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Title: The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking
Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes
Author: Helen Campbell
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Language: English
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THE
EASIEST WAY
IN
HOUSEKEEPING AND
COOKING.
Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes
BY
HELEN
CAMPBELL,
AUTHOR OF "IN FOREIGN KITCHENS," "MRS. HERNDON'S
INCOME," "PRISONERS OF POVERTY,", "SOME PASSAGES
IN THE PRACTICE OF DR. MARTHA SCARBOROUGH,"
"WOMEN WAGE-EARNERS," ETC., ETC.
"If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well
It were done
quickly."

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY,
1903.
Copyright, 1893,
BY ROBERTS BROTHERS.
University Press:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE,
U.S.A.
A Book for Agnes L.V.W.
AND THE SOUTHERN GIRLS WHO STUDIED
WITH HER.
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION.
The little book now revised and sent out with some slight additions,
remains substantially the same as when first issued in 1880. In the
midst of always increasing cookery-books, it has had a firm
constituency of friends, especially in the South, where its necessity was
first made plain. To enlarge it in any marked degree would violate the
original plan, for which the critic will please read the pages headed
"Introductory," where he or she will find full explanation of the growth
and purpose of the book. Whoever desires more receipts and more
elaborate forms of preparation must look for their sources in the
bibliography at the end, since their introduction in these pages would
practically nullify the title, proved true by years of testing at the hands
of inexperienced housekeepers, whose warm words have long been
very pleasant to the author of "The Easiest Way."
NEW YORK, June, 1893.
CONTENTS.
PART FIRST.
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY 5
CHAPTER.

I. THE HOUSE: SITUATION AND ARRANGEMENT 11
II. THE HOUSE: ITS VENTILATION 19
III. DRAINAGE AND WATER-SUPPLY 27
IV. THE DAY'S WORK 35
V. FIRES, LIGHTS, AND THINGS TO WORK WITH 45
VI.
WASHING-DAY AND CLEANING IN GENERAL 54
VII. THE BODY AND ITS COMPOSITION 68
VIII. FOOD AND ITS LAWS 73
IX. THE RELATIONS OF FOOD TO HEALTH 80
X. THE CHEMISTRY OF ANIMAL FOOD 90
XI. THE CHEMISTRY OF VEGETABLE FOOD 100
XII. CONDIMENTS AND BEVERAGES 110
PART SECOND.
STOCK AND SEASONING 119
SOUPS 122
FISH 131
MEATS 144
POULTRY