Cookery for Little Girls

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Cookery for Little Girls This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Cookery for Little Girls Author: Olive Hyde Foster Release date: September 16, 2011 [eBook #37444] Most recently updated: January 8, 2021 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37444 Credits: Produced by Heather Clark, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS *** Produced by Heather Clark, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: READY TO POUR THE JELLY] COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS BY OLIVE HYDE FOSTER [Illustration] NEW YORK DUFFIELD & COMPANY MCMX COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY DUFFIELD & CO. THE PREMIER PRESS NEW YORK _DEDICATED_ _To two of the dearest little girls that ever learned to cook._ Preface This book has been prepared with the special purpose of assisting mothers throughout the country to train their small daughters in the art of cookery. Scarcely any child can be trusted to take a recipe and work alone, as the clearest directions need the watchful supervision of an experienced woman, who can detect the coming mistake and explain the reason for doing things in a certain way. All children like to experiment in the kitchen, and instead of allowing them to become an annoyance, they should be so directed that their efforts will result in immediate help to the mother and prove invaluable life lessons to the little ones themselves. Nothing is really more pitiable than the helpless woman