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SANDWICHES
SANDWICHES
Sandwiches may be made from one of three or four kinds of bread; whole wheat bread, Boston brown or oatmeal bread, white bread and rye bread made into square, deep loaves; in fact, all bread used for sandwiches should be made especially for the purpose, so that the slices may be in good form, and sufficiently large to cut into fancy shapes. The butter may be used plain, slightly softened or it may be seasoned and flavored with just a suspicion of paprika, a little white pepper, and a few drops o
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SWEET SANDWICHES
SWEET SANDWICHES
Under this heading we place all those dainty sandwiches that are made from thin slices of bread and butter and a jam or fruit filling. They are usually cut into circles; it is more economical to do this before the bread is buttered, unless you can cut rounds from one side, and a crescent above it. Almost any sweet may be used. Serve with chocolate or coffee according to the fruit, either for an afternoon tea or an “evening.” Chop a quarter of a pound of candied cherries very fine, adding occasio
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CANAPÉS
CANAPÉS
These are slices of bread cut into fancy shapes, toasted or quickly fried in hot oil, or they may be spread with butter and browned in a quick oven. One slice only is used for each canapé. The mixture is spread on top, the top garnished, and the canapé used at once. Cover a round or square of toast with anchovies that have been mashed and seasoned with a little tomato catsup. Put a little chopped celery around the edge as a garnish and send at once to the table. Season the caviar with onion and
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SCENTED SANDWICHES
SCENTED SANDWICHES
There is a group of rather æsthetic sandwiches made from thin slices of bread and butter flavored or scented with flowers. Among those in common use are clover, rose and the nasturtium. The crust is trimmed off from the outside of the loaf; the loaf placed down in a clean stone jar in a nest of clover blossoms; the butter is put in a piece of cheese cloth and also covered with clover, and the jar covered over night. The next morning the bread and butter will have the flavor of clover. In making
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ADDITIONAL RECIPES
ADDITIONAL RECIPES
A big book of 731 pages, abundantly illustrated. Its bigness is no criterion of its goodness. The fact that it is the best work of the best years of Mrs. Rorer's life; that it is a complete new book telling of the things one needs to know about cooking, living, health, and the easiest and best way of housekeeping—these are what make for goodness, and place this book far in advance of any other of a like nature. The New Cook Book covers all departments of cookery. A masterly exposition of each su
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Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book
Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book
The book is full of choice recipes, every one of which has been successfully tested by Mrs. Rorer and found to come out right. This alone is of incalculable benefit and ought to commend the book to the favorable consideration of every housekeeper. The use of this book in the home means better health, better living, economy in the use of food, and a consequent saving in dollars and cents. 12mo, nearly 600 pages, with portrait of author; bound in cloth, $1.00 net; by mail, $1.15...
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Mrs. Rorer's Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes
Mrs. Rorer's Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes
This book has a twofold object: It goes without saying that we all know too little about the value of vegetables as food. We eat them because they are palatable, not realizing their immense importance as body builders. Here they are classified, and thus made to give us a right idea of their use. Then as to Meat Substitutes. It is not necessary to be a vegetarian to desire a change from a meat diet. There are health reasons often demanding abstention from meats; or economy may be an impelling mot
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Mrs. Rorer's Every Day Menu Book
Mrs. Rorer's Every Day Menu Book
In the course of her teaching and editorial work, there have come to Mrs. Rorer frequent requests for a book that will provide a daily bill of fare, one that will be at once rational, its directions easy of accomplishment, and give an excellent variety. Hence this Menu Book. It contains a menu for every meal in the year, systematically arranged by months and days; menus for special occasions, such as holidays, weddings, luncheons, teas, etc.; illustrations of decorated tables for various social
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Mrs. Rorer's Cakes, Icings and Fillings
Mrs. Rorer's Cakes, Icings and Fillings
Every one is interested in the cake problem. There is possibly no item in the home bill of fare on which a woman prides herself as the ability to make a good cake. But how to add variety to the goodness? Here's the book to help. Contains a large number of enticing and valuable recipes for cakes of all sorts and conditions. Some need filling, some need icing—well, here you have all the necessary information. Best of all, there is no fear as to results. Follow the directions and your cake is bound
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Mrs. Rorer's Canning and Preserving
Mrs. Rorer's Canning and Preserving
The only book on the subject worth the name. In it Mrs. Rorer discusses at length the canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables, with the kindred subjects of marmalades, butters, fruit jellies and syrups, drying and pickling. The recipes are clearly and simply given. In the new edition now presented, the author has brought the book up to date, and has included many new, rare and original recipes that have been accumulating since the book was first introduced. It has always been a favorite
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Mrs. Rorer's My Best 250 Recipes
Mrs. Rorer's My Best 250 Recipes
It would be strange indeed if, out of the multitude of recipes Mrs. Rorer has invented and used during her long career as a teacher, writer and lecturer, she did not have some that appealed to her more strongly than others. She has gathered these together, classifying them under their different heads. There are Best 20 Soups; Best 20 Fish Recipes; Best 20 Meats; Best 20 Salads; Best 20 Desserts; Best 20 Sauces, Vegetables, Fruit Preserves, Luncheon Dishes, Ices, Summer Recipes, Left Overs, Game
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Mrs. Rorer's New Salads
Mrs. Rorer's New Salads
For Dinners, Luncheons, Suppers and Receptions. With a group of Odd Salads and some Ceylon Salads . A salad made from a succulent green vegetable and French dressing, should be seen on the dinner table in every well-regulated household three hundred and sixty-five times a year. These green vegetables contain the salts necessary to the well being of our blood; the oil is an easily-digested form of fatty matter; the lemon juice gives us sufficient acid; therefore simple salads are exceedingly whol
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Mrs. Rorer's Dainties
Mrs. Rorer's Dainties
Possibly no part of the daily bill of fare so taxes the ingenuity of the housewife as the dessert, that final touch to the meal that lingers in the palate like a benediction. We tire of constant repetitions of familiar things. We want variety. Why not have it when there are so many ways and means of gratifying our tastes. Mrs. Rorer has given here a number of choice things covering quite a range of possibilities....
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Mrs. Rorer's Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
Mrs. Rorer's Many Ways for Cooking Eggs
Did you ever reflect what an important part eggs play in our domestic economy? When from any reason other things fail, the perplexed housewife knows she can do something to tide over her difficulties by the use of eggs. But how many know the great possibilities that lie in an egg—the very many ways of cooking and preparing them for the table? To many, boiled, fried, poached and scrambled form the limit of their knowledge. But get this book and you'll be surprised at the feast in store for you. Y
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Mrs. Rorer's Made-Over Dishes
Mrs. Rorer's Made-Over Dishes
How to transform the left overs into palatable and wholesome dishes. With many new and valuable recipes. We quote from the author's introduction: “Economical marketing does not mean the purchase of inferior articles at a cheap price, but of a small quantity of the best materials found in the market; these materials to be wisely and economically used. Small quantity and no waste, just enough and not a piece too much, is a good rule to remember. In roasts and steaks, however, there will be, in spi
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Mrs. Rorer's Sandwiches
Mrs. Rorer's Sandwiches
Of all the useful and dependable articles of food, commend us to the Sandwich. Nothing in the whole range of foods presents such a wonderful opportunity for variety. The sandwich is the handy thing for suppers, teas, social calls, school lunch baskets, picnics—but where can you not use it to advantage and enjoyment? In this book Mrs. Rorer has given a lot of new, original recipes, with some very odd ones. She has drawn upon her wonderful knowledge and inventive faculty and the result is a bewild
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Mrs. Rorer's How to Use a Chafing Dish
Mrs. Rorer's How to Use a Chafing Dish
It is wonderful the amount of pleasure and satisfaction that can be had with a Chafing Dish. Few people know how to use one successfully, although the art is easily acquired. This book, for instance, gives the proper directions for making hosts of good things, and if they are followed implicitly, the most inexperienced person can be sure of results. It is a handy thing in an emergency, and it forms a delightful adjunct to a supper or dinner. Guests are always interested in watching the evolution
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Mrs. Rorer's Hot Weather Dishes
Mrs. Rorer's Hot Weather Dishes
Its name tells the whole story. It is the only book of the kind published. Hot weather seems to suspend the inventive faculty of even the best housekeepers, and at a season when the appetite needs every help and encouragement, this book will be found of the greatest use. 12mo, cloth, 50 cents net; by mail, 55 cents...
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Mrs. Rorer's Home Candy Making
Mrs. Rorer's Home Candy Making
A veritable book of sweets, full of choice recipes, with complete instructions for making the many delicacies that delight both young and old. It is the result of careful practice in teaching beginners how to make attractive and wholesome varieties of home-made candies. The excellence of the recipes consists in their simplicity and faithfulness to details....
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Mrs. Rorer's Bread and Bread-Making
Mrs. Rorer's Bread and Bread-Making
The object of this book is two-fold. First, to give in a concise and easily-managed form a set of recipes used in every household every day. Secondly, to point out the reasons why failures so often occur, even with perfect recipes, and how to guard against them....
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Mrs. Rorer's Quick Soups New Ways for Oysters
Mrs. Rorer's Quick Soups New Ways for Oysters
These two books were written in response to requests for information on the subjects. Designed to meet the special wants of a numerous class of housekeepers who are given to entertaining, and are so often at loss to know what and how to prepare for their guests. The housekeeper will find them very handy. 24mo, cloth, 25 cents net; by mail, 30 cents...
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Household Accounts
Household Accounts
A simple method of recording the daily expenses of the family. The book contains ruled pages, systematically and simply divided into spaces in which are kept the purchases for each day of milk, butter, eggs, meat, groceries, vegetables, etc. The daily expenses total up for the months, and the months for the year. There are other forms for recording expenses of help, light, heat and general household expenditures in table and bed linens, china and kitchen utensils, etc. Manilla boards, 25 cents n
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Cakes, Cake Decorations and Desserts
Cakes, Cake Decorations and Desserts
By Charles H. King . The author tells his methods in his own practical way, and gives abundant recipes. The book is illustrated by engravings of numerous decorated pieces, and has a silhouette chart. 12mo, cloth, $1.00 net; by mail, $1.15...
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