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One pint of loaf sugar equals ten ounces.
One pint of brown sugar equals twelve ounces.
One pint of granulated sugar equals sixteen ounces.
One pint of wheat flour equals nine ounces.
One pint of corn meal equals eleven ounces.
Use two teaspoonfuls of soda to one pint of sour milk.
Use one teaspoonful of soda to one cupful of mola.s.ses.
One-half teaspoonful cream of tartar with one teaspoonful baking soda equals two teaspoonfuls baking powder.
TIME REQUIRED
For Cooking the Following Meats and Vegetables.
Beef, sirloin, rare, per pound, eight to ten minutes.
Beef, sirloin, well done, per pound, twelve to fifteen minutes.
Chickens, three or four pounds weight, one to one and one-half hours.
Duck, tame, from forty to sixty minutes.
Lamb, well done, per pound, fifteen minutes.
Pork, well done, per pound, thirty minutes.
Turkey, ten pounds, three hours.
Veal, well done, per pound, twenty minutes.
Potatoes, boiled, thirty minutes.
Potatoes, baked, forty-five minutes.
Sweet potatoes, boiled, forty-five minutes.
Sweet potatoes, baked, one hour.
Squash, boiled, twenty-five minutes.
Squash, baked, forty-five minutes.
Green peas, boiled, twenty to forty minutes.
String beans, one to two hours.
Green corn, from twenty to thirty minutes.
Asparagus, fifteen to thirty minutes.
Spinach, one to two hours.
Tomatoes, one hour.
Cabbage, forty-five minutes to two hours.
Cauliflower, one to two hours.
Dandelions, two to three hours.
Beet greens, one hour.
Onions, one to two hours.
Beets, one to five hours.
Turnips, forty-five minutes to one hour.
Parsnips, from one-half to one hour.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
When peeling onions, if you will hold the onions under the running cold water, there will be no discomfort experienced.
Put a thimble over the end of rods and you can easily run it through your curtains, or an old glove finger will answer the purpose if thimble is too large.
To mark a hem in linen, remove thread from the machine and run the goods through the hemmer as though st.i.tching; you will find a perfect hem turned down.
For removing odor of onions from hands, use celery or powdered celery seed.
A handful of salt rubbed around sink will help remove all grease and keep it sweet and clean.
A tiny pinch of soda will sweeten cream slightly soured.
To remove bread or cake from pans, apply wet cloth to bottom of pan.
