Family companion, or, The whole art of cookery made plain and easy : in a method entirely new, and suited to every capacity : calculated for the preservation of health, and upon the principles of frugality : containing, compleat directions in the various branches of cookery, pickling, and preserving : also in the making of cakes, jellies, soops, pasties, and all sorts of made wines, &c. : the whole exemplified in above five hundred choice receipts : being the result of above 30 years practice and experience, together with an attentive observation of all the books hitherto published in cookery : several curious receipts, or various ways of eating British pickled herrings, making soops, &c. now first added to this edition : to which are added, plain and easy instructions for chusing beef, mutton, veal, fish, and fowl, and all other eatables : the times when fish are in season, &c : also, directions for carving, and made wines : likewise bills of fare for every month in the year : with an excellent method for preserving of metals from rust, such as guns, grates, candlesticks, &c. : as also several valuable receipts for taking iron moulds out of all kinds of linnen, &c. &c. : to this book is also added, the London and country brewer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Alice

Language:

English

Place of Publication:

1754