of Cook

The higher subcastes of Bania themselves recognise a common relationship by taking food cooked without water from each other, which is a very rare custom among subcastes. – The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. Russell

The best method is for several days to take their ordinary exercise and eat only one or two articles of simple food, such as bread and milk, or bread and butter with cooked fruit, or lean meat with bread and vegetables, and at the same time eat less than the appetite demands. – The American Woman's Home by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe

When ham is done remove from stove and allow it to become cold in the water in which it was cooked. – The-Suffrage-Cook-Book by Kleber, L. O., Mrs.