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Cooking Time Table
Meats and Fish |
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Broiled |
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| Bacon |
3 to 5 minutes |
| Chicken |
20 to 25 minutes |
| Fish |
15 to 20 minutes |
| Fish, slices |
10 to 15 minutes |
| Fish, very small |
5 to 10 minutes |
| Lamb chops |
6 to 8 minutes |
| Quail or squabs |
8 to 10 minutes |
| Steak, thick |
10 to 15 minutes |
| Steak, thin |
5 to 7 minutes |
| Veal chops |
6 to 10 minutes |
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Boiled |
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| Beef, corned |
3 to 4 hr |
| Chicken, 3 lb |
1 to 1-1/4 hr |
| Fish, bluefish, cod, or
bass, 4 to 5 lb |
20 to 30 minutes |
| Fish, slices, 2 to 3 lb |
20 to 25 minutes |
| Fish, small |
10 to 15 minutes |
| Fowl, 4 to 5 lb |
2 to 3 hr |
| Ham, 12 to 14 lb |
4 to 5 hr |
| Mutton, leg of |
2 to 3 hr |
| Tongue |
3 to 4 hr |
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Roasted |
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| Beef, rib or loin, 5 lb,
rare |
1 hr 5 minutes |
| Beef, rib or loin, 5 lb,
well done |
1 hr 20 minutes |
| Beef, rib or loin, 10 lb,
rare |
1 hr 30 minutes |
| Beef, rib or loin, 10 lb,
well done |
2 hr |
| Beef, rump, 10 lb, rare |
1 hr 30 minutes |
| Beef, rump, 10 lb, well done |
2 hr |
| Chicken, 4 or 5 lb |
1-1/2 to 2 hr |
| Duck, 5 to 6 lb |
1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hr |
| Fish, 3 to 5 lb |
45 to 60 minutes |
| Fish, small |
20 to 30 minutes |
| Goose, 10 lb |
2 to 2-1/2 hr |
| Lamb, leg of |
1-1/4 to 1-3/4 hr |
| Mutton, saddle |
1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hr |
| Pork, rib, 5 lb |
2 to 2-1/2 hr |
| Turkey, 10 lb |
2-1/2 to 3 hr |
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Vegetables |
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Boiled |
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| Asparagus |
20 to 30 min |
| Beans, lima or shell |
40 to 60 min |
| Beans, string |
30 to 45 min |
| Beets, old |
4 to 6 hr |
| Beets, young |
45 to 60 min |
| Brussels sprouts |
15 to 25 min |
| Cabbage |
35 to 60 min |
| Carrots |
3/4 to 2 hr |
| Cauliflower |
20 to 30 min |
| Green corn |
8 to 12 min |
| Macaroni |
30 to 40 min |
| Onions |
45 to 60 min |
| Peas |
25 to 60 min |
| Potatoes |
30 to 45 min |
| Rice |
20 to 30 min |
| Spinach |
20 to 30 min |
| Turnips |
1/2 to 1-1/2 hr |
| Vegetable oysters |
3/4 to 1-1/2 hr |
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Baked Foods |
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| Beans |
6 to 8 hr |
Biscuits, baking powder |
15 to 25 min |
| Biscuits, yeast |
10 to 25 min |
| Bread, ginger |
20 to 30 min |
| Bread, loaf |
40 to 60 min |
| Cake, corn |
20 to 30 min |
| Cake, fruit |
1-1/4 to 2 hr |
| Cake, layer |
15 to 20 min |
| Cake, loaf |
40 to 60 min |
| Cake, pound |
1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hr |
| Cake, sponge |
45 to 60 min |
| Cookies |
6 to 10 min |
| Custard |
20 to 45 min |
| Muffins, baking powder |
15 to 25 min |
| Pastry |
30 to 45 min |
| Pudding, Indian |
2 to 3 hr |
| Pudding, rice |
2 to 3 hr |
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