Domestic Economy, and Cookery: For Rich and Poor; Containing an Account of the Best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and Other Foreign Dishes; Preparations of Broths and Milks for Consumption; Receipts for Sea-faring Men, Travellers, and Children's Food : Together with Estimates and Comparisons of Dinners and Dishes ... |
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... equal , and of none to a superior . Thus people often spend their money very foolishly in boring their superiors . By the reductions in their establishments , that many families were obliged to make at the conclusion of the late war ...
... equal , and of none to a superior . Thus people often spend their money very foolishly in boring their superiors . By the reductions in their establishments , that many families were obliged to make at the conclusion of the late war ...
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... equal to plate in the furniture of the table , and is well suited to entertainments of the first order , and makes a most splendid display , when the meats are handsomely dished , and highly garnished with jelly ; but Nankeens are ...
... equal to plate in the furniture of the table , and is well suited to entertainments of the first order , and makes a most splendid display , when the meats are handsomely dished , and highly garnished with jelly ; but Nankeens are ...
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... equal to cut up a fowl elegantly and expeditiously , he has no more to fear in that department of carving . If a fowl is large , two slices may be cut from each side of the breast , leaving still as much between and the bone on each ...
... equal to cut up a fowl elegantly and expeditiously , he has no more to fear in that department of carving . If a fowl is large , two slices may be cut from each side of the breast , leaving still as much between and the bone on each ...
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... equal thread , wind it up in a skein that will suit the length of the dish , and continue till the cucum- bers are all drest ; cover them with vinegar , and let them lie an hour at least ; or for very weak stomachs first lay them in ...
... equal thread , wind it up in a skein that will suit the length of the dish , and continue till the cucum- bers are all drest ; cover them with vinegar , and let them lie an hour at least ; or for very weak stomachs first lay them in ...
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... equal to that of the head or feet , and of which they yield a great deal . Ox heart , roasted or baked with onion , apple , or veni- son sauce , as hare or venison , collops , Scotch minced collops , potting , forcing , & c . may be had ...
... equal to that of the head or feet , and of which they yield a great deal . Ox heart , roasted or baked with onion , apple , or veni- son sauce , as hare or venison , collops , Scotch minced collops , potting , forcing , & c . may be had ...
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allspice almonds anchovies apples bacon bain-marie bake beat beef blanch boil bones braise bread brown butter cakes carrots chitterlings clove clove of garlic cold colour cook cover cream crums currants dish dressed eggs excellent farce fillets fire fish flavour flour fowl fresh fricassée fried fruit garlic garnish glaze gravy half a pound jelly juice lard lemon-juice let it cool liver mace marinade meat milk minced mould mushrooms mutton nice nutmeg onions ounces oven oysters parings parsley paste pepper pickle pieces pillau pint port wine potatoes powder Prepare pudding puff paste quantity quart ragoût rasped rice roasted salads salt sauce scallions season serve shalot sift sugar simmer skin slices soup spices spoonful stew stewpan strain strew sugar sweet herbs sweetbreads thicken truffle turnips veal vegetables venison vinegar wine yolks
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Page 12 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Page 99 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 21 - Have therefore ever more care that thou be beloved of thy wife, rather than thyself besotted on her ; and thou shalt judge of her love by these two observations: first, if thou perceive she have a care of thy estate, and exercise herself therein ; the other, if she study to please thee, and be sweet unto thee in conversation, without thy instruction; for love needs no teaching nor precept.
Page 99 - Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh ; for the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 543 - Prepared calves-feet, apples, currants, raisins, and sugar, of each a pound ; beef suet, two pounds; with a rasped nutmeg, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, a quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, lemon zest, and a little salt.
Page 1 - SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749. as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER.
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