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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... head of a family , to whom I submitted these ob- servations on economy , remarked that she had generally found servants more attentive to order , when once estab- lished , than mistresses , who , when they think of length of bills and ...
... head of a family , to whom I submitted these ob- servations on economy , remarked that she had generally found servants more attentive to order , when once estab- lished , than mistresses , who , when they think of length of bills and ...
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... head of not assorting the linen to the size of the tables ; sometimes it is too large , at others hardly six inches over the table , for which there is always a ready excuse . The mistress ought to have a linen book , and those that ...
... head of not assorting the linen to the size of the tables ; sometimes it is too large , at others hardly six inches over the table , for which there is always a ready excuse . The mistress ought to have a linen book , and those that ...
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... head comprehends a great variety . The finest part of the fish is the shoulders , and they are generally served together . Some prefer the thick , and some the thin . The delicate pieces are the jaws , tongue , sound , liver , and roe ...
... head comprehends a great variety . The finest part of the fish is the shoulders , and they are generally served together . Some prefer the thick , and some the thin . The delicate pieces are the jaws , tongue , sound , liver , and roe ...
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... head is esteemed by the gourmands ; the liver and roe are delicate . When different fishes are cooked together or served in pies , the cook should have instruction to cut them of such a size that a piece of each may not make too large a ...
... head is esteemed by the gourmands ; the liver and roe are delicate . When different fishes are cooked together or served in pies , the cook should have instruction to cut them of such a size that a piece of each may not make too large a ...
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... Head . Whether a calf's head is presented half or whole , it is carved in the same way . Cut off the sweet bread from the throat , then cut down through the fleshy part of the cheek in thin slices along the jaws , and help a little of ...
... Head . Whether a calf's head is presented half or whole , it is carved in the same way . Cut off the sweet bread from the throat , then cut down through the fleshy part of the cheek in thin slices along the jaws , and help a little of ...
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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.
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