Time Table For Cooking

From a

cook book

over 106 years old

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Asparagus, Tomatoes and Peas..............15 to 20 minutes

Brown Bread..........................................................3 hours

Beef Corned and A-la-mode........................3 to 5 hours

Beef, Mutton..................................................2 to 3 hours

Beans--string and shell................................1 to 3 hours

Coffee........................................................3 to 5 minutes

Corn Meal..............................................................3 hours

Clams, Oysters..............................................3 to 5 minutes

Cabbage and Young Beets......................30 to 45 minutes

Carrots, Onions and Vegetable Oysters...30 to 60 minutes

Eggs, soft boiled.............................................1 to 3 minutes

Eggs, hard boiled..........................................6 to10 minutes

Freezing Ice Cream............................................30 minutes

Hominy, fine...........................................................1 hour

Ham....................................................................5 hours

Macaroni, Potatoes and Spinach.............20 to 30 minutes

Oat Meal, coarse, steamed...................................3 hours

Oat Meal, rolled...................................................30 minutes

Potted Pigeons........................................................2 hours

Parsnips and Turnips...............................30 to 45 minutes

Puddings, one quart, steamed..............................3 hours

Puddings, small.......................................................1 hour

Rice, steamed............................................45 to 60 minutes

Rice, boiled..............................................15 to 20 minutes

Soup Stock...................................................5 to 8 minutes

Sweet Corn...................................................5 to 8 minutes

Sweet Breads.............................................20 to 30 minutes

Squash, Celery and Cauliflower..............20 to 30 minutes

Tea, steeped without boiling................................5 minutes

Tongue.........................................................3 to 4 hours

Water, one quart, over gas, covered...................5 minutes

Water, one pint, over gas, uncovered.................4 minutes

Wheat Granules........................................20 to 30 minutes