The American Frugal Housewife : dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / by Mrs. Child, author of "Hobomok," "The Mother's Book," Editor of the "Juvenile Miscellany," &c.
LIBRA - Blank CollectionTX147 .C53 1986
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Twelfth Edition / enlarged and corrected by the author
Distribution:
Chester, CT : Distributed by The Globe Pequot Press,
Other Title:
Frugal housewife
Place of Publication:
Bedford, Mass. : Applewood Books, 1986.
Contents:
Introductory Chapter
Odd Scraps for the Economical
Soap
Simple Remedies
Vegetables
Herbs
Cheap Dye-Stuffs
Meat Corned, or Salted, Hams, &c.
Choice of Meat
Common Cooking
Puddings
Cheap Custards
Common Pies
Common Cakes
Bread, Yeast, &c.
Preserves, &c.
General Maxims for Health
Hints to Persons of Moderate Fortune. Furniture; Education of Daughters; Travelling and Public Amusements; Philosophy and Consistency; Reasons for Hard Times; How to Endure Poverty.
Notes:
"Published in Cooperation with Old Sturbridge Village."
"A George Dawson Book."
Reprint. Originally published: Twelfth Edition. Boston : Carter, Hendee, and Co., 1832.
Date on cover: 1833.
"It has become necessary to change the title of the work to the 'American Frugal Housewife,' because there is an English work of the same name, not adapted to the wants of this country." -- Title-page verso.
Includes index.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
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