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- maigre — a term applied in cookery to dishes prepared without meat, poultry or game, and ...
- maitrank — see item under heading of may wine.
- Malaga grapes — Spanish grapes exported from Malaga. See grapes.
- Malaga wine — a delicate wine from Malaga grapes. See Spanish wines.
- Maldive fish — or "mummalon": an East Indian fish, sold canned at fancy grocery stores.
- malt bread — see sub-head in general article on bread.
- malt wine — a tonic beverage obtained by the fermentation of a mixture of sugar syrup, ...
- mango melon — or vegetable peach: a small round melon with yellow skin and white flesh, ...
- mango pepper — a mild sweet pepper, yellow and waxy in appearance, highly esteemed in the ...
- mannacroup — or manna groats: a kind of semolina or farina (which see). another more expensive ...
- marrons — a variety of chestnut extensively cultivated in France and Italy. they are best known ... (The article that is here is currently about a crayfish. Perhaps a dab is in order)
- martynia — or unicorn plant: a vegetable whose pods, distinguished by their long curved hooks, are ...
- maw-seed — a title frequently applied to poppy-seed (which see).
- may apple — the fruit of the Podophyllum peltatum, a woodland plant of the barberry genus, ...
- may-pop — the fruit of a small variety of the passion vine, growing wild in the ...
- may-wine — or "maitrank": a German drink of white wine, sugar and sliced oranges or pineapple, ...
- meat extract — a term which in popular usage embraces several products differing considerably in character. ...
- meat pastes — are used for sandwiches and similar purposes. see potted meats.
- melon d'orpagon — or petit melon d'orpagon: a tiny seedless green melon about the size of ...
- melon fruit — a local title for the North American papaw (which see).
- melon thistle — melocactus: a cactus which takes its name from the resemblance of many varieties ...
- menauta — a rich soft French cheese, imported generally in small round tins.
- mett sausage or Dutch mett — minced lean beef and moderately fat pork, filled into beef ...
- Mexican strawberry — the fruit of a member of the echinocactus or hedgehog cactus family, of ...
- middlings — coarse particles of the wheat grain, the residual product in the "bolting" of flour. ...
- mignonette pepper — a term applied to peppercorns coarsely ground.
- milk weed or milk vetch — the general title of a widely distributed family of plants, ...
- mince-meat — the season for mince-meat opens about October 1, and continues as long as the ...
- mixed-pickles — a vinegar pickle which includes a variety of vegetables, as cauliflower, onions, etc.
- mock-turtle (thick) — a strong flavored soup now sold in cans, containing diced calf's head meat, ...
- molasses sugar — a trade term for the sugar obtained by boiling the molasses separated in ...
- moor-fowl — a bird of the grouse family, also known as the red grouse. it is ...
- mortadelli — a large, smoked Italian sausage. see sausages.
- mortadelli (Italian) — principally minced pork and beef, some raw and some boiled or pickled, together ...
- moselle wines — see article on rhine and moselle wines.
- muscadin — or bullace grape: the cultivated fox grape, the largest variety of American grape, growing ...
- muscallonge — maskalonge, maskinonge: a large fresh-water fish resembling the pike, frequently weighing forty pounds and ...
- muscovado sugar — a trade designation for the "raw sugar" separated from cane juice other than ...
- muskmelons — see descriptive matter in general article on melons.
- niagara grapes — one of the four principal grapes of eastern cultivation (see grapes).
- noyau — see general article on liqueurs.
- nut oils — many varieties of nuts yield oils of value as food and medicine and ...
- nutrose — a food prepared, principally for invalids, by the action of alkali on the dried ...
- oil-cake — is made from the pulp remaining after the extraction of oil from cotton-seed, linseed, ...
- oleo oil — is the oil obtained from animal fat, especially beef fat, by the removal ...
- open fire candy — candies cooked in open kettles over furnace fires of coke, and pulled ...
- orange blossoms — are employed in the preparation of many southern puddings, ices, etc., being crushed ...
- orange extract — is made in the same ways as lemon extract (which see), and the ...
- orange flower oil — see matter following trade title of neroli.
- orange flower water — the fragrant liquid resulting from the distillation of orange blossoms after the ...
- orangeat — a term applied both to candied orange peel and to orangeade.
- orchanet — see matter following heading of alkanet.
- ormers — a shellfish found on the coast of florida. the flavor may be described as ...
- otaheite apple — a fruit of the cashew family, about the size of an apple and ...
- outing supplies — when the summer approaches it is well for the retailer to bear in ...
- oyster crabs — see reference in article on crabs.
- pan work — various forms of candy, nuts, etc., coated with sugar in revolving copper kettles ...
- paprika which see is a Hungarian red pepper made from the flesh only of a — ..
- paradise nut — (see color page opposity 410): a sweet oily nut resembling the Brazil nut, ...
- parasol mushroom or tall lepiota (lepiota procera) — the cap, on top of a long stem ...
- Parisian sausages or saucisses parisiennes — fat shoulder pork, chopped moderately fine, stuffed into medium sized ...
- pastes — the term "paste" is popularly employed in a great diversity of ways. among the ...
- pastilles — a class title for lozenges, gum drops and similar confections. in medical practice, the ...
- pâté de foie gras or pate de foie gras — the principal form, was invented at strasburg toward the end of ...
- pâtés — meat preparation, both domestic and imported from France, Germany and elsewhere, put up in ...
- pea flour — offers the nutritive value of the dried ripe pea in convenient form for ...
- peach brandy — is obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the fruit. its consumption was ...
- peach water — is produced by bruising fresh and peach leaves into a pulp with water, ...
- peanut meal and flour — consist of ground peanuts from which the greater part of the ...
- peanut roasters — are seen in increasing numbers in groceries. they are now made so handsomely ...
- pearl moss — one of the many names for Irish moss or carragheen (which see).
- pearled barley — the polished decorticated whole grain. see barley.
- pecan nut — a species of hickory nut, extensively grown in the west and south of ...
- penang spices — a term occasionally applied to a mixture of various spices, employed in cooking, ...
- penguin eggs — the eggs of the penguin, a bird found in all high southern latitudes, ...
- pepper sauce — consists of, or is prepared from, red capsicums, generally of the small or ...
- pepper-dulse — a pungent seaweed used in salads in some parts of scotland.
- peppergrass — or peppercress: one of several names for cress (which see).
- perfumed lye — a superior grade of lye in finely powdered, perfumed form.
- Persian insect powder — or buhach, or dalmatian powder: is the dried and pulverized flower of ...
- petite marmite — a famous French soup, now retailed in canned form, which consists of beef ...
- picnic goods — see general article under the heading of outing supplies.
- pignolias — a trade title for imported pine nuts (which see).
- pimpinel — a salad plant of the pimpernel family. see burnet.
- pineapple cheese — a hard cheese of cheddar style and attractive appearance. see sub-head in general ...
- piney tallow — an oleo-resinous substance obtained from the fruit of vateria indica, a tree common ...
- pinon nut — one of the many names of the pine nut (which see).
- piquette — (1) a thin wine obtained from the grape-residue after expressing for better grades, by ...
- pistachio nut — or pistache: the kernel of the small, generally reddish, fruit of the pistachio ...
- plaintain — a fruit of the same family as the banana, but larger in size, flatter ...
- Poland springs — see article on table and medicinal mineral waters.
- polishes — metal polishes consist generally of deposits of white clays (silicious or diatomaceous), ground silex ...
- pomegranate melon — see melons.
- pont l'eveque — a soft French cheese, about 4 1/2 inches square and 1 1/4 inches ...
- pont l'eveque — see cheese.
- pork sausages — finely minced lean fresh pork trimmings, with spices such as nutmeg, ginger, cloves, ...
- Port du Salut — a French cream cheese. see general article on cheese.
- port du salut or Port-salut (see fr:Port-salut) — a French cheese, seven to ten inches in diameter, with firm, tough ...
- porterhouse cut — the thicker part of the sirloin of beef (see article on beef and ...
- potato flour — is obtained by grinding the tubers to a pulp, as described in the ...
- potato syrup — in Europe, an important commercial product, obtained by imperfect hydrolysation of potato-starch. it ...
- potted cheese — a domestic cheese generally made by grinding well ripened cheese very fine, mixing ...
- potted cheese — prepared ripened cheese, retailed in small jars. see cheese.
- potted — and "deviled," meats: are meats minced to the consistence of paste and seasoned, put ...
- poultry seasoning — a preparation of spices and herbs ready mixed for use in stuffing fowls. ...
- pousse café — a "mixed drink" consisting of several liqueurs served together in a small glass ...
- printanier soup — or consommé printanier: is a consommé (see article on soups) containing a variety ...
- provole — a round or oval Italian cheese, weighing from four to six pounds, and resembling ...
- provole — an imported Italian cheese. see general article on cheese.
- prune cognac — a liqueur similar to slivovitz (which see).
- puffed wheat — is made in the same way as puffed rice (see rice).
- pullna — a strongly purgative bohemian water.
- racahout — racahout des arabes: originally an Arabian beverage, made from roasted acorn meal, sweetened with ...
- raisin sugar — a moist syrupy brown article, retaining the raisin flavor in the finer grades, ...
- raisin wine — is extensively made in Europe by the fermentation of an infusion of raisins, ...
- raisinée — a French jam of thin, almost syrupy, consistence, made by simmering fruit in sweet ...
- rape oil — is obtained from the seeds of the rape plant, a member of the ...
- raspberry vinegar — is a preparation of raspberry juice, vinegar and sugar. it is best made ...
- redsnapper — a red-scaled southern fish, plentiful along the gulf coast. it ranges in weight from ...
- rhens — an effervescent, mildly alkaline table water from rhens-on-the-rhine. (The article is about a town.)
- Rhine wines — Rhine and Moselle wines. German wines are in this country commonly known as ...
- richfield springs — from richfield springs, n. y. contains sulphur and is used in the treatment ...
- Rivesaltes wines — a general title, from the name of the city of Rivesaltes, for the ...
- Rodman's mushroom (Agaricus rodmani) — similar in many respects to the common mushroom. the cap is ...
- rognons de coq — an euphemistic name for fowl's testicles, sold in bottles in fancy grocery ...
- rolled wheat — the grain milled like rolled oats.
- rollepohse or george sausage — finely minced rather fat beef and bacon, spiced, filled into bags ...
- rose extract — is a solution containing attar, or essential oil, of roses (see perfumery). by ...
- rose-leaf jam — or candied rose leaves: consists of rose leaves or petals heavily sugared. the ...
- rosolio — an Italian liqueur flavored with orange blossoms, roses and numerous spices. also a term ...
- rubinat-condal — from the Spanish pyrenees. the principal ingredient is sodium, with minor quantities of magnesium ...
- ruta-baga — a common name for yellow-fleshed Swedish turnips (which see).
- safflower seed oil — the product of a thistle-like herb, one to two feet in height, ...
- sage cheese — is made by the cheddar process and in many shapes and sizes. its ...
- sage cheese — see sub-head in general article on cheese.
- sal soda — a commercial name for carbonate of soda. see soda (washing).
- salad oil — a general title for any edible oil used for salad dressing. cold-drawn olive, ...
- salmi — a stew in which any kind of game, or domestic duck or gosling, is ...
- saloop — a tea made of sassafras chips or aromatic herbs, drunk with milk and sugar. ...
- saltstangen — a German cake or roll covered with poppy seeds.
- samp — hulled Indian corn, either whole or in large size--as "whole-kernel" and "half-kernel" samp. the ...
- samples by mail — samples of general merchandise, other than those mentioned later as exceptions, packed ...
- sand dab — a variety of flounder. see dab.
- sand soaps — quite generally used in philadelphia and baltimore, form a separate type. they are ...
- sand-paper — is made by dusting white sand, or similar material, on paper coated with hot ...
- sandwich meats — are canned or potted meats specially prepared for making sandwiches. they are generally ...
- sangaree — a drink composed of wine and water with sugar, lemon, etc.
- sap sago cheese — a small, hard green cheese, flavored with the leaves of a kind ...
- saponifier — (1) any compound used in soap-making to convert fatty acids into soap. (2) a ...
- sap-sago — a Swiss cheese flavored with clover. see cheese.
- sardelle sausages — principally lean pork, together with some bacon and anchovies (sardelles), spiced, stuffed into ...
- sardelle — a corruption of the German name, sardellen, for anchovies.
- sauter — a form of frying. see general article on cookery.
- scad — or horse mackerel: a fish of mackerel type and flavor, seldom eaten fresh but ...
- schiedam schnapps — fine gin of schiedam distillation. see gin.
- schweitzer kase — see general article on cheese.
- scoops — it is economy to buy only good, strong scoops capable of standing plenty of ...
- scrub cloths — a modern commercial development is the manufacture of cheap towels of specially absorbent ...
- sea moss — see articles on seaweed and moss.
- second group — articles moderately easy of digestion, but only admissible in the less severe cases ...
- selters — seltzer. see article on table and medicinal mineral waters. (dab doesn't include this use)
- service berry — see under title of June-berry.
- shad berry — see under title of June-berry.
- sharon springs — from sharon springs, n. y. a sulphur water used for the treatment of ...
- shaving soap of the best grade — consists generally of a mixture of neutral soda and ...
- shellbark — a variety of hickory, so titled because the old trees "shell off" their bark ...
- sherry cobbler — a mixture of sherry, lemon, sugar, water and ice.
- shrub — a west Indian drink, made of lime or lemon juice, the rinds of the ... (article is about the kind spoken of in botany. no dab)
- sillibub — or sillabub: is made by whipping a mixture of wine, cider or spirits and ...
- silver polish — there are a great many silver polishes on the market--pastes, powders, soaps and ...
- siphon bottle — a bottle especially manufactured to contain carbonated liquids. it is fitted with a ...
- smier-kase — see cottage cheese in general article on cheese.
- smier-kase — see cottage cheese.
- smoked meats — need especially careful attention during the summer months.
- soakage — an allowance made on articles packed in brine, in the shape of an extra ...
- soda-fountains — within the last few years a number of large groceries have added soda-fountains and ...
- soda-water — water rendered effervescent by charging it with carbon-dioxide. it is so called because the ...
- soft fruits — a trade term including strawberries, raspberries, fresh currants, blackberries, rhubarb, etc.
- soja bean — see article on soy bean.
- soujee — or sujee: an Anglo-Indian name for a kind of semolina or farina (which see) ...
- Spanish bayonet — a southern plant belonging to the yucca family. the fruit ripens in a ...
- Spanish mackerel — a fish allied to the common mackerel, but finer in flavor and retailing ...
- specialties — under this head may be included any lines, whether or not capable of classification ...
- spirits of wine — alcohol (which see) obtained by distillation of wine.
- spotfish — a deep-bodied southern fish resembling a bass, which takes its name from a well ...
- st. galmier — an effervescent table water form st. galmier, canton of loire, France. the principal ...
- St. John's bread, or carob bean, or locust bean (see color page opposite): the pod ...
- starch gloss — starch polish, etc.: are preparations designed to give a glossy finish to starched ...
- starch sugar — see articles on corn sugar and glucose.
- sterilized milk — is milk which has been subjected to heat sufficient to destroy all micro-organisms. ...
- stir-about — a colloquial Irish term for thick gruel formed of mixed oatmeal and cornmeal, or ...
- stock-fish — is, properly speaking, fish of the cod tribe dried in the air without salting, ...
- stove polish — is based on ceylon plumbago or graphite. the old-fashioned sticks or cakes have ...
- strawberry pear — the fruit of cereus triangularius, of the torch cactus genus. it is bright ...
- summer drinks — under this head come such articles of the retailer's stock as root-beer extract, ...
- swells (canned goods) — a commercial term applied to cans of food of any kind which ...
- Swiss wines — resemble those of Italy, but they have not attained as full international recognition. ...
- synthesis (chemical) — is the formation of special compounds by combinations of elements or radicals. the ...
- tally trade — the English name for the "installment" system of payment.
- tamping — a term applied to the wrappings of bales of sago and other goods packed ...
- tar soap contains from 5% to 10% tar — the unpleasant odor being usually disguised by ...
- taunus spring — see article on table and medicinal mineral waters.
- taunus spring — sometimes used as a class name for a number of mineral waters from ...
- third group — articles difficult of digestion. few of the articles contained in this group should ...
- Thuringian red sausage — principally, moderately fat pork; also scraped pig-skin, salted tongue or heart, liver ...
- tolu — a fragrant, pale brown balsam, or gum, gathered from a tropical south American tree, ... (Article is about a city. No dab or definition of this term.)
- tongue sausage — chiefly tongue in small pieces, with the addition of some pork, chopped to ...
- tous-les-mois — the edible root of a kind of canna, which is sometimes used as a ...
- transparent soap is still produced by some concerns by the old-fashioned process of dissolving dried — ..
- trichinae — are small parasites or worms, barely visible to the naked eye, which are found ...
- tuna (cactus) — see article on prickly pear.
- tunny fish — thon mariné, etc., the Pacific coast "tuna": a very large fish found in ...
- turnip-rooted cabbage — see Swedish turnip.
- unstrained soups are thick soups such as mutton broth — oxtail soup, vegetable soup, etc.
- valencias — see under first sub-head in general article on raisins. (Link redirects to Valencia, Spain)
- vegetable gelatine or isinglass — see kanten.
- Vienna bread — see sub-head and color illustration in article on bread.
- Vienna sausages or wienerwursts — finely minced lean beef and fat pork, flavored with coriander, mace, ...
- violet extract — essential oil of violets (see perfumery) in an alcoholic solution.
- violet sugar — white cut, or "lump," sugar containing violet extract and an occasional petal, the ...
- Virginian colin — another name for the virginian or American quail. see article on quails.
- vittel — from vittel, France. used both as a medicinal water and for special baths. there ... (Again, article is about a city; it lists no culinary reference)
- washing preparations — under this head may be classed every article sold to take the place ...
- Westphalia cheese — see sub-head in article on cheese.
- Westphalia ham — see ham.
- westphalia sour milk — a hard sour-milk cheese, flavored by the addition of butter and caraway ...
- Westphalian sausage — generally equal quantities of lean beef and fat pork in very small dice, ...
- white rock — an effervescent table water from waukesha, wis.
- white rock — see article on table and medicinal mineral waters.
- white sapota — or sapota chico: a greenish-yellow Mexican fruit about the size of a small ...
- white sulphur springs — from white sulphur springs, w. va. a sulphur water employed in the ...
- white sulphur springs — see sub-head in article on table and medicinal mineral waters.
- wienerwurst — see sub-head in article on sausages.
- wienerwursts — see vienna sausages.
- window displays — as a business-bringing medium the important value of a well-dressed show window is ...
- yellow soap — rosin soap or bar soap owes its color to the large quantity of ...
- yellow sulphur springs — from yellow sulphur springs, va. a cathartic water containing lime salts and ...
- miscellaneous & fancy matches include wax matches — "book" matches and such varieties as "flamers," "blazers" ...
