The practice of cookery : adapted to the business of every day life / By Mrs. Dalgairns.

  • Dalgairns, Mrs.
Date:
1845
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Credit: The practice of cookery : adapted to the business of every day life / By Mrs. Dalgairns. 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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    % ing for what is wanted, nor any ambiguity in the meaning of the directions when found. A perfectly original book of Cookery would neither meet with, nor deserve, much attention ; because what is wanted in this matter, is. not re- ceipts for new dishes, but clear instructions how to make those already established in public favour. The study, therefore, of the author has been to consult the best authorities; to compare different receipts with care and impartiality, and after- wards to select for publication those only which appeared economical, easy to follow, and calcu- lated to furnish the dishes required for daily use, as well as those for occasions of ceremony. But nothing has been considered worthy of adoption,. However high its pretensions, without some spe- cific and substantial recommendations. Every receipt, therefore, has either been actually tried by the author, or by persons whose accuracy in the various manipulations could he safely relied upon. The defects usually complained of in most Cookery books are their extravagance, and their want of distinctness in the directions. In many cases, they are perversely adapted exclusively to the finances of persons who never think of read- ing receipts at all, but who overcome the whole difficulty by keeping highly educated, and, of course, expensive Cooks. Such works, therefore, afford little assistance to the young mistress of a family, to country servants, or even to persons