Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking meat, fish, poultry, game, &c. in all their varieties. Trussing and carving: preparing soups, gravies, sauces, made dishes, potting, pickling, &c. With all the branches of pastry and confectionary. A complete family physician. Instructions to servants for the best methods of performing their various duties. The art of making British wines, brewing, baking, &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond.

  • Hammond, Elizabeth.
Date:
1815
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Credit: Modern domestic cookery, and useful receipt book : containing the most approved directions for purchasing, preserving and cooking meat, fish, poultry, game, &c. in all their varieties. Trussing and carving: preparing soups, gravies, sauces, made dishes, potting, pickling, &c. With all the branches of pastry and confectionary. A complete family physician. Instructions to servants for the best methods of performing their various duties. The art of making British wines, brewing, baking, &c. / by Elizabeth Hammond. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    ■■■■■■inianwwB'iffiu --atg/'rvc ■ —r~ na cancr-—k:txx-k: ^scs^sv^ni ledge of it, a lady can never execute tlie honours of her table with due propriety, or without consider- able pain to herself, it also makes a great differ- ence in the daily consumption of a family. 1 would therefore seriously recommend my fair readers to study this very useful branch of domestic know- ledge, and it can be attained only by constant practice, as written instructions can merely point out the way w hich practice must render perfect, and without w hich no persons can preside w ith ho- nour at the head of a table. A proper attention to visitors is highly neces- sary, and it is to be hoped that this degree of»;po- lite civility will never be forgotten, as without all the enjoyments of social life, it must become tire- some, and of course unpleasant. Where there are young females in a family, it would greatly improve them were they made to take the head of the table, under the superintendance of their mother, by whose salutary directions they w ould soon discharge the duty thus thrown upon them with equal ease and grace, and they would also learn more in one month’s practical employment, than they would in twelve months’ observation. This would also pre- pare them to discharge their duties in a proper manner, when they become mistresses themselves. Indeed, for my own part, I can imagine nothing more disagreeable than to behold a female at the head of a w'ell furnished table, where she actually presides, only to haggle and spoil whatever may be set before her; by which great waste is occasioned, and, perhaps, we may add some disgust, because many delicate persons, when helped in a clumsy manner, absolutely loathe the provisions (however good) thus set before them. Every lady who tills the situation of a mistress of a family, will, I am confident, upon mature re» c