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The THIRD rule is: Care and deliberation. All cooking should be put on the stove
at the proper moment-- neither too early nor too late. The size of the kettles
or other utensils should always be adapted to quantity of whatever is to be
cooked; this is particularly essential in cooking meats.--The fire must be
carefully attended to, so that the cooking will proceed uniformly and the food
neither be scorched nor served half-done.
The FOURTH rule is, to have all ingredients and materials necessary for the
preparation of your dishes ready and handy before you commence cooking, so that
nothing need be hurriedly done and you have abundant time to cook everything
properly and can send it to the table nicely and orderly. Many excellent dishes
are spoiled when improperly served. Plenty of hot water should always be ready
while you are cooking in case any is needed for replenishing purposes; it is
also better to warm platters, plates, etc., in hot water than to do this on the
stove or in the oven, because they are not so liable to discolor or crackle.
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In the following receipts the various quantities of each ingredient to be used
have been given as accurately as possible, but the proportion of salt for each
dish could not, in all cases, be definitely indicated; it would also be
impossible to have scales and measures always at hand in order to minutely
determine how much of this the other article should be taken. Practice will soon
enable the painstaking cook to judge correctly in regard to these particular
matters of detail. Spices should, generally speaking, be used in accordance with
the taste of those who are to partake of the dishes, but, on the whole, the
directions given in the receipts should be adhered to. Pepper should always be
added with caution, because its overabundant use is deleterious to health,
especially for children. For the same reason, nutmegs and cloves should be used
as sparingly as possible. Every dish should of course be properly spiced, but
too much spicing must always be avoided.
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