Chapter I: Front Matter

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COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS

BY OLIVE HYDE FOSTER

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
MCMX

COPYRIGHT, 1910,
BY DUFFIELD & CO.

THE PREMIER PRESS
NEW YORK

_DEDICATED_

_To two of the dearest little girls that ever learned
to cook._

Preface

This book has been prepared with the special purpose of assisting mothers throughout the country to train their small daughters in the art of cookery. Scarcely any child can be trusted to take a recipe and work alone, as the clearest directions need the watchful supervision of an experienced woman, who can detect the coming mistake and explain the reason for doing things in a certain way.

All children like to experiment in the kitchen, and instead of allowing them to become an annoyance, they should be so directed that their efforts will result in immediate help to the mother and prove invaluable life lessons to the little ones themselves. Nothing is really more pitiable than the helpless woman who, when occasion demands, finds herself unable to do ordinary cooking. And that young wife is blessed indeed who has been prepared for her duties in the home by a conscientious mother. Therefore let no woman think it too much trouble to teach her child the preparation of various kinds of food, impressing on her at the same time the dignity and importance of the work.

The following articles, though considerably lengthened and rearranged, were written at the request of the Editor, and ran for a year in _Pictorial Review_; and the encouraging letters they elicited from women and children everywhere, prompted this publication in book form. The intention has been not to make a complete manual of cookery, but instead to create interest in enough branches to enable an otherwise inexperienced person to successfully put together any good recipe. Thanks are also due for the use of material appearing in _The Circle_ and _Harper's Bazar_.

OLIVE HYDE FOSTER.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. GOOD THINGS FOR BREAKFAST 1

II. USING ODDS AND ENDS 13

III. SOME EASY SOUPS 23

IV. FISH, FRESH AND DRIED 31

V. SIMPLE MEAT DISHES 37

VI. THE INTERESTING POTATO 45

VII. DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEGETABLES 53

VIII. FOR THE UNEXPECTED GUEST 63

IX. RICE AND MACARONI 73

X. BAKING CAKE AND BREAD 81

XI. DESSERTS GOOD IN SUMMER 95

XII. THE THANKSGIVING DINNER 107

XIII. THE CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY 117

XIV. DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CANDIES 125

XV. PRESERVING 131

XVI. SANDWICHES AND DRINKS 139

XVII. A FEW MORE DESSERTS 145

ILLUSTRATIONS

READY TO POUR THE JELLY _Frontispiece_
PAGE
PREPARING TO MAKE BISCUIT 3
CREAMED EGGS 7
TABLE SET FOR VALENTINE LUNCHEON 15
FRESH VEGETABLE SALAD 16
HEART SALAD 20
GREEN PEPPER SALAD 24
TOSSING UP A SALAD 29
CREAMED CODFISH AND COFFEE FOR FATHER'S BREAKFAST 35
VEAL CUTLET AS REED BIRDS 38
A STANDING ROAST OF BEEF 43
CLEANING UP 51
CUCUMBER JELLY 59
TABLE SET FOR AN EASTER LUNCHEON 64
CREAMED OYSTERS IN BASKETS 67
TRAY ARRANGED FOR WELSH RAREBIT 69
COMPOTE OF RICE 75
ICING THE CAKE 83
TEA CAKES BAKED IN HEART SHAPE 85
AFTERNOON TEA FOR TWO 92
FRUIT JELLY WITH WHIPPED CREAM 97
CORNSTARCH PUDDING, SMALL MOULDS 103
DINNER TABLE WITH FRUIT CENTERPIECE. NUTS AND RAISINS IN
INDIVIDUAL BASKETS 109
MAKING PIES 113
DELICIOUS HOME-MADE CANDIES 126
MARKING THE PRESERVES 132
MARSHMALLOW CREAM 145
CHARLOTTE RUSSE 148

COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS