Fermentation 118
      the different stages of 119
      temperature for 121
      the process of 118
    Fermentative agents 120
    Fermented breads 142
      recipes for 142
    Fibrin 26, 78
    Field corn 101
    Fig, the 176
      layer cake 345
      pudding, steamed 333
    Filbert, the 214
    Filters 69
    Fine hominy or grits 104
    Fires, care of 48
    Fish 408
      as a brain-food 408
      baked 410
      best method for cooking 410
      boiled 410
      broiled 410
      how to select and prepare 409
      parasites in 408
      recipes for cooking 410
    Flavoring suggestions for 298
    Flaxseed tea 434
    Floated egg 431
    Floating island 325
    Floors, kitchen 61
    Flour, to keep 115
      absorbent quality of 126
      adulteration of, how to select 116
      deleterious adulteration of 115
      entire wheat 114
      Graham, how to test 114
      gruel 422
      how to select 113
      measuring of 55
    Flummery 93
    Foam omelets 387
    Foamy sauce 353
    Food amount required 42
       apologies for 469
    Food elements 25
      changes in by cooking 45
      correct proportion of in wheat 79
      deficiency of 43
      excess of 42
      nitrogenous, subject to rapid decomposition 118
      proportions of 28
      uses of 27
    Food for infants 444
      for infants, quantity of 445
      for the aged and the very young 439
      for the aged, requirements for 439
      for the sick 418
      for the sick, to heat 420
      for the sick, utensils for the preparation of 420
      mucilaginous, excellent in gastro-enteritis 444
    Foods 35
      adding to boiling liquids 54
      combinations of 28, 43
      digestion of 35
      effects of hard and soft water upon 52
    Fowl, broiled 406
      to stuff 406
      to truss 405
    Fowls, digestion of 39
    Fragments and left-over food 452
    French butter 378
      rolls 145
    Fresh fruit compote 301
      fruit pie 336
    Fried foods for breakfast 287
    Frosted fruit 181
    Frozen fish 410
    Fruit 164
      acids 165
      beverage 361
      cake 346
      canned, selection of 193
      canned, the storing of 198
      canned, to open 199
      canned, to sterilize 193
      canning, causes of failure in 198
      canning of 193
      cans, to test 193
      cause of decay 192
      cellar, the 184
      cooking of for jelly 204
      crackers 162
      custard 325
      dessert 299
      directions for picking and handling 182
      directions for serving 179
      dried, for cake 343
      foam dessert 315
      for the sick 432
      for the table 178