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The Business of Being a Housewife

INDEX

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BREADS

PAGE

Baking bread 39

Beaten biscuit, recipe 40

Corn fritters, recipe 40

Good bread, qualities of 39

Hominy bread, recipe 39

How to judge bread 39

Points to remember in bread making 39

References regarding bread 39

Rolled oats bread, recipe 39

Southern egg bread, recipe 40

CEREALS

Cold cooked cereals 38

How to serve cereals 38

Table for cooking cereals 38

Use of cereals in the diet 38

CHARTS AND TABLES

Balanced rations, food classification for 27

Beef, dishes, cuts, and ways to use 12

Beef, retail cuts, food value, cost, cooking, uses 7

Beef, standard retail cuts (illustrated) 8

Beef and veal, extra portions, food value, cost, uses 15

Cakes, recipes for making 36

Calorie requirements 44

Cereals, table for cooking 38

Cheese, how to use 34

Chicken, ways of serving 13

Cook books, popular list of 28

Cream sauces, foundation recipes for 31

Dependable products, list of Armour’s 26

Eggs, uses and ways of cooking 34

Eggs, ways to serve 18

Family budget, example for apportionment 5

Family budget, form for 6

Fats, chemical composition of Armour’s 22

Fats, smoking point, calories, how to use 22

Foods, list of equivalents in 46

Fruits to serve with meats 23

Ham and bacon, ways to serve 16-17

Household equipment 45

Lamb and mutton, extra portions, food value, cost, uses 15

Lamb dishes, variety and cuts for same 14

Lamb, retail cuts, food value, cost, cooking, uses 9

Measures, list of equivalents in 46

Menus for unexpected demands 27

Oven temperatures 46

Pantry supplies 27

Pork dishes, variety of, and cuts for same 14

Pork, extra portions, food value, cost, cooking, uses 15

Pork, retail cuts, food value, cost, cooking, uses 9

Sauces and garnishes for various cuts of beef 12-40

Sausages, varieties of 19-20

Time for baking, broiling, frying, roasting 46

Veal, retail cuts, food value, cost cooking, uses 9

Vegetables to serve with meals 23

Weights and measures 46

DAIRY PRODUCTS

Butter in cold storage 10

Cheese, how to cook and keep 34

Cheese, how to use, cooked and uncooked 18

Cheese sauce, recipe 34

Cheese soufflé, recipe 34

Dairy products, list of Armour’s 26

Milk as a food 17

Milk, evaporated 17

Milk, evaporated, uses of 17

DIET

Balanced diet chart 27

Calories 44

Children, food for 42

Elements of foods 44

Food in the home, care of 42

EGGS

Eggs in cold storage 10

Eggs, how to preserve 34

Eggs, uses of 34

Eggs, value in the diet 18

Eggs, ways to serve 18

Eggs, ways of cooking, time required to digest 34

FATS

Chemical composition of Armour Fats 22

Clarifying fats 22

Fats, how to use (chart) 22

Fats, use of drippings 22

Foods that soak fats 22

Salad oils in cooking 22

Shortenings and frying mediums, list of Armour’s 26

Test for frying fats 22

FISH

Cream sauces 31

Creole sauce, recipe 40

Fish in the menu 14

FRUITS

Canned fruits 38

Fresh fruits, serving 38

Fruits to serve with various meats 23

Fruits, value in diet 23

HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT

Bread making equipment 45

Cleaning purposes equipment 45

Dessert making equipment 45

Fish cooking equipment 45

General kitchen equipment 45

Meat cookery equipment 45

Popular cook books 28

Salad making equipment 45

Sundry equipment 45

Vegetable cooking equipment 45

LEFT-OVERS

Uses of left-overs 39

Ways of serving left-over fowl 32

MEATS

Bacon, how to select 16

Bacon, ways to serve 16

Beef extract 20

Beef sauces and garnishes 12

Beef, ways to serve 12

Boiling meats 29

Braising meats 29

Broiling meats 29

Canned meats, list of Armour’s 26

Creole sauce, recipe 40

Deep frying of meats 29

Fresh meats, how to select 11

Gov’t inspection of meats 10

Ham and bacon sauces 17

Ham, baked, recipe 30

Ham, baked, ways to serve 16

Ham, boiled, ways to serve 16

Ham, how to select 16

Hungarian Goulash, recipe 31

Jellied loaves 20

Loaf meats, list of Armour’s 20-26

Luncheon meats, list of Armour’s 20-26

Pan broiling meats 29

Pot roast of beef with spaghetti, recipe 30

Pot roasting meats 29

Roast chuck, recipe 30

Roast shoulder of mutton, recipe 30

Roasting and baking meats 29

Rolled flank steak, recipe 30

Sauces and gravy for meats, recipes 31

Sautéing meats 29

Smoked meats, list of Armour’s 26

Steak, rump, planked, recipe 31

Steak, sirloin, broiled, recipe 31

Stewing meats 29

MENUS

Christmas dinner 40

For unexpected demands 27

Southern dishes 40

Thanksgiving dinner 40

MINCE MEAT

Food value of mince meat 23

List of Armour’s mince meat 26

Variety of uses of mince meat 23

PANTRY SUPPLIES

Cereals and flour 27

Condiments and seasonings 27

Flavoring extracts and baking powder 27

Fruits, canned 27

Miscellaneous articles 27

Plum pudding (Veribest) 26

Products easily served 27

Quality products for the pantry shelf (illustrated) 24-25

Sea Foods, canned 27

Soups, canned 27

Spreads, shortenings and frying mediums 27

Vegetables, canned 27

Vegetables, fresh 27

POULTRY

Chicken, smothered, recipe 40

Chicken, ways to serve 13

Fowl, preparation of 32

Fowl, pressure cooking of 32

Fowl, roasting, stewing, broiling, frying and dressing 32

Fowl, serving left-over 32

Poultry in cold storage 10

Poultry, how to select 13-32

Poultry, how to thaw frozen 13

Poultry, list of Armour’s 26

Poultry, U. S. Dept. of Ag. bulletins 13

SALADS

Care of materials 33

Cheese salad dressing, recipe 33

Dressings, boiled, cheese, French, mayonnaise, Russian, Thousand Island, whipped cream, recipes33

Fish salad, recipe 33

Fruit salad, recipe 33

Lettuce salad, recipe 33

Vegetable salad, recipe 33

When to serve salads 33

SANDWICHES

Brown bread sandwich, recipe 41

Graham bread sandwich, recipe 41

Nut bread sandwich, recipe 41

Raisin bread sandwich, recipe 41

Rye bread sandwich, recipe 41

Sandwiches, how to prepare 41

White bread sandwich, recipe 41

Whole wheat bread sandwich, recipe 41

SAUCES

Varieties of 12-17, 31-34

SAUSAGES

Sausage, dry, how to serve 19

Sausages, dry, smoked and unsmoked, list of Armour’s 26

Sausages, fresh and smoked, list of Armour’s 26

Sausage, pork, fresh, how to serve 19

Sausage, smoked, how to serve 19

Sausages, varieties of 20

SOUPS

Soups, canned 28

Soups, preparing 28

SPREADS

Butter as a spread 21

Nut margarine as a spread 21

Oleomargarine as a spread 21

Peanut butter as a spread 21

Peanut butter, list of Armour’s 26

Peanut butter, uses of 18

Spreads, list of Armour’s 26

Spreads, proper fat for every cookery use 21

TABLE SERVICE

Care of the table 43

Russian, English and mixed service 43

Standard rules 43

VEGETABLES

Asparagus, baked with cheese, recipe 35

Beans, value in the diet 18

Boiling, steaming and baking vegetables 35

Candied sweet potatoes, recipe 35

Cream sauces 31

Creole sauce, recipe 40

Garnishes of vegetables 35

Vegetables, composition of 23

Vegetables, selection of 35

Vegetables to serve with various meats 23

Ways of serving vegetables 35

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