Millionaire Households and Their Domestic Economy, With Hints upon Fine Living by Mary Elizabeth Carter, first published in 1903, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES These tried recipes will prove true to the faithful user. Like principle, a recipe demands fidelity at every step; and may not, with impunity, be tampered with. 1. TO JUDGE THE HEAT OP AN OVEN. Put a little flour in on the bottom and slides--half a teaspoonful at each place. Close the door until two minutes by the clock have elapsed, then look. If the flour has become a yellow-brown the oven is ready for ordinary baking--bread, plain cake, sponge-cake, etc. For a quick oven the flour should turn as above in one minute and a half. This is a good oven for pastry or quick biscuit. If for slow baking, the browning of flour should take two and a half or three minutes. But remember, the oven must, in all cases, be steady. Many good ingredients, well mixed, are spoiled, in the baking, because the cook uses no judgment. For all baking and cooking one must pay close attention. When the oven is right, keep it to. 2. BREAD WITHOUT KNEADING. Scald one pint of milk. Add one teaspoonful of salt. Two even table-spoonfuls of granulated sugar. When tepid add three-fourths of a yeast-cake dissolved in warm water. Gradually stir in well-sifted flour, until the dough does not run back to the sides of the pan. Set it in a warm place until risen to double the original height. Put into pans, filling them lees than half full. Let it rise once more to double itself. Bake in an oven tested with a pinch of flour that has browned to a light shade in two minutes by the clockno hotter, no cooler. It bakes in thirty to thirty-five minutes. 3. GRAHAM BREAD. Graham flour, quantity later. At night set a sponge with the warm water, white flour, yeast, and salt, well mixed. Cover and leave in a warm place over night. In the morning add...

Excerpt from Millionaire Households and Their Domestic Economy: With Hints Upon Fine Living Household work may be compared to Pen elope's web, ever being done and undone. The woman presiding over it should be wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. Above all, to a high sense of duty unswervingly loyal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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