The Enterprising Housekeeper

The Enterprising Housekeeper
200 Tested Recipes
By Helen Louise Johnson
Illustrated With Kitchen Helps
Copyright 1906

This book was printed and distributed by The Enterprise Manufacturing Company of PA. The book provides recipes and kitchen help tips, but it also contains many references and illustrations of kitchen gadgets that were made by the company. Women bought the books because of the tips and recipes, but it was also a shopping catalog that promoted the company and its kitchen tools.

To review each section of the book, just click a page title below.

The Enterprising Housekeeper – Antique Recipe Book
Published Jul 04, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

The Enterprising Housekeeper 200 Tested Recipes By Helen Louise Johnson Illustrated With Kitchen Helps Price 25¢ Copyright 1906 Here’s a lovely book I’ve owned for quite awhile now and I actually have two copies of it. One is a 1906 issue and the other is from 1898. You can click either of the book covers […]

Introduction: To Women The World Over
Published Jul 07, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here is the introduction to the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. This is just the beginning of my efforts, so not much in there just yet! Here is […]

Breakfast, Luncheon And Supper – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 07, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here are pages 4, 5 and part of 6 from the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper, sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Breakfast, Luncheon And Supper It is easy to say “bestow thought upon your daily […]

Coffee Mill Advice & Illustrations – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 08, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here are pages 6 and 7 of the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). There is also a scan of pages 8 and 9 of antique coffee grinding and pulverizing mills at the bottom of this page. If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, […]

Coffee – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 08, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here is page 10 and part of page 11 from the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper, sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Coffee There seem to be as many variations in the making of coffee as […]

Eggs – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 09, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here are pages 11 and 12 of the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Eggs For Boiling Put the eggs in a saucepan of boiling water and let them […]

Meats – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 09, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

This is page 13 from the antique booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper, sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. The most common mistake made in preparing left-over meats is in cooking them again, instead of merely re-warming. In […]

Enterprise Food Choppers – The Enterprising Housekeeper
Published Jul 10, 2008 in Enterprising Housekeeper

Here are pages 14 and 15 of the antique booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper, sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Enterprise Food Choppers Anything that is chopped into pieces for food is legitimate material to pass through […]