Chapter IX: Part 2: One-half cupful butter (scant); one cupful brown sugar; yolks of (3)
Twelve quarts all white grains pop corn, warm and pour over this in a large dishpan the following syrup while hot: Half cup molasses or corn syrup; half cup sugar; three tablespoonfuls water. Boil until it crisps in cold water. Stir with a spoon all the candy thoroughly through the corn. Butter fingers, then press with hands into balls.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ten eggs equal one pound.
One quart of flour equals one pound.
Two cupfuls of butter equal one pound.
One generous pint of liquid equals one pound.
Two cupfuls of granulated sugar equal one pound.
Two heaping cupfuls of powdered sugar equal one pound.
One pint finely chopped meat, packed solidly, equals one pound.
Four saltspoonfuls equal one teaspoonful.
Three teaspoonfuls equal one tablespoonful.
Sixteen tablespoonfuls equal one cupful.
Four tablespoonfuls salt equal one ounce.
One and one-half tablespoonfuls granulated sugar equal one ounce.
Two tablespoonfuls of flour equal one ounce.
A piece of butter the size of an egg equals about one and one-half ounces.
One pint of loaf sugar equals ten ounces.
One pint of brown sugar equals twelve ounces.
One pint of granulated sugar equals sixteen ounces.
One pint of wheat flour equals nine ounces.
One pint of corn meal equals eleven ounces.
Use two teaspoonfuls of soda to one pint of sour milk.
Use one teaspoonful of soda to one cupful of molasses.
One-half teaspoonful cream of tartar with one teaspoonful baking soda equals two teaspoonfuls baking powder.
TIME REQUIRED
For Cooking the Following Meats and Vegetables.
Beef, sirloin, rare, per pound, eight to ten minutes.
Beef, sirloin, well done, per pound, twelve to fifteen minutes.
Chickens, three or four pounds weight, one to one and one-half hours.
Duck, tame, from forty to sixty minutes.
Lamb, well done, per pound, fifteen minutes.
Pork, well done, per pound, thirty minutes.
Turkey, ten pounds, three hours.
Veal, well done, per pound, twenty minutes.
Potatoes, boiled, thirty minutes.
Potatoes, baked, forty-five minutes.
Sweet potatoes, boiled, forty-five minutes.
Sweet potatoes, baked, one hour.
Squash, boiled, twenty-five minutes.
Squash, baked, forty-five minutes.
Green peas, boiled, twenty to forty minutes.
String beans, one to two hours.
Green corn, from twenty to thirty minutes.
Asparagus, fifteen to thirty minutes.
Spinach, one to two hours.
Tomatoes, one hour.
Cabbage, forty-five minutes to two hours.
Cauliflower, one to two hours.
Dandelions, two to three hours.
Beet greens, one hour.
Onions, one to two hours.
Beets, one to five hours.
Turnips, forty-five minutes to one hour.
Parsnips, from one-half to one hour.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
When peeling onions, if you will hold the onions under the running cold water, there will be no discomfort experienced.
Put a thimble over the end of rods and you can easily run it through your curtains, or an old glove finger will answer the purpose if thimble is too large.
To mark a hem in linen, remove thread from the machine and run the goods through the hemmer as though stitching; you will find a perfect hem turned down.
For removing odor of onions from hands, use celery or powdered celery seed.
A handful of salt rubbed around sink will help remove all grease and keep it sweet and clean.
A tiny pinch of soda will sweeten cream slightly soured.
To remove bread or cake from pans, apply wet cloth to bottom of pan.
Tack a piece of asbestos on end of ironing board for iron stand.
Burn a piece of camphor gum to rid house of mosquitoes.
To break glass evenly, tie a string around the glass, saturated with kerosene, then fill with cold water as high as the string; set fire to the string, and glass will snap at point of string.
If a silver spoon is placed in a jelly glass the boiling jelly can be poured in without the least danger of breaking the glass.
To cream butter and sugar easily when butter is hard, warm the sugar slightly.
For angel, sunshine and all sponge cakes, add the cream of tartar to the eggs when half beaten, and if soda is called for, add it to the flour.
Lime water and linseed oil is an excellent application for burns.
To caramelize sugar: Put in a smooth granite saucepan or omelet pan, place over hot part of stove and stir constantly until melted and of the color of maple syrup. Care must be taken to prevent sugar from adhering to sides of pan or spoon.
To renovate food chopper and sharpen its knives, grind a piece of sand soap through it.
Before using new tinware, if you will rub it well with lard and heat it thoroughly in oven, it will not rust.
To remove paint from window pains, rub with baking soda.
To remove match scratches from painted woodwork, rub with slice of lemon, then with whiting, and wash with soap and water.
In making pancakes, two tablespoons of snow stirred in quickly is equal to one egg.
Two apples placed in your cake box will keep the cake moist.
If in cooking you have accidentally put too much salt in anything, a small amount of brown sugar will counteract it.
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