The complete economical cook and frugal housewife : an entire new system of domestic cookery, containing approved directions for purchasing, preserving, and cooking ... With directions for pastry and confectionary. Likewise the art of making British wines, brewing, baking, gardening, &c / by Mary Holland.

  • Holland, Mary.
Date:
1829
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Credit: The complete economical cook and frugal housewife : an entire new system of domestic cookery, containing approved directions for purchasing, preserving, and cooking ... With directions for pastry and confectionary. Likewise the art of making British wines, brewing, baking, gardening, &c / by Mary Holland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. Management- of Families. In domestic arrangement the table is entitled to no small share of attention, as a well con- ducted system of domestic management is the foundation of every comfort, and the respect- ability and welfare of families depend in a great measure on the prudent arrangement of the female whose province is to to manage their domestic concerns. However the fortunes of individuals may support a large expenditure, it will be deficient in all that can benefit or grace society, and in every thing essential to moral order and ra- tional happiness, if not conducted on a regular system, embracing all the objects of such a situation. In domestic management, as in education, BO much must depend on the particular cir- cumstances of every case, that it is impossible to lay down a system which can be generally applicable. The immediate plan of every family must be adapted to its own peculiar situation, and