Make a Pickle for Chines. — Pigs' Feet. — To make Souse. — Scrapple. — Dried Beef. — To Cure Beef. — A New Method of Curing Beef. — To Cure a Dozen Tongues. — Pickle for Two Rounds of Beef. — To Corn Beef, Pork or Mutton. — To Restore Meat that has been kept too long. — To Keep Meat Fresh. — To Put up Herring and Shad. — To Put up Herring, According to the Harford Mode .
14. 14.BUTTER, CHEESE, COFFEE, TEA, &c. — Butter. — To put up Butter for Winter. — To Cure Butter that will keep for a Length of Time. — A Pickle for Butter. — Cheese. — Pennsylvania Cream Cheese. — To Prepare Rennet for making Whey or Cheese. — Cottage Cheese or Smearcase. — Roasting Coffee. — Boiling Coffee. — Tea, &c. — A New Mode of Preparing Chocolate.
15. 15.LARD, TALLOW, SOAP AND CANDLES. — Rendering Lard. — Rendering Tallow. — Soap. — Hard Soap. — Potash Soap. — Another Receipt. — Labor-saving Soap. — Ley and Soda Preparation for Washing Clothes. — Volatile Soap, And Directions for Washing Clothes. — Candles.
16. 16.MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. — Clear Starching. — To make Corn Starch. — Potato Starch. — To make Common Starch. — Washing Calicoes, &c. — Table Cloths, &c. — Flannels. — Mending Clothes. — Washing Windows. — To Make White or Colored Washes, Dyeing, &c. — To Mix White-wash. — White-wash for Buildings or Fences. — Chrome Yellow-wash. — Yellow Ochre wash. — To Dye Orange Color. — Green-wash. — Chrome Yellow for Dyeing Carpet Rags. — To Dye a Dark Drab. — To Dye Cotton or Woollen Black. — Cedar Dye. — To Dye Olive. — To Dye Yellow. — To Dye Brown. — To Dye Red. — Brazil Wood Dye. — Lead Color. — To Dye Scarlet. — To Dye Yarn Green. — To Dye Cotton Blue. — To Keep Apples in Winter. — Directions for Making Matresses. — To Make a Rag Carpet. — To Keep Furs and Woollens. — To Keep Curtains. — To Keep Blankets in Summer. — Carpets, &c. — House Linen. — To Clean Paint. — To Clean Bedsteads. — To Clean Floors. — Cleaning Cellars--Rats, Roaches. — Putting Straw under Carpets. — Picking Geese, &c. — Marble, &c. — To Restore Colors taken out by Acid, &c. — To make New Feather Beds. — To Clean Silver. — Britannia Ware. — Brass. — To Clean Stoves or Grates. — Cement to Mend Cracks in Stoves. — Fire-proof Cement. — To Take Spots out of Mahogany. — To Take Grease out of Floors. — Wash for Hearths. — Blacking for Boots and Shoes. — To Make Boots and Shoes Water-proof. — To Make Blacking for Morocco Shoes. — To Grease Eggs for Winter. — To Keep Eggs in Lime Water. — To Clean Soiled Eggs. — Chloride of Lime. — To Take Lime out of Cloth. — To Take Wax or Spermaceti out of Cloth. — To Remove a Stopper from a Decanter. — Precautions against Fire. — To Take Ink and Stains out of Linen. — Herbs, Gardens and Yards. — Greasers for Bake-irons. — Cement for the Tops of Bottles or Jars. — Cement for Mending Cast-iron. — Weather Proof Cement. — To Cleanse Vials, &c. — Mending China with Milk. — Mending China with White Lead. — Linseed Oil for Furniture. — For Filtering Water. — On A Larger Scale. — To Keep Water Cool in Summer, when you have not Ice. — To Purify Water. — Gum Arabic Paste. — Preserving Kettles. — To Clean Knives and Forks. — To Clean Teeth. With Remarks on Fixing the Habit, &c. — To Clean Kid Gloves. — To Clean Papered Walls. — To Take Old Putty from Window Glass. — Cutting Glass for Mending Windows.
17. 17.SIMPLE REMEDIES. — Remarks upon a Deeply Seated Cough. — For a Cough. — Elecampane and Hoarhound Syrup. — Brown Mixture for a Cough. — Ginger Tea. With Remarks on its Use, &c. — Lemon Mixture for a Cough. — Mixture of Lemon Juice and Honey. — Hoarhound Candy. — Mustard Bath for the Feet--Soap Stones, &c. — Liverwort Syrup. — For Sore Throat. — Molasses Posset for a Cold. — For Whooping Cough. — Another Remedy. — For the Croup. — Infants' Colic, &c. — Summer Diseases. — Mustard Whey. — Red Mixture. — Erysipelas. — Magnesia, Charcoal and Salts. — For Dropsy. — Another Remedy. — For Rheumatism — Deafness, Remarks, &c. — Remedy for Sick Head-ache. — The Oil of Butter. A Remedy for Dysentery, &c. — For Dysentery and Diarrhoea. — Remedies for the Dysentery and Cholera Morbus. — Remedy for the Ear-ache. — A Wash for Sore Ears. — Weak Eyes. — For Worms. — For Tooth-ache. — Cure for Cholera Morbus. — For Colic. — For Bilious Colic and Indigestion. — Warner's Cordial for Gout in the Stomach. — Cure for Tetter. — For Cramp in the Stomach. — For Cramp. — For Scalds and Burns. — For Ague. — Chilblains. — Lockjaw. — Falls. — For the Bite of a Spider. — For the Sting of a Bee. — For Bruises. — For Felons. — For a Sprained Limb. — For a Sprained Ancle. — Cuts or Wounds, &c. — For Tetter, Warts, &c. — Poisons, Accidents, &c. — Tar Ointment for the "Milk Crust." — Hop Ointment. — Precipitate Ointment, &c. — Blister Ointment. — Lily Ointment. — Elder Ointment for Burns, &c. — St. Johnswort Ointment, and its Uses. — Ointment for Mortification. — Bread and Milk, and Flaxseed Poultices. — Hop Poultice, and its Uses. — Onion Poultice. — Lily Root Poultice. — Cream Poultice. — Ley Poultice. — Adhesive Plaster. — A Valuable Salve for Burns and other Sores. — Deshler's Salve for Gatherings or Sores. — Salve for Corns, or Bunions. — Sassafras Poultice. — Balsam Apple in Spirits. — Cure for Bites. — For Scurvy of the Gums. — For an Infant's Sore Mouth. — For Affection of the Kidneys. — For a Gathering on a Finger. — Huxham's Bark Tincture. — Wine Bitters for Debility, &c. — Spice Wood Berries. — Spiced Rhubarb. — For Chapped Lips. — Bathing. — Elderberry Jam for Colds, &c. — Black Currant Jelly, a Remedy for Sore Throat. — Lavender Compound.
18. 18.FOOD FOR THE SICK. — Remarks on Preparing Food for the Sick. — Boiled Custard. — Panada. — Egg Panada. — Oat-meal Gruel. — Corn Gruel. — Arrow-root. — Sago. — Tapioca Jelly. — Milk Porridge. — Barley Water. — To Poach Eggs. — Barley Panada. — Calf's Foot Blancmange. — Cream Toast. — Milk Toast &c. — To Stew Dried Beef. — To Stew Ham, &c. — To Stew Chickens or Birds. — Chicken Water. — Beef Feet. — Beef Tea, &c. — Mutton and Veal Broth. — Wine Whey. — Rennet Whey. — Mulled Jelly. — Mulled Wine. — Toast Water. — Apple Water, &c. — Coffee. — Chocolate. — Black Tea. — Rye Mush.
19. 19.DOMESTICS. — Hints on the Management of Domestics, &c.
20. 20.REMARKS. — Remarks on Carving, &c. — Economy the Source of Charity. — To Encourage Children in Acts of Kindness to the Aged and Afflicted. — Early Rising Promotes Punctuality. — Hints to Young Wives. — A few Remarks to Encourage Young Housekeepers in their First Attempts.
21. 21.CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS.
22. 22.INDEX — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — V. — W. — Y.

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