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Easy recipes using canned foods form the Service Kitchen / National Canners Association.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]
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The four faces of drunkenness in England and Wales, 1968-1970 : a comparison of Home Office publications offences relating to motor vehicles and offences of drunkenness / by G. Prys Williams.
Prys Williams, Gwylmor.Date: 1970
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The farmer's wife; or complete country housewife. Containing full and ample directions for the breeding and management of turkies, Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, &c. Instructions for fattening hogs, pickling of Pork, and curing of Bacon. How to make Sausages, Hogs-Puddings, &c. Full Instructions for making Wines from various Kinds of English Fruits, and from Smyrna Raisins. The Method of making Cyder, Perry, Mead, Mum, Cherry-Brandy, &c. Directions respecting the Dairy, containing the best Way of making Butter, and likewise Gloucestershire, Cheshire, Stilton, Sage, and Cream Cheese, &c. How to pickle common English Fruits and Vegetables, with other useful Receipts for the Farmer's Wife and Country House-Keeper. Full Instructions how to brew Beer and Ale, of all the various Kinds made in this Kingdom. Ample Directions respecting the Management of Bees, with an Account of the Use of Honey. To which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds in General: Likewise a Variety of receipts in Cookery, And other Particulars well worthy the Attention of Women of all Ranks residing in the Country.
Date: [1780?]
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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 ; the whole composed with the utmost attention to health, economy, and elegance / by a Lady.
Date: 1827
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The British jester; a collection of bon mots, witty stories, and anecdotes; to which are added humorous poetry, and toasts and sentiments.
Date: [1800?]
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The British jewel, or Complete housewife's best companion; Containing I. A number of the most useful and uncommon receipts in cookery, with the manner of trussing poultry, rabits, hares, &c. illustrated with curious cuts, shewing how each is to be trussed. II. The best and most fashionable receipts for all manner of pastry, pickling, &c. with some general rules to be observed therein. III. Directions for making all sorts of English wines, shrub, vinegar, varjuice, catchup, sauces, soups, jellies, &c. IV. A table to cast up expences by the day, week, month or year. V. Every man his own physician; a valuable collection of the most approved receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to human bodies, from the most eminent English physicians. VI. The manner of preparing the elixir of life, turlington's balsam, Fryar's balsam, the court or lady's black sticking plaster, lip-salve, lady york's receipt to preserve from the small-pox or plague, &c. the royal patent snuff for the head and eyes; Dr. Braken's powder for the teeth, a secret for the cure of the tooth ach, a speedy method to destroy warts or corns, &c. VII. Directions for destroying rats, mice, eugs, fleas, &c. with a choice variety of useful family receipts. Together with a method of restoring to life people drowned, or in any other manner suffocated, to which is added the complete farrier, being the method of buying, selling, managing, &c. and of the diseases and cures incident to horses.
Date: 1769
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The farmer's wife; or the complete country housewife. Containing full and ample directions for the breeding and management of turkies, Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, &c. Instructions for fattening hogs, pickling of Pork, and curing of Bacon. How to make Sausages, Hogs-Puddings, &c. Full Instructions for making Wines from various Kinds of English Fruits, and from Smyrna Raisins. The Method of making Cyder, Perry, Mead, Mum, Cherry-Brandy, &c. Directions respecting the Dairy, containing the best Way of making Butter, and likewise Gloucestershire, Cheshire, Stilton, Sage, and Cream Cheese. How to pickle common English Fruits and Vegetables, with other useful Receipts for the Country House-Keeper. Full Instructions how to brew Beer and Ale, of all the various Kinds made in this Kingdom. Ample Directions respecting the Management of Bees, with an Account of the Use of Honey. To which is added the art of breeding and managing song birds: Likewise a Variety of Receipts in Cookery, And other Particulars, well worthy the Attention of Women of all Ranks residing in the Country.
Date: [1780?]
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The accomplish'd housewife; or, the gentlewoman's companion : containing I. Reflections on the education of the fair sex; with Characters for their Imitation. II. The Penman's Advice to the Ladies; or the Art of Writing made easy, and entertaining. III. Instructions for addressing Persons of Distinction, in Writing or Discourse. IV. An easy Introduction to the Study of Practical Arithmetic. V. Directions for copying Prints or Drawings, and Painting either in Oil or Water Colours, or with Crayons. VI. Directions for Marketting, with respect to Butcher's Meat, Poulterer's Ware, and Fish. Vii. A Bill of Fare for every Month in the Year. Viii. Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, &c. IX. Instructions for Carving and placing Dishes on the Table. X. All Sorts of Pickles, Made Wines, &c. XI. Remarks on the Nature and Qualities of the most common Aliments. XII. Recipes in Physick and Surgery. XIII. Remarks on the Causes and Symptoms of most Diseases. XIV. The Florist's Kalendar. XV. Familiar Letters on several Occasions in common Life; with Instructions to young Orphan Ladies how to judge of Proposals of Marriage made to them without the Consent of their Friends or Guardians. XVI. A Dictionary serving for the Translation of ordinary English Words into more scholastic ones. Concluding with some serious instructions for the conduct of the fair sex, with regard to their Duty towards God, and towards their Neighbours.
Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]
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An encyclopaedia of domestic economy comprising such subjects as are most immediately connected with housekeeping : as, the construction of domestic edifices ... duties of servants, the general account of the animal and vegetable substances used as food ... making bread ... preservation of health ; domestic medicine &c. &c. / by Thomas webster ; assisted by the late Mrs. Parkes.
Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844.Date: 1844
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Copy of an original manuscript, entitled, "A breviate touching the order and governmente of a nobleman's house, &c." Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S. and F.S.A. [a] Read March 27, 1800.
Date: 1800?]
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Domestic economy; or, a complete system of English housekeeping: containing the most approved receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice, in every reputable English book of cookery now extant; besides a great Variety of others which have never before been offered to the Public. Also a valuable Collection, translated from the Productions of Cooks of Eminence who have published in France, with their respective Names to each Receipt; which, together with the Original Articles, form the most complete System of Housekeeping ever yet exhibited, under the following Heads, viz. Roasting, Boiling, Made-Dishes, Frying, Broiling, Potting, Fricasses, Ragouts, Soups, Sauces, Gravies, Hashes, Stews, Puddings, Custards, Cakes, Tarts, Pies, Pasties, Cheesecakes, Jellies, Pickling, Preserving, and Confectionary. To which is prefixed, in order to render it as complete and perfect as possible, An Elegant Collection of Light Dishes for Supper, Adapted for Every Month in the Year. Also the complete brewer; Containing Familiar Instructions for brewing all Sorts of Beer and Ale; including the proper Management of the Vault or Cellar. Likewise the family physician; being a collection of the most valuable and approved prescriptions by Mead, Sydenham, Tissot, Fothergill, Elliot, Buchan, and Others. By Maximilian Hazlemore.
Date: 1794
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The cost of living : as modified by sanitary science / by Ellen H. Richards.
Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911.Date: 1910
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Maison rustique des dames / par Mme Millet-Robinet.
Millet-Robinet, Cora, 1798-1890.Date: [1877]
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A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide : arranged on the most economical plan for private families ... A complete family physician, and instructions to female servants in every situation, showing the best methods of performing their various duties. The whole being the result of actual experiments / by M. Radcliffe. To which are added, as an appendix, some valuable instructions on the management of the kitchen and fruit gardens.
Radcliffe, M.Date: 1823
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A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide : arranged on the most economical plan for private families ... A complete family physician, and instructions to female servants in every situation, showing the best methods of performing their various duties. The whole being the result of actual experiments / by M. Radcliffe. To which are added, as an appendix, some valuable instructions on the management of the kitchen and fruit gardens.
Radcliffe, M.Date: 1823
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A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide : arranged on the most economical plan for private families ... A complete family physician, and instructions to female servants in every situation, showing the best methods of performing their various duties. The whole being the result of actual experiments / by M. Radcliffe. To which are added, as an appendix, some valuable instructions on the management of the kitchen and fruit gardens ; by M. Radcliffe.
Radcliffe, M.Date: 1827
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The ultimate care fees planning handbook, April 2013 - April 2014 / Symponia.
Symponia (Firm)Date: [2014]
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Paying for care : important things you should know / Eldercare Solutions.
Eldercare SolutionsDate: 2014
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The practical housewife : a complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide / by the original editor of the "Family friend", the "Housewife's reason why", etc.
Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.Date: 1860
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The housekeeper's receipt book, or, the repository of domestic knowledge : containing a complete system of housekeeping, formed upon principles of experience and economy, and adapted to general use.
Date: 1813
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A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the royal household, made in divers reigns. From King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary. Also receipts in ancient cookery.
Date: 1790
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The husbandman's manual; directing him how to improve the several actions of his calling, and the most usual occurrences of his life, to the glory of God, and the benefit of his soul. The eighteenth edition. Written by a Minister in the country for the use of his parishioners.
Welchman, Edward, 1665-1739.Date: 1799
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The domestic oracle: or, A complete system of modern cookery and family economy : containing directions for purchasing, keeping, and dressing, all kinds of butcher's meat, fish, poultry, and game ... To the whole are added, hints to masters, and instructions to servants; observations calculate to diminish expense, and to promote comfort in housekeeping; monitions for the preserving of health; and a copious collection of receipts, for family purposes and occasional circumstances. The whole drawn from the best sources, and the experience of forty years / by Alexander Murray.
Murray, Alexander, active 1850.Date: [1850?]
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Consult me : how to cook... on confectionery... how to brew... on household management and economy... on diseases and their remedies... on games of cards, chess... how to dye... consult me as to married women's property... on the cold water cure, and on a thousand other things.
Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882.Date: [1902]
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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. The whole composed with the utmost attention to health, economy, and elegance / by a Lady.
Date: 1827