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THE FIRELESS COOK BOOK
The
Fireless Cook Book
A Manual of the Construction and Use of
Appliances for Cooking by Retained Heat
WITH 250 RECIPES
By
MARGARET J. MITCHELL
Author of “Cereal Foods and Their Preparation”; formerly Dietitian
of Manhattan State Hospital, New York; Director of
Domestic Science in Public Schools, Bradford, Pa.;
Instructor in Domestic Science, Drexel
Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1913
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, MAY, 1909
Assistance is gratefully acknowledged from Mr. AbrahamHenwood, Professor of Chemistry at Drexel Institute,who supplied valuable information and revised the chemistryin the Appendix.
Thanks are also due to Mrs. Runyon, manager of thelunch room in the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, and toMiss Armstrong, director of the Drexel Institute LunchRoom, for information furnished by them upon the subjectof fireless cookery with large quantities; and to manyothers who have aided the author by advice, information,and encouragement.
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PREFACE
The aim of this book is to present in a convenientform such directions for making andusing fireless cookers and similar insulatingboxes, that those who are not experienced, evenin the ordinary methods of cookery, may be ableto follow them easily and with success. Thefact that their management has been so littleunderstood has been the cause of failures amongthe adventurous women who, attracted by theirnovelty, have tried to experiment with them andhave come to the mistaken conclusion that theyare not practical, have limited scope, and arealtogether a good deal of a disappointment. Suchwomen have made the statement that they arenot adapted to cooking starchy foods; that theywill not do for most vegetables; that raised breadsand puddings cannot be cooked in them, and thatthere is little economy in using them! It hasinvariably been found, however, that a betterunderstanding of their management has resultedin complete success, followed inevitably byenthusiasm.
The first few chapters of the book give directions[viii]for making and using a cooker, methods ofmeasuring, and some tables for quick reference,followed by a large number of frequently testedrecipes, some of which are entirely original, butmany of which