Farm Cook and Rule Book

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In rural districts, even in this day and age, homemakers need to know how to prepare foods to cater to the appetite of: the sick. A knowledge of old-fashioned beauty secrets, those rules which made pink-and-white complexions long ago, is sought by farm girls. Baking day is not a tradition. Saturday's work does not end until the cupboards are supplied with delectable pies, crisply browned loaves of bread, jars of sugary cookies and prettily iced cakes - all of the homemade variety. More than once a week the fragrance of spices and browning batters is in the air.