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Science in the Kitchen

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"Science in the Kitchen" by E. E. Kellogg is a scientific treatise that was written during the late 19th century. This work delves into the art and science of dietary practices, exploring the relationship between food preparation, health, and nutrition. The book likely covers principles of healthful cookery, backed by scientific principles, and gives numerous recipes aimed at providing wholesome and nourishing meals. The opening portion of the text sets the stage for an exploration of how modern science can transform traditional cooking methods. It discusses the increasing interest in scientific cookery and dietetics, as reflected in the establishment of cooking schools. The author highlights the inadequacies of conventional methods and emphasizes a systematic approach to the preparation of food, aiming for simplicity and nutritional value. Mrs. Kellogg outlines the need for a scientific understanding of food along with practical advice on cooking and dietary combinations, indicating a shift from mere culinary skill to informed, health-oriented practices.

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  • Cooking, American
  • Diet
  • Vegetarianism

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Desserts

Appropriate and healthful desserts
Objections to the use of desserts
The simplest dessert
General suggestions
Importance of good material
Preparation of dried fruit for dessert
Molded desserts
Suggestions for flavoring:
To prepare almond paste
Cocoanut flavor
Orange and lemon flavor
To color sugar
Fruit desserts
Recipes:
Apple dessert
Apple meringue dessert. Apple rose cream
Apple snow
Baked apples with cream
Baked sweet apple dessert
Bananas in syrup
Baked bananas
Fresh fruit compote
Grape apples
Peach cream
Prune dessert
Desserts made of fruit with grains, bread, etc.
Recipes:
Apple sandwich
Apple sandwich No. 2
Baked apple pudding
Barley fruit pudding
Barley fig pudding
Blackberry cornstarch pudding
Cocoanut and cornstarch blancmange
Cornstarch blancmange
cornstarch with raisins
Cornstarch with apples
Cornstarch fruit mold
Cornstarch fruit mold No. 2
Cracked wheat pudding
Cracked wheat pudding No. 2
Farina blancmange
Farina fruit mold
Fruit pudding
Jam pudding
Plain fruit pudding or Brown Betty
Prune pudding
Rice meringue
Rice snowball
Rice fruit dessert
Rice dumpling
Rice cream pudding
Rice pudding with raisins
Red rice mold
Rice and fruit dessert
Rice and tapioca pudding
Rice flour mold
Rice and stewed apple dessert
Rice and strawberry dessert
Stewed fruit pudding
Strawberry minute pudding
Sweet apple pudding
Whortleberry pudding
Desserts with tapioca, sago, manioca, and sea moss
Recipes:
Apple tapioca
Apple tapioca No. 2
Banana dessert
Blackberry tapioca
Cherry pudding
Fruit tapioca
Molded tapioca with fruit
Pineapple tapioca
Prune and tapioca pudding
Tapioca and fig pudding
Peach tapioca
Tapioca jelly
Apple sago pudding
Red sago mold
Sago fruit pudding
Sago pudding
Manioca with fruit
Raspberry manioca mold
Sea moss blancmange
Desserts made with gelatin
Gelatine an excellent culture medium
Dangers in the use of gelatine
Quantity to be used
Recipes:
Apples in jelly
Apple shape
Banana dessert
Clear dessert
Fruit foam dessert
Fruit shape
Gelatine custard
Layer-pudding
Lemon jelly
Jelly with fruit
Orange dessert; Oranges in jelly
Orange jelly
Snow pudding
Desserts with crusts
Recipes:
Apple tart
Gooseberry tart
Cherry tart
Strawberry and other fruit shortcakes
Banana shortcake
Lemon shortcake
Berry shortcake with prepared cream
Cream
Raised pie
Baked apple loaf
Custard puddings
Importance of slow cooking
Best utensils for cooking
Custard desserts in cups
To stir beaten eggs into heated milk
To flavor custards and custard puddings
Recipes:
Apple custard
Apple custard No. 2
Apple custard No. 3
Apple cornstarch custard
Apple and bread custard
Almond cornstarch pudding
Almond cream
Apple charlotte
Banana custard
Boiled custard
Boiled custard bread pudding
Bread and fruit custard
Bread custard pudding
Bread and fig pudding
Bread and apricot pudding
Caramel custard
Carrot pudding
Cocoanut cornstarch pudding
Cocoanut custard
Cocoanut rice custard
Corn meal pudding
Corn meal pudding No. 2
Corn meal and fig pudding
Cornstarch meringue
Cracked wheat pudding
Cup custard
Farina custard
Farina pudding
Floating island
Fruit custard
Graham grits pudding
Ground rice pudding
Lemon pudding
Lemon cornstarch pudding
Lemon cornstarch pudding No. 2
Macaroni pudding
Molded rice or snowballs
Orange float
Orange custard
Orange pudding
Peach meringue
Picnic pudding
Plain cornstarch pudding
Plain custard
Prune pudding
Prune whip
Rice apple custard pudding
Rice custard pudding
Rice snow
Rice snow with jelly
Rice with eggs
Snow pudding
Steamed custard
Strawberry charlotte
Pop corn pudding
Sago custard pudding
Sago and fruit custard pudding
Snowball custard
Tapioca custard
Tapioca pudding
Vermicelli pudding
White custard
White custard No. 2
Steamed pudding
Precautions to be observed in steaming puddings
Recipes:
Batter pudding
Bread and fruit custard
Date pudding
Rice balls
Steamed bread custard
Steamed fig pudding
Pastry and cake
Deleterious effects from the use of
Reasons for indigestibility
General directions for making pies
Recipes
Paste for pies
Corn meal crust
Granola crust
Paste for tart shells
Cream filling
Grape tart
Lemon filling
Tapioca filling
Apple custard pie
Banana pie
Bread pie
Carrot pie
Cocoanut pie
Cocoanut pie No. 2
Cream pie
Cranberry pie
Dried apple pie
Dried apple pie with raisins
Dried apricot pie
Farina pie
Fruit pie
Grape jelly pie
Jelly custard pie
Lemon pie
Lemon meringue custard
One crust peach pie
Orange pie
Peach custard pie
Prune pie
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin pie No. 2
Pumpkin pie without eggs
Simple custard pie
Squash pie
Squash pie without eggs
Sweet apple custard pie
Sweet potato pie
Cake
General suggestions for preparation of
Cake made light with yeast
Cake made light with air
Recipes:
Apple cake
Cocoanut custard cake
Cream cake
Delicate cup cake
Fig layer cake
Fruit jelly cake
Gold and silver cake
Icing for cakes
Orange cake
Fruit cake
Loaf cake
Pineapple cake
Plain buns
Sponge cake
Sugar crisps
Variety cake
Table topics.

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Contents

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  1. Preface
  2. Desserts
  3. Introduction
  4. Ella E. Kellogg
  5. Table Topics
  6. The Digestion of Foods
  7. Table Topics
  8. Cookery
  9. The Principles of Scientific Cookery
  10. Table Topics
  11. Household Workshop
  12. Kitchen Conveniences
  13. Table Topics
  14. Cereals and Their Preparation for the Table
  15. Wheat
  16. Finer Mill Products of Wheat
  17. The Oat, or Avena
  18. Recipes
  19. Barley
  20. Rice
  21. Recipes
  22. Rye
  23. Maize, or Indian Corn
  24. Macaroni
  25. Table Topics
  26. Breadstuffs and Breadmaking
  27. Bread Made Light by Fermentation
  28. Liquid Yeast
  29. Fermented Breads
  30. Unfermented Breads
  31. Table Topics
  32. Fruits
  33. Analysis
  34. Fresh Fruit for the Table
  35. Keeping Fresh Fruit
  36. Cooked Fruit
  37. The Preservation of Fruit
  38. Canning Fruit
  39. Fruit Jellies
  40. Fruit Juices
  41. Drying Fruit
  42. Nuts
  43. Table Topics
  44. Legumes
  45. Peas
  46. Beans
  47. Table Topics
  48. Vegetables
  49. The Irish Potato
  50. The Sweet Potato
  51. Turnips
  52. Parsnips
  53. Carrots
  54. Beets
  55. Cabbage
  56. Cauliflower and Broccoli
  57. Spinach
  58. Celery
  59. Asparagus
  60. Sea-Kale
  61. Lettuce and Radish
  62. Cymling, Summer Squash, or Vegetable Marrow
  63. Winter Squashes
  64. The Pumpkin
  65. Tomato
  66. Egg Plant
  67. Cucumber
  68. Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster
  69. Green Corn, Peas, and Beans
  70. The Onion
  71. Canning Vegetables
  72. Table Topics
  73. A Voice from the Corn
  74. Soups
  75. Table Topics
  76. Breakfast Dishes
  77. Table Topics
  78. Desserts
  79. General Suggestions
  80. Fruit Desserts
  81. Desserts Made of Fruit with Grains, Bread, Etc
  82. Desserts with Tapioca, Sago, Monica, and Sea Moss
  83. Desserts Made with Gelatine
  84. Desserts with Crusts
  85. Custard Puddings
  86. Steamed Pudding
  87. Pastry and Cake
  88. Cake
  89. Table Topics
  90. Gravies and Sauces
  91. Gravies and Sauces for Vegetables
  92. Sauces for Desserts and Puddings
  93. Table Topics
  94. Beverages
  95. Table Topics
  96. Milk
  97. Cream
  98. Skim-Milk
  99. Buttermilk
  100. Butter
  101. Cheese
  102. Table Topics
  103. Eggs
  104. Omelets
  105. Table Topics
  106. Meats
  107. Beef
  108. Mutton
  109. Poultry and Game
  110. Fish
  111. Meat Soup
  112. Table Topics
  113. Food for the Sick
  114. Gruels
  115. Preparations of Milk
  116. Beef-Tea, Broths, Etc
  117. Grains for the Sick
  118. Meats for the Sick
  119. Eggs for the Sick
  120. Refreshing Drinks and Delicacies for the Sick
  121. Bread
  122. Jellies and Other Simple Desserts for the Sick
  123. Table Topics
  124. Food for the Aged
  125. Dinner
  126. Diet for the Young
  127. Table Topics
  128. Fragments & Left-Over Foods
  129. Table Topics
  130. The Art of Dining
  131. Table Topics
  132. After Meal Time
  133. Table Topics
  134. A Year's Breakfasts & Dinners
  135. Bills of Fare for Every Day in the Year
  136. Dinner
  137. Dinner
  138. Dinner
  139. Dinner
  140. Dinner
  141. Dinner
  142. Dinner
  143. Dinner
  144. Dinner
  145. Dinner
  146. Dinner
  147. Dinner
  148. Dinner
  149. Dinner
  150. Dinner
  151. Dinner
  152. Dinner
  153. Dinner
  154. Dinner
  155. Dinner
  156. Dinner
  157. Dinner
  158. Dinner
  159. Dinner
  160. Dinner
  161. Dinner
  162. Dinner
  163. Dinner
  164. Dinner
  165. Dinner
  166. Dinner
  167. Dinner
  168. Dinner
  169. Dinner
  170. Dinner
  171. Dinner
  172. Dinner
  173. Dinner
  174. Breakfast
  175. Breakfast
  176. Dinner
  177. Dinner
  178. Breakfast
  179. Dinner
  180. Breakfast
  181. Dinner
  182. Breakfast No. 2
  183. Dinner No. 2
  184. Breakfast
  185. Dinner
  186. Breakfast
  187. Dinner
  188. Dinner No. 1
  189. Dinner No. 2
  190. Table Topics
  191. Holiday Dinners
  192. Thanksgiving Menus
  193. Holiday Menus
  194. Picnic Dinners
  195. School Lunches
  196. Sabbath Dinners
  197. Dinner
  198. Water
  199. Index

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