Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book : Designed As a Supplement to Her Treatise on Domestic Economy.

ISBN:

9781449431877

Title:

Author:

Beecher, Catharine Esther.

Personal Author:

Beecher, Catharine Esther.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Series:

American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection

Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. ON SELECTING FOOD AND DRINKS WITH REFERENCE TO HEALTH. -- CHAPTER II. MARKETING-CARE AND USES OF MEATS. -- CHAPTER III. BOILED MEATS. -- CHAPTER IV. ROASTED AND BAKED MEATS. -- CHAPTER V. FRIED AND BROILED MEATS. -- CHAPTER VI. SOUPS. -- CHAPTER VII. FISH. -- CHAPTER VIII. ON THE PREPARATION OF HASHES, GRAVIES, AND SAUCES. -- CHAPTER IX. VEGETABLES. -- CHAPTER X. OVENS, YEAST, BREAD, AND BISCUIT. -- CHAPTER XI. BREAKFAST AND TEA CAKES. -- CHAPTER XII. PLAIN PUDDINGS AND PIES. -- CHAPTER XIII. RICH PUDDINGS AND PIES. -- CHAPTER XIV. PLAIN CAKES. -- CHAPTER XV. RICH CAKES. -- CHAPTER XVI. PRESERVES AND JELLIES. -- CHAPTER XVII. PICKLES. -- CHAPTER XVIII. ARTICLES FOR DESSERTS AND EVENING PARTIES. -- CHAPTER XIX. TEMPERANCE DRINKS. -- CHAPTER XX. RECEIPTS FOR FOOD AND DRINIKS FOR THE SICK. -- CHAPTER XXI. ON MAKING BUTTER AND CHEESE. -- CHAPTER XXII. ARTICLES AND CONVENIENCES FOR THE SICK, -- CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROVIDING AND CARE OF FAMILY STORES, -- CHAPTER XXIV. SUGGESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO PROVIDING A SUCCESSIVE VARIETY OF FOOD. -- CHAPTER XXV. ON BREAD MAKING, -- CHAPTER XXVI. DIRECTIONS FOR DINNER AND EVENING PARTIES. -- CHAPTER XXVII. ON SETTING TABLES, AND PREPARING VARIOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD FOR THE TABLE, -- CHAPTER XXVIII. ON SYSTEMATIC FAMILY ARRANGEMENT, AND MODE OF DOING WORK. -- CHAPTER XXIX. ON A PROPER SUPPLY OF UTENSILS AND CONVENIENCES FOR HOUSEKEPING. -- CHAPTER XXX. SUGGESTIONS IN REGARD TO HIRED SERVICE, -- CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE STYLE OF LIVING AND EXPENSES, -- CHAPTER XXXII. WORDS OF COMFORT FOR A DISCOURAGED HOUSEKEEPER, -- CHAPTER XXXIII. FRIENDLY COUNSELS FOB DOMESTICS, -- CHAPTER XXXIV. MISCELLANEOUS ADVICE, AND SUPPLEMENTARY RECEIPTS.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Cooking, American.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

Cork :

Andrews McMeel,

2013.

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Summary

Published in 1846 in New York, Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book was written by Catharine Esther Beecher, one of the most influential women writers and social activists of her time. This best-selling cookbook had over 25 printings, and it included detailed recipes that were created to make life easier and improved for the average housewife, simultaneously celebrating women's work as an art form. The "original" recipes have all been tested by respected housewives and include directions for royal crumpets, sassafras jelly, rice griddle cakes, codfish relish, mutton hash, and mock turtle soup, as well as practical advice for setting the table, butchering a pig, handling the issue of alcohol in the home, and basting techniques. Throughout the book, Beecher emphasizes that a variety of healthy, nutritious foods should be provided for optimal family well-being. With the original receipts and useful and practical information provided in Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book, it is no surprise that Beecher became one of the most influential writers and social activists of her time. She continues to be studied and valued today. This edition of Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the society is a research library documenting the lives of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection comprises approximately 1,100 volumes.