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Green Pease 1
Wash lightly two quarts shelled pease, put into boiling water enough to cover, boil twenty minutes, add pepper, salt, and more hot water if needed to prevent burning, and two table-spoons butter rubbed into two of flour; stir well, and boil five minutes If pods are clean and fresh, boil first in water to give flavor, skim out and put in pease. Canned pease should be rinsed before cooking.
Housekeeper's Alphabet 1
Apples - Keep in dry place, as cool as possible without freezing.
Brooms - Hang in the cellar-way to keep soft and pliant.
Cranberries - Keep under water, in cellar; change water monthly.
Dish of hot water set in oven prevents cakes, etc,. from scorching.
Economize time, health, and means, and you will never beg.
Flour - Keep cool, dry, and securely covered.
Glass - Clean with a quart of water mixed with a tablespoonful of ammonia
Herbs - Gather when beginning to blossom; keep in paper sacks.
Ink Stains - Wet with spirits turpentine; after three hours, rub well.
Jars - To prevent, coax "husband" to buy "Buckeye Cookery."
Keep an account of all supplies, with a cost and date when purchased.
Love lightens labor.
Money - Count carefully when you receive change.
Nutmegs - Prick with a pin, and if good, oil will run out.
Orange and lemon peel - Dry, pound, and keep in corked bottles.
Parsnips - Keep in ground until spring.
Quicksilver and white of an egg destroys bedbugs.
Rice - Select large, with a clear, fresh look; old rice may have insects.
Sugar - For general family use, the granulated is best.
Tea - Equal parts of Japan and green are as good as English breakfast.
Use a cement made of ashes, salt, and water for cracks in stove.
Variety is the best culinary spice.
Watch your back yard for dirt and bones.
Xantippe was a scold. Don't inflate her.
Youth is best preserved by a cheerful temper.
Zinc-lined sicks are better than wood ones.
& regulate the clock by your husband's watch, and in all appointments of time remember the Giver.
Green Pease 1
Wash lightly two quarts shelled pease, put into boiling water enough to cover, boil twenty minutes, add pepper, salt, and more hot water if needed to prevent burning, and two table-spoons butter rubbed into two of flour; stir well, and boil five minutes If pods are clean and fresh, boil first in water to give flavor, skim out and put in pease. Canned pease should be rinsed before cooking.
Housekeeper's Alphabet 1
Apples - Keep in dry place, as cool as possible without freezing.
Brooms - Hang in the cellar-way to keep soft and pliant.
Cranberries - Keep under water, in cellar; change water monthly.
Dish of hot water set in oven prevents cakes, etc,. from scorching.
Economize time, health, and means, and you will never beg.
Flour - Keep cool, dry, and securely covered.
Glass - Clean with a quart of water mixed with a tablespoonful of ammonia
Herbs - Gather when beginning to blossom; keep in paper sacks.
Ink Stains - Wet with spirits turpentine; after three hours, rub well.
Jars - To prevent, coax "husband" to buy "Buckeye Cookery."
Keep an account of all supplies, with a cost and date when purchased.
Love lightens labor.
Money - Count carefully when you receive change.
Nutmegs - Prick with a pin, and if good, oil will run out.
Orange and lemon peel - Dry, pound, and keep in corked bottles.
Parsnips - Keep in ground until spring.
Quicksilver and white of an egg destroys bedbugs.
Rice - Select large, with a clear, fresh look; old rice may have insects.
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Tea - Equal parts of Japan and green are as good as English breakfast.
Use a cement made of ashes, salt, and water for cracks in stove.
Variety is the best culinary spice.
Watch your back yard for dirt and bones.
Xantippe was a scold. Don't inflate her.
Youth is best preserved by a cheerful temper.
Zinc-lined sicks are better than wood ones.
& regulate the clock by your husband's watch, and in all appointments of time remember the Giver.
- Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping. Complied from original recipes. "Bad dinners go hand in hand with total depravity, while a properly fed man is already half saved." 1877
