Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book

good cooking cannot be made out of bad marketing. I hope those who consult this book will find themselves at no loss, whether required to prepare sumptuous viands "for company," or to furnish a daily supply of nice dishes for an excellent family table; or plain, yet wholesome and palatable food where economy is very expedient. ELIZA LESLIE. _Philadelphia, March 28th, 1857._ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Tested and Arranged by Miss Leslie. Wheat flour one pound of 16 ounces is one quart. Indian meal one pound 2 ounces is one quart. Butter, when soft one pound 1 ounce is one quart. Loaf sugar, broken up, one pound is one quart. White sugar, powdered, one pound 1 ounce is one quart. Best brown sugar, one pound 2 ounces is one quart. Eggs ten eggs weigh one pound. LIQUID MEASURE. Four large table-spoonfuls are half a jill. Eight large table-spoonfuls are one jill. Two jills are half a pint. A common-sized tumbler holds half a pint. A common-sized wine-glass holds about half a jill. Two pints are one quart. Four quarts are one gallon. About twenty-five drops of any thin liquid will fill a common-sized tea-spoon. Four table-spoonfuls will generally fill a common-sized wine-glass. Four wine-glasses will fill a half pint tumbler, or a large coffee-cup. A quart black bottle holds in reality about a pint and a half; sometimes not so much. A table-spoonful of salt is about one ounce. DRY MEASURE. Half a gallon is a quarter of a peck. One gallon is half a peck. Two gallons are one peck. Four gallons are half a bushel. Eight gallons are one bushel. Throughout this book, the pound is avoirdupois weight--sixteen ounces. GENERAL CONTENTS. PAGE SOUPS, 33 FISH, 77 SHELL-FISH, 108 BEEF, 138 MUTTON, 173 VEAL, 188 PORK, 216 HAM AND BACON, 235 VENISON, 252 POULTRY AND GAME, 265 SAUCES, 309 VEGETABLES, 343 BREAD, PLAIN CAKES, ETC., 401 PLAIN DESSERTS, 444 FINE DESSERTS, 469 FINE CAKES, 516 SWEETMEATS, 543 PICKLES, 568 PREPARATIONS FOR THE SICK, 581 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS, 595 WORTH KNOWING, 645 ANIMALS FIGURES EXPLANATORY OF THE PIECES INTO WHICH THE FIVE