The experienced English house-keeper, for the use and ease of ladies, house-keepers, cooks, &c. : Wrote purely from practice, and dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the author lately served as house-keeper: Consisting of near eight hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part I. Lemon pickle, browning for all sorts, of made dishes, soups, fish, plain meat, game made dishes both hot and cold, pyes, puddings &c. Part II. All kinds of confectionary, particularly the gold and silver web for covering of sweetmeats, and a dessert of spun sugar, with directions to set out a table in the most elegant manner and in the modern taste, floating Islands, fish ponds, transparent puddings; trifles, whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, potting, and collaring, wines, vinegars, catchups, distillsng, with two most valuable receipts, one for refining malt liquors, the other for curing acid wines, and a correct list of every thing in season for every month in the year. The third edition, with an appendix containing 102 additional receipts, and the plan of a fire stove, wherein any common fuel may be burnt instead of charcoal. By Elizabeth Raffald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Experienced English housekeeper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, English.

Physical Description:

vi,302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages,plates ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by J. Williams, in Skinner-row, 1772.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9939.

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Restricted for use by site license.