A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families As the following directions were intended for the conduct of the families of the Authoress's own daugh ters, and for the arrangement of their table, so as to units a good figure with proper economy, she has avoided all excessive luxury, such as essence of ham. And that wasteful expenditure of large quantifies of meat for gravy, which so greatly contributes to keep up the price, and is no less injurious to those who eat than to those whose penury obliges them to abstain. Many receipts are given for things, which being in daily use, the mode of pmparing them may be supposed too well known to require a place in a cookery-hook; yet how rarely do we meet with fine melted butter, good toast and water. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.