Chi Omega Cook Book
In this day of the mounting cost of living, the problem is to so spend the dollar as to bring the best results. The complex demands of modern life are a challenge to the intelligence and foresight of the college-bred woman to use her budget so as to provide her family with the most adequate diet obtainable. It is her duty to build up the physical and the nerve force of the new generation, to build up resistance to fatigue and to disease. Thanks to scientific research, we have learned that calories alone do not build up energy, that unless certain properties known as vitamines are present in the food, force is lacking...
| Title | Chi Omega Cook Book |
| Author | The North Shore Alumnae of Chi Omega |
| Publisher | George Banta Publishing |
| Year | 1910 |
| Copyright | 1910, George Banta Publishing |
| Amazon | Chi Omega Cook Book |
Edited by The North Shore Alumnae of Chi Omega for XI Chapter House Fund Northwestern University Evanston, Ill.
For Extra Copies Address
Miss Helen Shurtleff
815 Lake Avenue
Wilmette, Illinois
The Collegiate Press
George Banta Publishing Co. Menasha, WIS.
Thanks are due to the mothers and friends of Chi Omegas for many of the recipes appearing in this book
Preface- In this day of the mounting cost of living, the problem is to so spend the dollar as to bring the best results. The complex demands of modern life are a challenge to the intelligence and foresight of ...
- Table Of Vitamins
- As Given in the Journal of the American Medical Association A B C Apples ........... * * * Bananas *? *? * Bread (Milk)......
- List Of Calories
- The average business woman requires 2500 calories of food per day. The average housewife requires 1800 calories of food per day. The reducing diet calls for 1200 calories of food per day. Meats B...
- Beverages
- Grape Juice Lemonade 4 large lemons 1 quart water 1 quart grape juice 2 cups sugar 1 orange Method : Boil the sugar and water for ten minutes. Cool and stir in the grape juice and the lemon juic...
- Soups
- Southern Potato Soup 2 medium sized potatoes, diced salt tablespoon butter rivels (heaping tablespoon butter moistened with 1 beaten egg) 1/2 pint milk 1/4 pint cream parsley Method : Cover potatoe...
- Meats
- General Rules For Meat Meat when it comes from market should be removed at once from paper in which it is wrapped, weighed, put in cold place until used. Before cooking it should be trimmed if necess...
- Meats. Part 2
- Peanut Loaf 1 cup stale bread crumbs 1 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped peanuts 1 small onion chopped fine enough hot milk to mold into a loaf 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup melted bu...
- Meats. Part 3
- Meat Loaf 2 1/2 pounds of beef (round steak preferred) 3/4 pound of pork chops 2 cups of bread crumbs moistened with 1 1/2 cups hot milk (cool) 1 egg 1 small onion minced 1 pinch ginger 2 teaspoo...
- Meats. Part 4
- Baked Ham Soak over night. Boil fifteen minutes. Skin. Make a paste of flour and water and cover all over fat part of ham. Bake a large ham from four to five hours. Remove flour crust and cover with...
- Meats. Part 5
- Veal Birds 1 1/2 pounds of veal steak (medium thickness) 1/2 pound bacon 1 egg 1/2 loaf white bread 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Method: Cut veal in two or three inch strips. Flake int...
- Fish
- Escalloped Oysters 1 pint oysters 1 cup cracker crumbs 1/2 cup melted butter Method : Mix the crumbs in the melted butter and then put in the oysters. Bake until crispy brown. Helen Shurtleff,...
- Eggs
- Egg Suggestions Aux Crevettes, with Shrimps - Shrimps cut in squares ano mixed with eggs. Au Fromage - Plain scrambled eggs when cooked add some grated Parmesan Cheese. A la Lyonaise - Onions mince...
- Vegetables
- Baked Beans 3 cups of beans, soaked over night, and parboiled, and put in a bean pot 1 small onion 2 tablespoons bacon fat 1 can tomato soup 2 tablespoons molasses salt 1/2 teaspoon ginger Meth...
- Vegetables. Part 2
- Potato Croquettes 6 potatoes 2 tablespoons cream butter size of an egg beaten yolks of 2 eggs - whites of 2 eggs finely chopped parsley 1 onion chopped fine Method : Boil and mash potatoes, add c...
- Vegetables. Part 3
- Baked Eggplant a medium sized eggplant beaten egg 1 can tomatoes 1 small onion 1 green pepper level teaspoon salt rounding tablespoon flour cheese cracker crumbs Method : Peel eggplant, cut in s...
- Vegetables. Part 4
- Escalloped Celery 2 or 3 bunches of celery cream sauce (2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup cream and 1/2 cup celery water). Method: Clean celery and cut in pieces and boil until ten...
- Breads And Hot Breads
- Bread 1 cup of milk or water 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 tablespoons fat 3 cups flour 1/4 cup luke warm water 1 tablespoon sugar Method : Scald milk, put fat, salt and sugar in bowl. Pour over them th...
- Breads And Hot Breads. Part 2
- Muffins For Two 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup milk 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon butter 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg Method : Mix butter and sugar first, then egg, etc. Ethelwynn M. Tidmarsh, Xi. ...
- Breads And Hot Breads. Part 3
- Bran Gems 1 cup white flour 2 cups bran flour i cup of sour milk or buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda 3 tablespoons molasses pinch of salt butter size of walnut (melt) 1 egg 1/2 cup sugar Method : Bak...
- Breads And Hot Breads. Part 4
- Waffles 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 11/2 cups flour 2 eggs 4 tablespoons melted butter 1 cup milk Method: Mix dry ingredients together and sift twice. Add m...
- Breads And Hot Breads. Part 5
- Coffee Cake 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 heaping teaspoon melted butter salt Method : Beat, with spoon, sugar and egg until creamy; then add alterna...
- Breads And Hot Breads. Part 6
- Cinnamon Toast Mix brown sugar and cinnamon, allowing one-fourth teaspoon cinnamon to every tablespoon of brown sugar. Soften half as much butter, add the sugar mixture and cream. Toast bread on one ...
- Oatmeal Cookies
- 3 eggs 2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 teaspoon soda in about two tablespoons hot water 1/2 cup lard 3 cups flour 3 cups oatmeal (ground up) Theta Alpha Oatmeal Cookies 1 1/2 cups brown...
- Chocolate Cookies
- 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 2 squares melted chocolate (add last) 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 1/2 cups flour (heavy) 1 cup raisins and nuts Method : Drop into pans. Frosting: one cu...
- Cookies
- Cocoanut Drops 1 can Borden's Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 pound shredded cocoanut Method : Add as much of the cocoanut to the milk as will mix in. Drop by spoonfuls on a greased tin and bake from tw...
- Sugar Cookies
- 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar (level) 2 eggs 1 level teaspoon baking powder enough flour to make dough and roll out thin on board 1 tablespoon water 1 teaspoon vanilla Method : Cream butter and sugar...
- Doughnuts
- Cream Doughnuts 1 cup sour cream 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 level teaspoon soda 1/8 spoon salt flour enough to roll soft Method: Beat the sour cream and the sugar and salt together, add beaten eggs and...
- Delicious Swans Down Cake
- 1/2 cupful butter, or substitute 1 cupful sugar 2/3 cupful milk 2 Cupfuls Swans Down Cake Flour 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder 1/4 teaspoonful salt 1 teaspoonful vanilla 3 egg whites Cream butter, g...
- Sponge Cake
- 6 egg yolks beaten stiff to lemon color 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice and rind of one 1 cup flour whites of 6 eggs Method : To well beaten yolks add sugar gradually, mix in lemon juice and...
- Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Cake 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 4 level teaspoons baking powder 1 cup sweet milk 3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon almond 3 eggs 1/2 cup Baker's chocola...
- Graham Cracker Cake
- yolks of 6 eggs 10 graham crackers 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour whites of 6 eggs Filling: 1/2 cup butter (creamed) 4 tablespoons milk 1 1/2 cups sugar (confectioner's)...
- Spice Cake
- 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon 1 teaspoon soda in milk 1 teaspoon baking powder salt 2 cups flour Method : Cream butter and sugar, add ...
- Fruit Cake
- 11/2 pound butter 11/2 pound flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 11/2 cups sugar (white) 11/2 cups sugar (brown) 8 eggs 11/4. pound almonds blanched and chopped coarsed 6 ounces lemon and orange rin...
- Marble Cake
- 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs well beaten 1 cup milk 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla Method: Cream butter and sugar and add the rest of the mixture. Divide in half a...
- Cocoa Cake
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 3/4 cup flour 4 tablespoons cocoa 5 tablespoons boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla Method : Cream the b...
- Sunshine Cake
- 7 egg whites beaten stiff with a little salt 1 small teaspoon cream of tartar added to egg whites when half beaten 1 1/3 cups sugar folded into whites 1 cup flour sifted and folded in 5 yolks beaten ...
- Cakes
- Cake Hints Granulated sugar is best for cakes. Do not move cake in oven while in soft condition. Cake pan should be filled nearly two-thirds full if cake is expected to rise to the top of the pan. ...
- Cakes. Part 2
- Fudge Cake 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup sweet milk 2 eggs 2/3 cup pastry flour 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 squares bitter chocolate 1 cup chopped nuts 1 teaspoon vanilla Method : Cream butter an...
- Cakes. Part 3
- Surprise Cake 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 eggs milk 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla Method : Put melted butter in cup, add two eggs and fill the cup wi...
- Cakes. Part 4
- Cup Cakes 1/3 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 eggs 21/2 teaspoons baking powder 12/3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 cup of nuts Method: Cream butter and sugar, ...
- Cakes. Part 5
- Apple-Sauce Cake 2 eggs 1 cup oil 2 cups brown sugar 2 level teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice x teaspoon salt 4 level teaspoons baking powder Bake in a tube pan. 3 cups apple-sauce (warm) 4 ...
- Icings
- Seven Minute Icing 1 cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons cold water white of one egg 1/4 teaspoon salt Method : Put all of the ingredients in a double boiler over boiling water and beat for seven mi...
- Sauces
- White Sauce This is the foundation for many dishes which can be prepared on the electric stove. It should be carefully made before you begin to prepare the soup, creamed vegetables, or meat. This rec...
- Salads
- One Thousand Island Salad Dressing 2 egg yolks beaten light 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup cream or milk 1 cup vinegar 1/4 cup thick cream 1 quart pickles 2 pimentoes 2 h...
- Salads. Part 2
- Peach Salad Peaches (one peach to each person) white grapes strawberries (in season) fresh cherries (or maraschino) mayonnaise almonds, cut fine Method : Scald, peel and chill peaches. Cut into qu...
- Salads. Part 3
- Twenty-Four Hour Salad I large can white cherries 1 large can grated pineapple 1 lb. almonds blanched 1 lb. marshmallows 1 pint cream whipped 1 lemon 1 egg 2 tablespoons flour Method : Put ju...
- Salads. Part 4
- Fruit Salad 30 marshmallows 1 cup nuts 1 pound red or white grapes 1 cup shredded pineapple 2 bananas 2 chopped apples Dressing: 4 egg yolks 1/2 teaspoon mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt juice 2 le...
- Salads. Part 5
- Tomato Jelly 1 can tomatoes 1 medium sized onion 1 tablespoon mixed spices (whole) 2 tablespoons vinegar 1/2 to cup 1/2 sugar dash cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 envelope gelatine 1/2 cup wat...
- Salads. Part 6
- Salad 1 dozen hard boiled eggs catsup mayonnaise Method : Run eggs through ricer, add a little catsup, moisten with highly seasoned mayonnaise. Put in ring mold, set on ice for three hours. Turn ou...
- Salads. Part 7
- Frozen Salad 2 teaspoons granulated gelatin 1/2 cup cold water 1 scant cup boiled dressing 1 cup grated pineapple 2 cups strawberries mashed (let stand with a little sugar before mixing with ...
- Pies
- Pastry General Rules Flakiness depends on kind and amount of shortening used. Lard makes more tender crust than butter but lacks the flavor that butter gives. Any of the vegetable fats may be used. B...
- Pies. Part 2
- Green Tomato Mince Meat 1 peck green tomatoes 1 peck apples 1 package raisins 1 package currants 5 pounds brown sugar 2 cups molasses 2 cups vinegar 11/2 cups suet (chopped) 2 tablespoons cinnamo...
- Pies. Part 3
- Cream Pie 2 eggs well beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1 pint milk (2/3 condensed milk, 1/3 water 2 tablespoons cornstarcb vanilla Method : Mix sugar and cornstarch well, stir eggs into milk and add to firs...
- Desserts And Puddings
- Egg Cases whites of 3 eggs beaten stiff 1 cup sugar added gradually 1 teaspoon vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla Method: Beat until it stands alone. Drop tablespoonfuls on ungreased pan. Bake very slowly ...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 2
- Orange Charlotte In Orange Baskets Soak one and one-half tablespoons gelatine in one-third cup cold water, then dissolve in one-third cup boiling water, strain, add one cup sugar, three tablespoons l...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 3
- Chocolate Tapioca 1/4 cup minute tapioca soaked in 1/2 cup cold water pinch salt 11/2 cup boiling water 1/2 cup sugar 1 square chocolate vanilla Method: Add boiling water to soaked tapioca and ...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 4
- Peach Dessert peach per person marshmallows boiled or uncooked icing nuts whipped cream Method: Pare peaches and cut in halves. Place marshmallows in center and close. Roll in icing and then in cho...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 5
- Porcupine Apple 1 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup water as many apples as desired; peel and core whole apples. Method: Boil sugar and water until thick syrup. Put apples in syrup and boil until transparent. P...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 6
- Date Pudding 1 cup dates 1 cup walnut meats 1 cup bread crumbs 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup milk 3 eggs 1 heaping tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Method : Put dates, nut...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 7
- Cold Chocolate Bread Pudding 1 cup bread crumbs 2 cups milk 11/2 squares chocolate 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Method : Soak bread crumbs in...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 8
- Orange Sauce 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon butter grated rind one-half orange 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 egg Method: Mix sugar and flour thoroughly, pour over the water and boil fo...
- Desserts And Puddings. Part 9
- Chocolate Ice Box Cake 1/2 cup butter 1 cup confectioner's sugar Method : Cream together; add yolks of three eggs - beaten; beat until smooth. Add two squares chocolate (bitter) melted in three tab...
- Suet Pudding
- 1 cup chopped suet packed tightly 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon ...
- Frozen Dainties
- Chocolate Ice Cream 4 cups milk 2 ounces chocolate 4 eggs nearly 2 cups sugar Method : Shave the chocolate into a saucepan and slowly melt, add the sugar and the milk. Stir until it begins to boi...
- Candies
- Fruit Loaf 1 pound raisins 1/4pound figs 1/2 pound almonds 1 pound confectioner's sugar Piece of butter size of an egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup cream 2 dozen English walnuts Method : Blanc...
- Candies. Continued
- Candy Pudding 3 cups of granulated sugar 1 cup corn syrup 1 cup water 1/4teaspoon cream of tartar Method: Cook until it forms a hard ball, like taffy candy when ready to pull. Then pour it over ...
- Relishes, Jams, Jellies
- Gooseberry Relish 3 pints gooseberries 4 pints sugar juice and grated rind of three oranges. 1/2 pound seedless raisins 1 pint water Method: Cook like any jam. Harriet Wilson Davy, Xi. Plum C...
- Relishes, Jams, Jellies. Part 2
- Chunk Pickles For every 7 pounds of cucumbers 3 pounds brown sugar 3 pints cider vinegar 1 ounce whole allspice 1 ounce cinnamon buds Cassia 1 ounce celery seed 1/2 teaspoon alum Method : Soak cu...
- Relishes, Jams, Jellies. Part 3
- Chili Sauce 21/2 pounds light brown sugar 40 good-sized tomatoes 12 onions 3 red peppers 4 green peppers 2 heaping tablespoons salt 11/2 pints white vinegar 2 teaspoons spices Method : Boil pepp...
- Relishes, Jams, Jellies. Part 4
- Peach Conserve 1 pound peeled peaches 1 pound sugar 1/2 cup water 1/2 pound chopped almonds Method: Cook as for preserves and add nuts last. Katherine Benedict Peth, Xi. Rhubarb Conserve 1...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas
- Bacon And Rice And Egg 1 cup rice 1/2 teaspoonful salt 3 eggs 6 to 8 strips bacon Method : Wash the rice three times and boil for twenty minutes in two quarts of boiling, salted water. Crisp the...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas. Part 2
- Noodles En Casserole Boil one package of noodles twenty minutes in salted water and drain. Chop one cup of boiled ham, one green pepper, and one onion (mix together). Place in layers in casserole, co...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas. Part 3
- Tomato Creole 6 large tomatoes 1 green pepper 1 teaspoon chopped onion 2 tablespoons butter salt and pepper Method : Cut tomatoes in slices, place in buttered baking pan. Sprinkle slice with fin...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas. Part 4
- Cheese Dreams Cream one nippy or snappy cheese and add two tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, one beaten egg, one teaspoon of mustard, and spread on bread. Put slice of bacon on top. Cook in broile...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas. Part 5
- Shrimp Wiggle 1 can shrimps 1 can French peas 2 tablespoons flour 1 large tablespoon butter 11/2 cups cream and milk Method : Make cream sauce of butter, flour and milk and cream. Add shrimps, p...
- Suggestions For Luncheons And Sunday Night Teas. Part 6
- Jones Apples Wash and core apples, fill center with country sausage (link), bake in medium oven with half cup of water in the pan. Helen Shurtleff, Xi. Crabs - Creole Style 1 can crabmeat 2 tab...
- Sandwiches
- Ribbon Sandwiches Cut graham bread and white bread about one-fourth inch thick. Spread a piece of white with butter and pimento cheese. Place graham over and spread it. Do this until you have four or...
- Sandwiches. Continued
- Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich Spread bread with butter, then spread peanut butter on one side and jelly on the other. Fold together and cut in half. Mildred Morrison Donnelly, Tau Alpha. Toa...
- Household Hints
- A Burned Aluminum Pan. - may be cleaned by boiling a pinch of salt and soda in it for three minutes. To Drive Ants Away - Rub kerosene on window sills. To Brighten Copperware - Wet a flannel cloth a...
- Hand Lotion
- 2/3 cup lemon juice 1/3 cup glycerine Shake well 2 drops carbolic acid 2 tablespoons nail oil Gladys Mars Becker, Xi. Coffee for 35 2 1/2 cups coffee 1 egg Let boil very slowly Mix and put in ...
- Plate Luncheons
- Serve with rolls and coffee. 1. Escalloped crabmeat, mushrooms and cheese with potato chips. Half a pear in a nest of lettuce. 2. Chicken patty - stuffed prune salad. 3. Mushroom woodcock with vege...
- Bridge "Eats"
- 1. Any stuffed tomato salad, cheese crackers and coffee. 2. Helen's date cake with whipped cream and coffee. 3. Chicken or fish salad with Swedish wafers and coffee. 4. Perfection salad on a round ...
- Color Luncheons
- Yellow And White Flowers - narcissus, daffodils, poppies, nasturtiums, calendulas, marigolds. clear chicken bouillon golden rod eggs apricot or pear salad cheese straws lemon ice sunshine cake coffe...
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