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Blank Page Blank Page Copyright, 1913, by McBride, N ast & Co. Published, October, 1913 CONTENTS PAGE Grace before Me a t ..............................................9 The Staff of Li f e ..................................................26 Saving Y our Ba c o n ............................................39 H ams and Ot h e r H a m s ..................................... 59 F or Thirsty So u l s ............................................72 P aste, P ies, P uddings...........................................90 Creole Co o k e r y ................................................118 Cakes, Great and Sm a l l .............................136 Meat, P o ultry, Game, E g g s.............................158 Soups, Salads, Re l is h e s ................................... 185 Vegetables, F ruit Desserts, Sandwiches 202 P ickles, P reserves, Coffee, Tea, Choco late .............................................................220 W hen the Orchards “ H it ” .... 239 Upon Oc c a s io n s ................................................257 Soap and Ca n d l e s ......................................... 292 Blank Page Blank Page Grace before Meat “Let me cook the dinners of a nation, and I shall not care who makes its laws.” Women, if they did but know it, might well thus paraphrase a famous saying. Proper dinners mean so much—good blood, good health, good judgment, good conduct. The fact makes tragic a truth too little regarded; namely, that while bad cooking can ruin the very best of raw foodstuffs, all the arts of all the cooks in the world can do no more than palliate things stale, flat and unprofitable. To buy such things is waste, instead of econ omy. Food must satisfy the palate else it will never truly satisfy the stomach. 9 10 An unsatisfied stomach, or one overworked by having to wrestle with food which has bulk out of all proportion to flavor, too often makes its vengeful protest in dyspep sia.
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