The Book of Household Management

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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Book of Household Management.by Mrs.Isabella Beeton.PREFACE.I must frankly own, that
The Book of Household Management.by Mrs.Isabella Beeton.PREFACE.I must frankly own, that if I had known, beforehand, that this book would have cost me the labour which it has, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it. What moved me, in th

1 The Book of Household Management.by Mrs.Isabella Beeton.PREFACE.I must frankly own, that if I had known, beforehand, that this book would have cost me the labour which it has, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it. What moved me, in th 2024-4-23
2 36. THE GUESTS BEING SEATED AT THE DINNER-TABLE, the lady begins to help the soup, which is handed round, commencing with the gentleman on her right and on her left, and continuing in the same order till all are served. It is generally established as a ru 2024-4-23
3 Cleanliness, punctuality, order, and method, are essentials in the character of a good housekeeper. Without the first, no household can be said to be well managed. The second is equally all-important; for those who are under the housekeeper will take thei 2024-4-23
4 68. The braziers, ladles, stewpans, saucepans, gridirons, and colanders of antiquity might generally pa.s.s for those of the English manufacture of the present day, in so far as shape is concerned. In proof of this we have placed together the following si 2024-4-23
5 MEAT.--Beef, house lamb, mutton, pork, veal.POULTRY.--Capons, chickens, ducklings, tame and wild pigeons, pullets with eggs, turkeys, wild-fowl, though now not in full season.GAME.--Grouse, hares, partridges, pheasants, snipes, woodc.o.c.k.VEGETABLES.--Be 2024-4-23
6 POULTRY.--Chickens, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeons, wild ducks.GAME.--Blackc.o.c.k, grouse, hares, partridges, pheasants, snipes, woodc.o.c.ks, doe venison.VEGETABLES.--Artichokes, beets, cabbages, cauliflowers, ca 2024-4-23
7 85. WHILST THE COOK IS ENGAGED WITH HER MORNING DUTIES, the kitchen-maid is also occupied with hers. Her first duty, after the fire is lighted, is to sweep and clean the kitchen, and the various offices belonging to it. This she does every morning, beside 2024-4-23
8 REMOULADE.--Salad dressing.RISSOLES.--Pastry, made of light puff-paste, and cut into various forms, and fried. They may be filled with fish, meat, or sweets.ROUX.--Brown and white; French thickening.SALMI.--Ragout of game previously roasted.SAUCE PIQUANTE 2024-4-23
9 [Ill.u.s.tration]RECIPES.CHAPTER VI.FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SOUPS.[_It will be seen, by reference to the following Recipes, that an entirely original and most intelligible system has been pursued in explaining the preparation of each dish. We would recommend 2024-4-23
10 APPLE SOUP.111. INGREDIENTS.--2 lbs. of good boiling apples, 3/4 teaspoonful of white pepper, 6 cloves, cayenne or ginger to taste, 3 quarts of medium stock._Mode_.--Peel and quarter the apples, taking out their cores; put them into the stock, stew them g 2024-4-23
11 _Time_.--Half an hour. _Average cost_ per quart, 4d._Seasonable_ at any time._Sufficient_ for 4 persons._Note_.--This is a cheap recipe, and will be found useful where extreme economy is an object.[Ill.u.s.tration: QUERN, or GRINDING-MILL.]BREAD.--The ori 2024-4-23
12 _Time_.--Half an hour. _Average_ cost, 1s. 6d. per quart._Seasonable_ from June to the end of August._Sufficient_ for 8 persons._Note_.--Cold peas pounded in a mortar, with a little stock added to them, make a very good soup in haste.Parsley.--Among the G 2024-4-23
13 _Mode_.--Put the vegetables in the b.u.t.ter to stew gently for an hour with a teacupful of stock; then add the remainder of the stock, and simmer for another hour. Now beat the yolks of the eggs well, mix with the cream (previously boiled), and strain th 2024-4-23
14 _Mode_.--Throw the macaroni and b.u.t.ter into boiling water, with a pinch of salt, and simmer for 1/2 an hour. When it is tender, drain and cut it into thin rings or lengths, and drop it into the boiling stock. Stew gently for 15 minutes, and serve grate 2024-4-23
15 THE PARSNIP.--This is a biennial plant, with a root like a carrot, which, in nutritive and saccharine matter, it nearly equals. It is a native of Britain, and, in its wild state, may be found, in many parts, growing by the road-sides. It is also to be fou 2024-4-23
16 _Seasonable_ in the winter._Sufficient_ for 8 persons.THE PRINCE Of WALES.--This soup was invented by a philanthropic friend of the Editress, to be distributed among the poor of a considerable village, when the Prince of Wales attained his majority, on th 2024-4-23
17 SPINACH SOUP (French Recipe).155. INGREDIENTS.--As much spinach as, when boiled, will half fill a vegetable-dish, 2 quarts of very clear medium stock, No. 105._Mode_.--Make the cooked spinach into b.a.l.l.s the size of an egg, and slip them into the soup- 2024-4-23
18 161. INGREDIENTS.--6 potatoes, 4 turnips, or 2 if very large; 2 carrots, 2 onions; if obtainable, 2 mushrooms; 1 head of celery, 1 large slice of bread, 1 small saltspoonful of salt, 1/4 saltspoonful of ground black pepper, 2 teaspoonfuls of Harvey's 2024-4-23
19 _Seasonable_ from May to October._Sufficient_ for 10 persons._Note_.--Force-meat b.a.l.l.s can be added, and the soup may be flavoured with a little lemon-juice, or a gla.s.s of sherry or Madeira. The bones from the head may be stewed down again, with a f 2024-4-23
20 _Mode_.--Put all the ingredients, except the force-meat b.a.l.l.s and lemon-juice, in an earthen jar, and stew for 6 hours. Do not open it till cold. When wanted for use, skim off all the fat, and strain carefully; place it on the fire, cut up the meat in 2024-4-23
21 _Time_.--2-1/2 hours. _Average cost_, 2s. 10d. per quart, or, if made with fragments of gold game, 1s._Seasonable_ from October to February._Sufficient_ for 10 persons._Note_.--Fragments, pieces and bones of cold game, may be used to great advantage in th 2024-4-23
22 _Mode_.--Cut the beef up in small pieces, add the other ingredients, and boil gently for 21/2 hours. Oatmeal or potatoes would be a great improvement._Time_.-21/2 hours. _Average cost_, 6d. per quart._Seasonable_ in winter._Sufficient_ for 6 persons.II.18 2024-4-23
23 192. INGREDIENTS.--2 lbs. of beef or veal (these can be omitted), any kind of white fish tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs, of fish which are to be dressed for table, 2 onions, the rind of 1/2 a lemon, a bunch of sweet herbs, 2 carrots, 2 quarts of water._Mode_.--Cut up th 2024-4-23
24 _Note_.--This can be thickened with tomatoes, and vermicelli served in it, which makes it a very tasteful soup.[Ill.u.s.tration: THE PRAWN.]THE PRAWN.--This little fish bears a striking resemblance to the shrimp, but is neither so common nor so small. It 2024-4-23
25 221. FISH SHOULD BE PUT INTO COLD WATER, and set on the fire to do very gently, or the outside will break before the inner part is done. Unless the fishes are small, they should never be put into warm water; nor should water, either hot or cold, be poured 2024-4-23
26 CODFISH.231. Cod may be boiled whole; but a large head and shoulders are quite sufficient for a dish, and contain all that is usually helped, because, when the thick part is done, the tail is insipid and overdone. The latter, cut in slices, makes a very g 2024-4-23
27 _Time_.--3/4 hour. _Average cost_, with fresh fish, 3s._Seasonable_ from November to March._Sufficient_ for 4 persons.THE FOOD OF THE COD.--This chiefly consists of the smaller species of the scaly tribes, sh.e.l.l-fish, crabs, and worms. Their voracity i 2024-4-23
28 [Ill.u.s.tration: THE CHUB.][Ill.u.s.tration: THE CHAR.]THE CHUB.--This fish takes its name from its head, not only in England, but in other countries. It is a river-fish, and resembles the carp, but is somewhat longer. Its flesh is not in much esteem, be 2024-4-23
29 [Ill.u.s.tration: THE EEL.]THE EEL TRIBE.--The Apodal, or bony-gilled and ventral-finned fish, of which the eel forms the first Linnaean tribe, in their general aspect and manners, approach, in some instances, very nearly to serpents. They have a smooth h 2024-4-23
30 [Ill.u.s.tration: THE LAMPREY.]THE LAMPREY.--With the Romans, this fish occupied a respectable rank among the piscine tribes, and in Britain it has at various periods stood high in public favour. It was the cause of the death of Henry I. of England, who a 2024-4-23
31 263. INGREDIENTS.--A nice forcemeat (_see_ Forcemeats), b.u.t.ter to taste, egg and bread crumbs._Mode_.--Scale and clean the fish, without cutting it open much; put in a nice delicate forcemeat, and sew up the slit. Brush it over with egg, sprinkle over 2024-4-23
32 HOT LOBSTER.271. INGREDIENTS.--1 lobster, 2 oz. of b.u.t.ter, grated nutmeg; salt, pepper, and pounded mace, to taste; bread crumbs, 2 eggs._Mode_.--Pound the meat of the lobster to a smooth paste with the b.u.t.ter and seasoning, and add a few bread crum 2024-4-23
33 279. INGREDIENTS.--4 middling-sized mackerel, a nice delicate forcemeat (_see_ Forcemeats), 3 oz. of b.u.t.ter; pepper and salt to taste._Mode_.--Clean the fish, take out the roes, and fill up with forcemeat, and sew up the slit. Flour, and put them in a 2024-4-23
34 _Average cost_, 1s. each._Seasonable_ at any time, but more plentiful in summer._Note_.--Red mullet may be broiled, and should be folded in oiled paper, the same as in the preceding recipe, and seasoned with pepper and salt.They may be served without sauc 2024-4-23
35 _Seasonable_ from September to April._Sufficient_ for 3 persons.EXCELLENCE OF THE ENGLISH OYSTER.--The French a.s.sert that the English oysters, which are esteemed the best in Europe, were originally procured from Cancalle Bay, near St. Malo; but they a.s 2024-4-23
36 _Time_.--3/4 hour. _Average cost_ for this quant.i.ty, 1s. 9d._Seasonable_ from May to November._Sufficient_ for 4 persons; according to size.[Ill.u.s.tration: THE PLAICE.]THE PLAICE.--This fish is found both in the Baltic and the Mediterranean, and is al 2024-4-23
37 SALMON CUTLETS.306. Cut the slices 1 inch thick, and season them with pepper and salt; b.u.t.ter a sheet of white paper, lay each slice on a separate piece, with their ends twisted; broil gently over a clear fire, and serve with anchovy or caper sauce. Wh 2024-4-23
38 314. INGREDIENTS.--1/4 lb. of salt to each gallon of water._Mode_.--Cleanse and skin the skate, lay it in a fish-kettle, with sufficient water to cover it, salted in the above proportion. Let it simmer very gently till done; then dish it on a hot napkin, 2024-4-23
39 BOILED SOLES.321. INGREDIENTS.--1/4 lb. salt to each gallon of water._Mode_.--Cleanse and wash the fish carefully, cut off the fins, but do not skin it. Lay it in a fish-kettle, with sufficient cold water to cover it, salted in the above proportion. Let i 2024-4-23
40 _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons.SOLES WITH MUSHROOMS.328. INGREDIENTS.--1 pint of milk, 1 pint of water, 1 oz. b.u.t.ter, 1 oz.salt, a little lemon-juice, 2 middling-sized soles._Mode_.--Cleanse the soles, but do not skin them, and lay them in a fish-kett 2024-4-23
41 _Seasonable_ from October to June.A SINGULAR QUALITY IN THE TENCH.--It is said that the tench is possessed of such healing properties among the finny tribes, that even the voracious pike spares it on this account.The pike, fell tyrant of the liquid plain, 2024-4-23
42 TURBOT AU GRATIN.342. INGREDIENTS.--Remains of cold turbot, bechamel (_see_ Sauces), bread crumbs, b.u.t.ter._Mode_.--Cut the flesh of the turbot into small dice, carefully freeing it from all skin and bone. Put them into a stewpan, and moisten with 4 or 2024-4-23
43 just before the close of the session. It is invariably the precursor of the prorogation of Parliament, and the repast is provided by the proprietor of the "Trafalgar," Greenwich.FISH PIE, WITH TENCH AND EELS.349. INGREDIENTS.--2 tench, 2 eels, 2 2024-4-23
44 The usual way of helping this fish is to cut it quite through, bone and all, distributing it in nice and not too large pieces. A moderately-sized sole will be sufficient for three slices; namely, the head, middle, and tail. The guests should be asked whic 2024-4-23
45 BROWN APPLE SAUCE.364. INGREDIENTS.--6 good-sized apples, 1/2 pint of brown gravy, cayenne to taste._Mode_. Put the gravy in a stewpan, and add the apples, after having pared, cored, and quartered them. Let them simmer gently till tender; beat them to a p 2024-4-23
46 _Mode_.--Put the giblets, with the head, neck, legs, &c., into a stewpan; add the onion, pepper, mace, salt, and rather more than 1 pint of water. Let this simmer for an hour, when strain the liquor over the bread, which should be previously grated or bro 2024-4-23
47 _Sufficient_ to serve with a leg of mutton.CAPER SAUCE FOR FISH.383. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 pint of melted b.u.t.ter No. 376, 3 dessertspoonfuls of capers, 1 dessertspoonful of their liquor, a small piece of glaze, if at hand (this may be dispensed with), 1/4 2024-4-23
48 of garlic, 1/4 lb. of onions, 3/4 lb. of powdered ginger, 1/4 lb. of dried chilies, 3/4 lb. of mustard-seed, 3/4 lb. of stoned raisins, 2 bottles of best vinegar, 30 large unripe sour apples._Mode_.--The sugar must be made into syrup; the garlic, onions, 2024-4-23
49 _Mode_.--Choose the greenest cuc.u.mbers, and those that are most free from seeds; put them in strong salt and water, with a cabbage-leaf to keep them down; tie a paper over them, and put them in a warm place till they are yellow; then wash them and set t 2024-4-23
50 411. INGREDIENTS.--2 slices of lean ham, 1 lb. of veal, 1-1/2 pint of white stock, No. 107; 2 or 3 sprigs of parsley, 1/2 a bay-leaf, 2 or 3 sprigs of savoury herbs, 6 green onions, 3 shalots, 2 cloves, 1 blade of mace, 2 gla.s.ses of sherry or Madeira, t 2024-4-23
51 419. It will be well to state, in the beginning of this recipe, that French forcemeat, or quenelles, consist of the blending of three separate processes; namely, panada, udder, and whatever meat you intend using.PANADA.420. INGREDIENTS.--The crumb of 2 pe 2024-4-23
52 THE GOOSEBERRY.--This useful and wholesome fruit (_Ribes grossularia_) is thought to be indigenous to the British Isles, and may be occasionally found in a wild state in some of the eastern counties, although, when uncultivated, it is but a very small and 2024-4-23
53 _Average cost_, 8d. per pint.[Ill.u.s.tration: PIMENTO.]ALLSPICE.--This is the popular name given to pimento, or Jamaica pepper, known to naturalists as _Eugenia pimenta_, and belonging to the order of Myrtaceae. It is the berry of a fine tree in the West 2024-4-23
54 _Mode_.--Grate the horseradish, and mix it well with the sugar, salt, pepper, and mustard; moisten it with sufficient vinegar to give it the consistency of cream, and serve in a tureen: 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of cream added to the above, very much improve 2024-4-23
55 TO PICKLE LEMONS WITHOUT THE PEEL.456. INGREDIENTS.--6 lemons, 1 lb. of fine salt; to each quart of vinegar, the same ingredients as No. 455._Mode_.--Peel the lemons, slit each one down 3 times, so as not to divide them, and rub the salt well into the div 2024-4-23
56 _Time_.--1 minute to simmer. _Average cost_, for this quant.i.ty, 2s._Seasonable_ at any time._Sufficient_ to serve with a small turbot, a brill, or salmon for 6 persons._Note_.--Melted b.u.t.ter made with milk, No. 380, will be found to answer very well 2024-4-23
57 _Mode_.--Choose full-grown mushroom-flaps, and take care they are perfectly _fresh-gathered_ when the weather is tolerably dry; for, if they are picked during very heavy rain, the ketchup from which they are made is liable to get musty, and will not keep 2024-4-23
58 TARTAR MUSTARD.481. INGREDIENTS.--Horseradish vinegar, cayenne, 1/2 a teacupful of mustard._Mode_.--Have ready sufficient horseradish vinegar to mix with the above proportion of mustard; put the mustard in a cup, with a slight seasoning of cayenne; mix it 2024-4-23
59 _Mode_.--Grate the bread very fine, and be careful that no large lumps remain; put it into a basin with the suet, which must be very finely minced, or, when b.u.t.ter is used, that must be cut up into small pieces.Add the herbs, also chopped as small as p 2024-4-23
60 498. INGREDIENTS.--Red cabbages, salt and water; to each quart of vinegar, 1/2 oz. of ginger well bruised, 1 oz. of whole black pepper, and, when liked, a little cayenne._Mode_.--Take off the outside decayed leaves of a nice red cabbage, cut it in quarter 2024-4-23
61 _Sufficient_ for a small salad.This recipe can be confidently recommended by the editress, to whom it was given by an intimate friend noted for her salads.SCARCITY OF SALADS IN ENGLAND.--Three centuries ago, very few vegetables were cultivated in England, 2024-4-23
62 _Time_.--Altogether 1/2 hour. _Average cost_, 10d._Sufficient_ for a medium-sized dish of cutlets._Seasonable_ at any time.A GOOD SAUCE FOR VARIOUS BOILED PUDDINGS.514. INGREDIENTS.--1/4 lb. of b.u.t.ter, 1/4 lb. of pounded sugar, a winegla.s.sful of bran 2024-4-23
63 SHRIMP SAUCE, for Various Kinds of Fish.522. INGREDIENTS.--1/3 pint of melted b.u.t.ter (No. 376), 1/4 pint of picked shrimps, cayenne to taste._Mode_.--Make the melted b.u.t.ter very smoothly by recipe No. 376, sh.e.l.l the shrimps (sufficient to make 1/ 2024-4-23
64 531. INGREDIENTS.--1 dozen tomatoes, 2 teaspoonfuls of the best powdered ginger, 1 dessertspoonful of salt, 1 head of garlic chopped fine, 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, 1 dessertspoonful of Chili vinegar (a small quant.i.ty of cayenne may be subst.i.tuted 2024-4-23
65 _Seasonable_ at any time.WHITE SAUCE (a very Simple and Inexpensive Method).539. INGREDIENTS.--1-1/2 pint of milk, 1-1/2 oz. of rice, 1 strip of lemon-peel, 1 small blade of pounded mace, salt and cayenne to taste._Mode_.--Boil the milk with the lemon-pee 2024-4-23
66 566. THE VESSELS USED FOR BOILING should be made of cast-iron, well tinned within, and provided with closely-fitting lids. They must be kept scrupulously clean, otherwise they will render the meat cooked in them unsightly and unwholesome. Copper pans, if 2024-4-23
67 588. ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN AND END OF NATURE, mammiferous animals are calculated, when arrived at maturity, to subsist on various kinds of food,--some to live wholly upon flesh, others upon grain, herbs, or fruits; but in their infant state, milk is the 2024-4-23
68 598. INGREDIENTS.--About 2 lbs. of cold roast beef, 2 small onions, 1 large carrot or two small ones, 1 turnip, a small bunch of savoury herbs, salt and pepper to taste, 4 tablespoonfuls of gravy, 3 tablespoonfuls of ale, crust or mashed potatoes._Mode_.- 2024-4-23
69 _Time_.--In a hot oven, 1-1/2 hour._Average cost_, for this size, 3s 6d._Sufficient_ for 6 or 8 persons._Seasonable_ at any time.Note.--Beef-steak pies may be flavoured in various ways, with oysters and their liquor, mushrooms, minced onions, &c. For fami 2024-4-23
70 _Mode_.--As the success of a good broil so much depends on the state of the fire, see that it is bright and clear, and perfectly free from smoke, and do not add any fresh fuel just before you require to use the gridiron. Sprinkle a little salt over the fi 2024-4-23
71 _Seasonable_ at any time.MINCED COLLOPS (an Entree).619. INGREDIENTS.--1 lb. of rump-steak, salt and pepper to taste, 2 oz.of b.u.t.ter, 1 onion minced, 1/4 pint of water, 1 tablespoonful of Harvey's sauce, or lemon-juice, or mushroom ketchup; 1 smal 2024-4-23
72 _Mode_.--Mix very smoothly, and by degrees, the flour with the above proportion of water; stir in 2 oz. of b.u.t.ter, which must be melted, but not oiled, and, just before it is to be used, add the whites of two well-whisked eggs. Should the batter be too 2024-4-23
73 [Ill.u.s.tration: MARROW-BONES.]MARROW-BONES.--Bones are formed of a dense cellular tissue of membranous matter, made stiff and rigid by insoluble earthy salts; of which, phosphate of lime is the most abundant. In a large bone, the insoluble matter is gen 2024-4-23
74 II.643. INGREDIENTS.--The remains of cold roast or boiled beef, 1/4 lb. of b.u.t.ter, cayenne to taste, 2 blades of pounded mace._Mode_.--As we have stated in recipe No. 608, the outside slices of boiled beef may, with a little trouble, be converted into 2024-4-23
75 BEEF OLIVES.I.650. INGREDIENTS.--2 lbs. of rump-steak, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful of minced savoury herbs, pepper and salt to taste, 1 pint of stock, No.105, 2 or 3 slices of bacon, 2 tablespoonfuls of any store sauce, a slight thickening of b.u.t.ter and flo 2024-4-23
76 _Mode_.---The fore-rib is considered the primest roasting piece, but the middle-rib is considered the most economical. Let the meat be well hung (should the weather permit), and cut off the thin ends of the bones, which should be salted for a few days, an 2024-4-23
77 _Seasonable_ all the year, but best in winter.SLICED AND BROILED BEEF--a Pretty Dish (Cold Meat Cookery).664. INGREDIENTS.--A few slices of cold roast beef, 4 or 5 potatoes, a thin batter, pepper and salt to taste._Mode_.--Pare the potatoes as you would p 2024-4-23
78 We will quote a few lines to remind us of those days when "England was merry England," and when hospitality was thought to be the highest virtue."The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide; The huge hall-table's oaken fa 2024-4-23
79 TO DRESS TRIPE.677. INGREDIENTS.--Tripe, onion sauce, No. 484, milk and water._Mode_.--Ascertain that the tripe is quite fresh, and have it cleaned and dressed. Cut away the coa.r.s.est fat, and boil it in equal proportions of milk and water for 3/4 hour. 2024-4-23
80 [Ill.u.s.tration: HEATH EWE.]689. BLACK-FACED, on HEATH-BRED SHEEP.--This is the most hardy of all our native breeds, and originally came from Ettrick Forest. The face and legs are black, or sometimes mottled, the horns spiral, and on the top of the foreh 2024-4-23
81 BONED LEG OF MUTTON STUFFED.706. INGREDIENTS.--A small leg of mutton, weighing 6 or 7 lbs., forcemeat, No. 417, 2 shalots finely minced._Mode_.--Make a forcemeat by recipe No. 417, to which add 2 finely-minced shalots. Bone the leg of mutton, without spoi 2024-4-23
82 713. INGREDIENTS.--The remains of any joint of cold mutton, 2 onions, 1/4 lb. of b.u.t.ter, 1 dessertspoonful of curry powder, 1 dessertspoonful of flour, salt to taste, 1/4 pint of stock or water._Mode_.--Slice the onions in thin rings, and put them into 2024-4-23
83 720. INGREDIENTS.--About 1 lb. of underdone cold mutton, 2 lettuces, 1 pint of green peas, 5 or 6 green onions, 2 oz. of b.u.t.ter, pepper and salt to taste, 1/2 teacupful of water._Mode_.--Mince the mutton, and cut up the lettuces and onions in slices.Pu 2024-4-23
84 _Mode_.--Let this joint hang as long as possible without becoming tainted, and while hanging dust flour over it, which keeps off the flies, and prevents the air from getting to it. If not well hung, the joint, when it comes to table, will neither do credi 2024-4-23
85 She ran wi' speed; A friend mair faithfu' ne'er cam' nigh him Than Mailie dead."I wat she was a sheep o' sense.An' could behave hersel' wi' mense; I'll say't, she never brak a fence, Thro' thievish greed.Our bardie, lanely, keeps the spence, S 2024-4-23
86 _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time.WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES.--The distinction between hair and wool is rather arbitrary than natural, consisting in the greater or less degrees of fineness, softness and pliability of the fibres.When the 2024-4-23
87 _Time_.--1-1/2 hour. _Average cost_, 10d. per lb._Sufficient_ for 3 persons._Seasonable_,--gra.s.s lamb, from Easter to Michaelmas.THE LAMB AS A SACRIFICE.--The number of lambs consumed in sacrifices by the Hebrews must have been very considerable. Two la 2024-4-23
88 _Average cost_, 10d. to 1s. per lb. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons._Seasonable_ from Easter to Michaelmas.ROAST LEG OF LAMB.752. INGREDIENTS.--Lamb, a little salt.[Ill.u.s.tration: LEG OF LAMB.]_Mode_.--Place the joint at a good distance from the fire at 2024-4-23
89 _Mode_.--Soak the sweetbreads in water for an hour, and throw them into boiling water to render them firm. Let them stew gently for about 1/4 hour, take them out and put them into a cloth to drain all the water from them. Brush them over with egg, sprinkl 2024-4-23
90 779. THE GREAT QUALITY FIRST SOUGHT FOR IN A HOG is a capacious stomach, and next, a healthy power of digestion; for the greater the quant.i.ty he can eat, and the more rapidly he can digest what he has eaten, the more quickly will he fatten; and the fast 2024-4-23
91 _Time_.--About 1/4 hour. _Average cost_, 10d. per lb. for chops._Sufficient_.--Allow 6 for 4 persons._Seasonable_ from October to March.II.(_Another Way_.) 798. INGREDIENTS.--Loin or fore-loin, of pork, egg and bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste; to e 2024-4-23
92 BOILED BACON.804. INGREDIENTS.--Bacon; water.[Ill.u.s.tration: BOILED BACON.]_Mode_.--As bacon is frequently excessively salt, let it be soaked in warm water for an hour or two previous to dressing it; then pare off the rusty parts, and sc.r.a.pe the unde 2024-4-23
93 813. INGREDIENTS.--Ham; eggs._Mode_.--Cut the ham into slices, and take care that they are of the same thickness in every part. Cut off the rind, and if the ham should be particularly hard and salt, it will be found an improvement to soak it for about 10 2024-4-23
94 _Seasonable_.--Hams should be pickled from October to March.NOVEL WAY OF RECOVERING A STOLEN PIG.--It is a well-known fact, that in Ireland the pig is, in every respect, a domesticated animal, sharing often both the bed and board of the family, and making 2024-4-23
95 [Ill.u.s.tration: BACON FOR LARDING, AND LARDING-NEEDLE.]LARDING.828. INGREDIENTS.--Bacon and larding-needle._Mode_.--Bacon for larding should be firm and fat, and ought to be cured without any saltpetre, as this reddens white meats. Lay it on a table, th 2024-4-23
96 835. INGREDIENTS.--For the crust, 5 lbs. of lard to 14 lbs. of flour, milk, and water. For filling the pies, to every 3 lbs. of meat allow 1 oz. of salt, 2-1/4 oz. of pepper, a small quant.i.ty of cayenne, 1 pint of water._Mode_.--Rub into the flour a por 2024-4-23
97 PORK CARVING.SUCKING-PIG.[Ill.u.s.tration: SUCKING-PIG.]842. A sucking-pig seems, at first sight, rather an elaborate dish, or rather animal, to carve; but by carefully mastering the details of the business, every difficulty will vanish; and if a partial 2024-4-23
98 [Ill.u.s.tration: BREAST OF VEAL.]857. INGREDIENTS.--Veal; a little flour._Mode_.--Wash the veal, well wipe it, and dredge it with flour; put it down to a bright fire, not too near, as it should not be scorched. Baste it plentifully until done; dish it, p 2024-4-23
99 _Time_.--Rather more than 1-1/2 hour._Average cost_, exclusive of the meat, 1s. 2d._Seasonable_ from March to October.THE CALF IN AMERICA.--In America, the calf is left with the mother for three or four days, when it is removed, and at once fed on barley 2024-4-23
100 _Time_.--About 5 or 7 minutes._Seasonable_ from May to October.COOKING COLLOPS.--Dean Ramsay, who tells us, in his "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character," a number of famous stories of the strong-headed, warm-hearted, and plain-spoken old dames 2024-4-23