The Century Cook Book

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THE CENTURY COOK BOOK




[Illustration: SQUARE-CORNERED DINNER-TABLE WITH FOURTEEN COVERS.
DECORATIONS IN WHITE. (SEE PAGE 18.)]




  THE
  CENTURY COOK BOOK


  BY

  Mary Ronald


  _This book contains directions for cooking in its various branches,
  from the simplest forms to high-class dishes and ornamental pieces;
  a group of New England dishes furnished by Susan Coolidge; and a few
  receipts of distinctively Southern dishes. It gives also the etiquette
  of dinner entertainments--how to serve dinners--table decorations,
  and many items relative to household affairs._


  "NOW GOOD DIGESTION WAIT ON APPETITE
  AND HEALTH ON BOTH"
                           --_Macbeth_


  [Illustration]


  NEW YORK
  THE CENTURY CO.
  1901




  Copyright, 1895, by
  THE CENTURY CO.


  THE DEVINNE PRESS.




_"To be a good cook means the knowledge of all fruits, herbs, balms and
spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in field and groves, and
savory in meats; means carefulness, inventiveness, watchfulness,
willingness and readiness of appliance. It means the economy of your
great-grandmothers and the science of modern chemists. It means much
tasting and no wasting. It means English thoroughness, French art and
Arabian hospitality. It means, in fine, that you are to be perfectly and
always ladies (loaf-givers) and are to see that every one has something
nice to eat."_--RUSKIN.




_APHORISMS--BRILLAT-SAVARIN._


_Les animaux se repaissent; l'homme mange; l'homme d'esprit seul sait
manger._

_Dis moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es._

_Le Createur, en obligeant l'homme a manger pour vivre, l'y invite par
l'appetit et l'en recompense par le plaisir._

_La table est le seul endroit ou l'on ne s'ennuie jamais pendant la
premiere heure._

_La decouverte d'un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre
humain que la decouverte d'une etoile._

_L'ordre des comestibles est des plus substantiels aux plus legers._

_L'ordre des boissons est des plus temperees aux plus fumeuses et aux
plus parfumees._

_On devient cuisinier mais on nait rotisseur._

_Attendre trop longtemps un convive retardataire est un manque d'egards
pour tous ceux qui sont present._

_Celui qui recoit ses amis, et ne donne aucun soin personnel au repas
qui leur est prepare, n'est pas digne d'avoir des amis._

_La maitresse de la maison doit toujours s'assurer que le cafe est
excellent, et le maitre, que les liqueurs sont de premier choix._




TIME TABLE.


BOILING.

MEATS.
                                 Time.
  Mutton       per pound     15 minutes.
  Potted Beef   "    "       30 to 35 min.
  Corned Beef   "    "       30 minutes.
  Ham           "    "       18 to 20 min.
  Turkey        "    "       15 minutes.
  Chicken       "    "       15    "
  Fowl          "    "       20 to 30 min.
  Tripe         "    "       3 to 5 hours.


FISH.
                                Time.
  Codfish      per pound     6 minutes.
  Haddock       "    "       6    "
  Halibut       "    "       15   "
  Blue          "    "       10   "
  Bass          "    "       10   "
  Salmon        "    "       10 to 15 min.
  Small Fish    "    "       6 minutes.

  Lobster                    30 to 40 min.


VEGETABLES.

  Potatoes                   20 to 30 min.
  Asparagus                  20 to 25  "
  Peas                       15 to 20  "
  String Beans               20 to 30  "
  Lima     "                 30 to 40  "
  Spinach                    15 to 20  "
  Turnips                    30 minutes.
  Beets                      30 min. or more.
  Cabbage                    20  "
  Cauliflower                20  "
  Brussels Sprouts           10 to 15 min.
  Onions                     30 to 40  "
  Parsnips                   30 to 40  "
  Green Corn                 20 to 25  "

  Macaroni                   20 minutes.
  Rice                       15 to 20 min.


BAKING.

MEATS.
                                            Time
  Beef, ribs, rare             per pound,  8 to 10 min.
    "    "    well done             "      12 to 15 "
    "    "    boned & rolled        "      12 to 15 "
  Round of Beef                     "      12 to 15 "
  Mutton, leg, rare