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The following pages contain 615 recipes which have been tested by Domestic Science Authorities in the Cooking Departments of different colleges and other educational institutions, and by housewives in their own kitchens.  Many have been originated by Marion Harris Neil and all have been tested by her.

We have undertaken to submit a comprehensive list of recipes for your use, which will enable you to serve menus of wide variety.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading this little volume and that you will derive both help and satisfaction from the recipes.

We will go to any length to help you in the cause of Better Food.  We realize that women must study this product as they would any other altogether new article of cookery, and that the study and care used will be amply repaid by the palatability and healthfulness of all foods.  A can of Crisco is no Aladdin’s Lamp, which merely need be touched by a kitchen spoon to produce magical dishes.  But any woman is able to achieve excellent results by mixing thought with Crisco.

Let us know how you progress.

Yours respectfully,

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Things to Remember in Connection with These Recipes

No need for Crisco to occupy valuable space in the refrigerator.  In fact, except in most unusual summer heat, it will be of a better consistency outside the refrigerator.  Crisco keeps sweet indefinitely, summer and winter, at ordinary room temperature.

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In making sauces, thoroughly blend the flour and Crisco before adding the milk.

In using melted Crisco in boiled dressing, croquettes, rolls, fritters, etc., be sure that the melted Crisco is cooled sufficiently so that the hot fat will not injure the texture of the foods.

When using in place of butter, add salt in the proportion of one level teaspoonful to one cup of Crisco.

Remember that Crisco, like butter, is susceptible to cold.  It readily becomes hard.  In creaming Crisco in winter use the same care as when creaming butter.  Rinse pan in boiling water and have the Crisco of the proper creaming stiffness before using.  Unlike butter, however, Crisco’s purity is not affected by weather.  It remains sweet and pure indefinitely without refrigeration.

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In deep frying, do not wait for Crisco to smoke. (See page 35.)

Remember That—­

When pie crust is tough: It is possible you have not used Crisco properly.  Perhaps the measurements were not correct.  Perhaps the water was too warm, or the dough was handled too much.  Shortening cannot make pastry tough.

When fried foods absorb: It is because Crisco is not hot enough, or because you have not used enough Crisco.  Use plenty and the raw foods, if added in small quantities, will not reduce the heat of the fat.  The absorption in deep Crisco frying should be less than that of another fat.