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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT ***
THE BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT;
Comprising Information for the
MISTRESS,
HOUSEKEEPER,
COOK,
KITCHEN-MAID,
BUTLER,
FOOTMAN,
COACHMAN,
VALET,
UPPER AND UNDER HOUSE-MAIDS,
LADY'S-MAID,
MAID-OF-ALL-WORK,
LAUNDRY-MAID,
NURSE AND NURSE-MAID,
MONTHLY, WET, AND SICK NURSES,
ETC. ETC.
ALSO, SANITARY, MEDICAL, & LEGAL MEMORANDA;
WITH A HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN, PROPERTIES, AND USES OF ALL THINGS
CONNECTED WITH HOME LIFE AND COMFORT.
BY MRS. ISABELLA BEETON.
Nothing lovelier can be found
In Woman, than to study household good.--MILTON.
Published Originally By
S. O. Beeton in 24 Monthly Parts
1859-1861.
First Published in a Bound Edition 1861.
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 the first instance,
to attempt a work like this, was the discomfort and suffering which I
had seen brought upon men and women by household mismanagement. I have
always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family
discontent than a housewife's badly-cooked dinners and untidy ways. Men
are now so well served out of doors,--at their clubs, well-ordered
taverns, and dining-houses, that in order to compete with the
attractions of these places, a mistress must be thoroughly acquainted
with the theory and practice of cookery, as well as be perfectly
conversant with all the other arts of making and keeping a comfortable
home.
In this book I have attempted to give, under the chapters devoted to
cookery, an intelligible arrangement to every recipe, a list of the
_ingredients_, a plain statement of the _mode_ of preparing each dish,
and a careful estimate of its _cost_, the _number of people_ for whom it
is _sufficient_, and the time when it is _seasonable_. For the matter of
the recipes, I am indebted, in some measure, to many correspondents of
the "Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine," who have obligingly placed at my
disposal their formulas for many original preparations. A large private
circle has also rendered me considerable service. A diligent study of
the works of the best modern writers on cookery was also necessary to
the faithful fulfilment of my task. Friends in England, Scotland,
Ireland, France, and Germany, have also very materially aided me. I have
paid great attention to those recipes which come under the head of "COLD
MEAT COOKERY." But in the department belonging to the Cook I have
striven, too, to make my work something more than a Cookery Book, and
have, therefore, on the best authority that I could obtain, given an
account of the natural history of the animals and vegetables which we
use as food. I have followed the animal from his birth to his appearance
on the table; have described the manner of feeding him, and of slaying
him, the position of his various joints, and, after giving the recipes,
have described the modes of carving Meat, Poultry, and Game. Skilful
artists have designed the numerous drawings which appear in this work,
and which illustrate, better than any description, many important and
interesting items. The coloured plates are a novelty not without value.
Besides the great portion of the book which has especial reference to
the cook's department, there are chapters devoted to those of the other
servants of the household, who have all, I trust, their duties clearly
assigned to them.
Towards the end of the work will be found valuable chapters on the
"Management of Children"----"The Doctor," the latter principally
referring to accidents and emergencies, some of which are certain to
occur in the experience of every one of us; and the last chapter
contains "Legal Memoranda," which will be serviceable in cases of doubt
as to the proper course to be adopted in the relations between Landlord
and Tenant, Tax-gatherer and Tax-payer, and Tradesman and Customer.
These chapters have been contributed by gentlemen fully entitled to
confidence; those on medical subjects by an experienced surgeon, and the
legal matter by a solicitor.
I wish here to acknowledge the kind letters and congratulations I have
received during the progress of this work, and have only further to add,
that I trust the result of the four years' incessant labour which I have
expended will not be altogether unacceptable to some of my countrymen
and countrywomen.
ISABELLA BEETON.
GENERAL CONTENTS
CHAP.
I.--THE MISTRESS.
2.--THE HOUSEKEEPER.
3.--ARRANGEMENT AND ECONOMY OF THE KITCHEN.
4.--INTRODUCTION TO COOKERY.
5.--GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SOUPS.
6.--RECIPES.
7.--THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
8.--RECIPES.
9.--SAUCES, PICKLES, GRAVIES, AND FORCEMEATS.--GENERAL REMARKS.
10.--RECIPES.
11.--VARIOUS MODES OF COOKING MEAT.
12.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON QUADRUPEDS.
13.--RECIPES.
14.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE SHEEP AND LAMB.
15.--RECIPES.
16.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMON HOG.
17.--RECIPES.
18.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CALF.
19.--RECIPES.
20.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS.
21.--RECIPES.
22.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON GAME.
23.--RECIPES.
24.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON VEGETABLES.
25.--RECIPES.
26.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON PUDDINGS AND PASTRY.
27.--RECIPES
28.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CREAMS, JELLIES, SOUFFLÉS, OMELETS,
AND SWEET DISHES.
29--RECIPES.
30.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON PRESERVES, CONFECTIONERY, ICES,
AND DESSERT DISHES.
31.--RECIPES.
32.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS.
33.--RECIPES.
34.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BREAD, BISCUITS, AND CAKES.
35.--RECIPES.
36.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON BEVERAGES.
37.--RECIPES.
38.--INVALID COOKERY.
39.--RECIPES.
40.--DINNERS AND DINING.
41.--DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
42.--THE REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, AND DISEASES OF
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
43.--THE DOCTOR
44.--LEGAL MEMORANDA
ANALYTICAL INDEX.
NOTE.--Where a "_p_" occurs before the number for reference, the
_page_, and not the paragraph, is to be sought.
Accidents, injuries, &c. remarks on 2578
Agreements 2705-7
Alexanders 1108
Alkalis 2654
Allium, the genus 1129
Allspice 438
Almond, the 1219
Bitter 1220
Cake 1752
Cheesecakes 1219
Flowers 1316
Icing for cakes 1735
Paste, for second-course dishes 1220
Pudding, baked 1221
Puddings, small 1222
Puffs 1223
Soup 110
Tree 110, 1487
Uses of the Sweet 1221
Almonds, and raisins 1605
Husks of 1222
Anchovy, the 226
Butter 1637
Butter or paste 227
Paste 228
Sauce 362
Toast 228
Anchovies, fried 226
Potted 227
Animals, period between birth and maturity 92
Quality of the flesh of 93-5
Saxon names of 709
Tails of 640
Tongues of 675
Apoplexy 2634-6
Apple, the 111
Charlotte 1420
Charlotte aux pommes 1418
an easy method of making 1419
Cheesecakes 1226
Constituents of the 1229
Custard, baked 1389
Dumplings, baked 1225
boiled 1227
Fritters 1393
Ginger 1424, 1516
Jam 1517
Jelly 1518-19
clear 1396
or marmalade 1395
Pudding, baked, rich 1228
more economical 1229
very good 1231
boiled 1232
iced 1290
rich, sweet 1230
Sauce, brown 364
for geese or pork 363
Snow 1401
Snowballs 1235
Soufflé 1402
Soup 111
Tart, creamed 1234
or pie 1233
Tourte or cake 1236
Trifle 1404
Universally popular 1236
Uses of the 1225-6
Apples, à la Portugaise 1398
And rice 1400
a pretty dish 1397
Buttered 1390
Compote of 1515
Dish of 1603
Flanc of 1391-2
Ginger 1424
Ices 1394
In red jelly 1399
Stewed, and custard 1403
To preserve in quarters (imitation of ginger) 1520
Apprentices 2724
Apricot, cream 1405
Jam or marmalade 1522
Pudding 1238
Qualities of the 1239
Tart 1239
Apricots, compote of 1521
Flanc of 1406
Arrowroot, biscuits, or drops 1738
Blancmange 1407
Arrowroot, Manufacture of 387, 1240
Pudding, baked or boiled 1240
Sauce for puddings 1356
To make 1855
What Miss Nightingale says of 1855
Arsenic 2656
Artichoke, composite or composite flowers of 1080
Constituent properties of the 1083
Jerusalem 1086
Uses of the 1084
Artichokes, a French mode of cooking 1082
A l'Italienne 1083
Fried 1081
Jerusalem, boiled 1084
mashed 1085
soup 112
with white sauce 1086
To boil 1080
Asparagus, ancient notion of 114
Boiled 1087
Island 1087
Medicinal uses of 1088
Peas 1088
Pudding 1089
Sauce 365
Soup 113-14
Aspic, or ornamental savoury jelly 366
Attestation to wills 2750
Bachelor's omelet 1462
Pudding 1241
Bacon, boiled 804
Broiled rashers of 803
Curing of 822
and keeping it free from rust 806-9
in the Devonshire way 821
in the Wiltshire way 805
Fried rashers of, and poached eggs 802
Bain-Marie 430
Bakewell pudding, very rich 1242
Plainer 1243
Ball suppers _pp._ 957-8
Bandoline, to make 2255
Bantam, the 939
Barbel, the 229
To dress 229
Barberries, in bunches 1523
Barberry, description of the 1245
Tart 1245
Barley, 116
Gruel 1856
Soup 116
Sugar 1524
Water, to make 1857
Baroness pudding 1244
Basil 173
Baths and fomentations, remarks on 2599
Cold 2603
Heat of 2600
Warm and hot bath 2601
Batter pudding, baked 1246
with fruits 1247
boiled 1248
orange 1249
Bay or laurel, varieties of 180
Consecrated by priests 512
Bean, haricot, the 1120
Beans, boiled, broad or Windsor 1092
French 1090
Broad, à la poulette 1093
French mode of cooking 1091
Haricots and minced onions 1121
blancs à la maitre d'hôtel 1120
blancs, or white haricots 1119
and lentils 1119
Nutritive properties of 1092
Origin and varieties of 1093
Béchamel, or French white sauce 367
Maigre, or without meat 368
Sauce 406
Beef, aitchbone of, boiled 607
to carve an _p._ 316
A la mode 601-2
Baked 598-9
Baron of 679
Bones, broiled 614
Brisket of, à la Flamande 649
to carve a _p._ 317
to stew 649
Broiled, and mushroom sauce 612
oyster sauce 613
Cake 610
Carving _p._ 316
Collared 617
Collops 18
minced 619
Curried 620
Different seasons for 611
Dripping, to clarify 621-2
Fillet of roast, larded 623
French 649
Frenchman's opinion of 626
Fricandeau of 624
Fried, salt 625
Fritters 627
Hashed 628-9
Hung, to prepare 630
Hunter's 631
Kidney, to dress 632-4
Marrow-bones boiled 635
Minced 636
Miriton of 637
Names of the several joints 597
Olives 650-1
Palates, to dress 653
Pickle for 654
Potted 642-3
Qualities of 599
Ragoût of 656
Rib bones of 644
Ribs of, boned and rolled, roast (joint for a small family) 658
roast 657
to carve _p._ 317
Rissoles 615
Roast 658
Rolled 646
Rolls 647
Round of, boiled 608
miniature 618
to carve a _p._ 318
Round of, to pickle part of a 655
Rump of, stewed 670
steak 666
Sausages 662
Seasons for 611
Shin of, stewed 671
Sirloin of, roast 659
to carve a _p._ 317
Sliced and broiled 664
Spiced (to serve cold) 665
Steak, a fried rump 626
and kidney pudding 603
oyster sauce 603
broiled 611
pie 604
pudding, baked 650
rolled, roasted, and stuffed 663
stewed, and celery sauce 667
with oysters 668
with fried potatoes 606
Tea, baked 1860
savoury 1859
to make 1858
Tongue, boiled 673
pickle for 641
to carve a _p._ 318
to cure a 674-5
to pickle and dress a, to eat cold 676
To salt 660
Dutch way 661
Beef-tea, Dr. Christison's 1859
Miss Nightingale's opinion of 1858
Beer, table 191
Beetroot 1094
Boiled 1094
Pickled 369
Benton sauce 370
Bequests, legacies, &c. 2744-9
Beverages, general observations on 1789, 1806
Bills of fare, for January _pp._ 909-13
February 914-17
March 918-21
April 922-25
May 926-29
June 930-33
July 934-36
August 937-39
September 940-42
October 943-45
November 946-48
December 949-52
ball supper for 60 persons _p._ 957
ball supper, cold collation, for a summer entertainment for 70 or 80
persons _p._ 958
breakfasts 959
game dinner for 30
persons _p._ 953
luncheons and suppers _p._ 959
menu, service à la Russe _pp._ 954-5
picnic for 40 persons 960
suppers _p._ 956
Birds, general observations on 917-25
Biscuit powder 1737
Biscuits, arrowroot 1738
Cocoa nut 1740
Crisp 1741
Dessert 1742
Lemon 1743
Macaroons 1744
Ratafias 1745
Remarks on 1712-15
Rice 1746
Rock 1747
Savoy 1748
Seed 1749
Simple, hard 1750
Soda 1751
Bites and stings, general remarks on 2609
of insects 2610-11
of snakes 2612
Of dogs 2613
Blackcock, heathcock, &c. 1019
Roast 1019
To carve a 1054
Blancmange 1408
Arrowroot. 1407
Cheap 1409
Lemon 1442
Rice 1476
Bleeding, from the nose 2607
Operation of 2605-6
Blonde, to clean 2265
Blood, spitting of 2608
Boar's head, importance of the 815
The Westphalian 787
Bones, dislocation of 2614
Fracture of 2615
Bonnets 2244
Books of account 2731
Boots, polish for 2240-1
Bottled fresh fruit 1542-3
with sugar 1544
Boudin, à la reine 961
Brain, concussion of, stunning 2623
Brandy, cherry 1526
Lemon 460
Orange 1826
Varieties of 1328
Bread, and bread-making 1668-1703
And-butter fritters 1410
pudding 1255
Crumbs, fried 424
Fried for borders 426
Indian-corn-flour 1721
Making in Spain 1776
Origin of 117
Properties of 1252
Pudding, baked 1250
boiled 1252
brown 1253
miniature 1254
very plain 1254
Rice 1720
Sauce 371-2
Sippets of, fried 425
Soda 1722
Bread, soup 117
To make a peck of good 1719
To make good home-made 1718
To make yeast for 1716
Breakfasts _p._ 959, _par_ 2144-6
Breath, shortness of, or difficult breathing 2670
Bride-cake, rich 1753
Bridles 2218
Brill, the 230
To carve a _pp._ 175-6
Brilla soup 166
Brocoli, boiled 1095
Broth, calf's-foot 1862
Chicken 1863
Eel 1866
Mutton to make 1872
Mutton to quickly make 1873
Brown roux for thickening gravies 525
Browning, for sauces and gravies 373
For stock 108
Bruises, lacerations, and cuts 2617
Treatment of 2618
Brushes, to wash 2250
Brussels sprouts, boiled 1096
Bubble-and-squeak 616
Bullock's heart, to dress a 615
Buns, light 1731
Plain 1729
To make good plain 1730
Victoria 1732
Burns and scalds 2619
Treatment of the first class of 2620
Treatment of the second class 2621
Treatment of the third class 2622
Butler, care of plate and house 2162
Duties of the, at breakfast, luncheon, dinner, and dessert 2157-9
luncheon, in the drawing-room 2161
Lights, attention to 2160
Wine, bottling 2167-70
Wine, cellar 2163-5
Wine, fining 2166
Butter, anchovy 227,1637
Antiquity of 1205
Beurre noir, or brown butter (a French sauce) 374
Clarified 375
Colouring of 1636
Curled 1635
Easily digested 1255
Fairy 1636
General observations on 1615-19
How to keep 1635
How to keep fresh 1207
In haste 1206
Maitre d'hôtel 465
Melted 376-7
Melted (the French sauce blanche) 378
Melted made with milk 380
Moulds for moulding fresh butter 1634
Thickened 379
To keep and choose, fresh 1632
To preserve and to choose, salt 1633
What to do with rancid 1208
Cabbage, the 118
Boiled 1098
Colewort, or wild 1099
Green kale, or borecole 1097
Kohl-Rabi, or turnip 1095
Qualities of the 1169
Red, pickled 499
Red, stewed 1099
Savoy, and Brussels sprouts 1096
Savoy, description of the 140
Soup 118
Tribe and their origin 1098
Turnip tops and greens 1169
Cabinet, or chancellor's pudding 1256
Plain, or boiled bread-and-butter pudding 1257
Café au lait 1812
Noir 1813
Cake, almond 1752
Breakfast, nice 1739
Bride or Christening 1753
Christmas 1754
Cocoa-nut 1740
Economical 1756
Good holiday 1763
Honey 1758
Lemon 1764
Luncheon 1765
Nice useful 1757
Pavini 1771
Plain 1766
Plain for children 1767
Plum, common 1768
Plum, nice 1769
Pound 1770
Queen 1773
Rice 1746, 1772
Saucer, for tea 1774
Savoy 1748, 1782
Scrap 1779
Seed, common 1775
seed, very good 1776
Snow 1777-8
Soda 1781
Sponge 1783-4
Sponge Small, to make 1785
Tea 1786
Tea to toast 1787
Tipsy 1487
Tipsy an easy way of making 1488
Yeast 1788
Cakes, hints on making and baking 1704-11
Calf, the 173
Birth of the 893
Breeding of the 858
Fattening the 903
Feeding a 862
General observations on the 845-53
In America 864
Names of the 899
Symbol of Divine power 890
The golden 873
When it should be killed 860
Calf's feet, baked or stewed 1861
Calf's feet, boiled with parsley and butter 860
Calf's feet, broth 1862
Calf's feet, fricasseed 861
jelly 1416
Head, à la Maitre d'hôtel 864
boiled 876-7
collared 862
club 867
fricasseed 863
hashed 878
soup 167
to carve a 913
Liver and bacon 881
aux fines herbes 880
larded and roasted 882
Udder, for French forcemeats 421
Calomel 2658
Camp-vinegar 381
Canary-pudding 1258
Candlesticks 2311
Cannelons, or fried puffs 1417
Caper-sauce, for boiled mutton 382
For fish 383
Substitute for 384
Capercalzie, the 1026
Capers 383
Capsicums, pickled 385
Carbonate of soda 1765
Carp, the 242
Age of the 243
Baked 242
Stewed 243
Carpet sweeping 2312
Carriages 2225-9
Carrot, the 121
Constituents of the 1101
Jam, to imitate apricot preserve 1525
Nutritive properties of the 1102
Origin of the 1100
Pudding, boiled or baked 1259
Seed of the 1103
Soup 120-1
Varieties of the 1172
Carrots, boiled 1100
Sliced 1103
Stewed 1102
To dress in the German way 1101
Carving, beef _p._ 316
aitchbone of _p._ 316
brisket of _p._ 317
ribs of _p._ 317
round of _p._ 318
sirloin of _p._ 317
Blackcock 1054
Brill _pp._ 175-6
Calf's head 913
Codfish _p._ 174
Duck 999
wild 1055
Fowl 1000-1
Goose 1002
Grouse 1058
Ham 843
Hare 1056
Lamb 764-5
Landrail 1063
Mutton, haunch of 759
leg of 760
loin of 761
mutton, saddle of 762
shoulder of 763
Partridge 1057
Pheasant 1059
Pigeon 1063
Plover 1066
Pork 842
leg of 844
Ptarmigan 1064
Quail 1065
Rabbit 1004
Salmon _p._ 175
Snipe 1060
Soles _p._ 175
Sucking-pig 842
Teal 1067
Tongue _p._ 318
Turbot _p._ 175
Turkey 1005
Veal 854
breast of 912
fillet of 914
knuckle of 915
loin of 916
Venison, haunch of 1061
Widgeon 1068
Woodcock 1062
Cauliflower, description of the 1105
Properties of the 1151
Cauliflowers, à la sauce blanche 1105
Boiled 1104
With Parmesan cheese 1106
Cayenne, varieties of 362
Vinegar or essence of cayenne 386
Celery, indigenous to Britain 122
Origin of 1109
Sauce for boiled turkey, poultry, &c. 387
(a more simple recipe) 388
Soup 122
Stewed 1110
à la crême 1108
with white sauce 1109-10
To dress 1107
Various uses of 441, 1107
Vinegar 389
Champagne 1832
Cup 1832
Chanticleer and his companions 947
Chantilly soup 123
Char, the 243
Charlotte apple, very simple 1420
Aux pommes, an easy method of making 1418-19
Russe 1421
Cheese 1638
Cayenne 1642
Cream 1622
Damson 1536
Decomposed 1638
Fondue 1643
Brillat Savarin's 1644
General observations on 1620-2
Macaroni, as usually served with 1645-7
Mode of serving 1640
Pork 799
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Pounded 1648
Raisin 1587
Ramakins, to serve with 1649-50
Sandwiches 1641
Scotch rarebit 1651
Smoking 1640
Stilton 1639
Toasted, or Scotch rarebit 1651
Welsh 1652
Cheesecakes, almond 1219
Apple 1226
Lemon 1292
Cherokee or store sauce 528
Cherries, dried 1527
Morello, to preserve 1561
To preserve in syrup 1529
Cherry, brandy 1526
Jam 1528
Sauce for sweet puddings 1357
Tart 1261
Tree in Rome 1561
Varieties of the 1261
Chervil, peculiarities of 129
Chestnut sauce, brown 391
for fowls or turkey 390
Spanish, soup 124
Uses of the 124
Chicken, boiled 938
Broth 1863
Curried 942
Cutlets 926
French 927
Fricasseed 945
Or fowl patties 928
pie 929
Potted 930
Pox, or glass-pox 2538-42
Salad 931
Chickens, age and flavour of 931
Chili vinegar 393
China chilo 712
Chocolate, box of 1502
Cream 1430
History of 1430
Soufflé 1427
To make 1807
Cholera, and autumnal complaints 2624
Christmas, cake 1754
Plum-pudding, very good 1328
Pudding, plain, for children 1327
Christopher North's sauce for game or meat 394
Chub, the 243
Churning 2365
Churns 2362
Cleaning the 2368
Cinnamon-tree, the 524
Citron, uses of the 1329
Varieties of the 1436
Claret cup 1831
Varieties of 1831
Cleanings, periodical 2326-9
Cleanliness, advantages of 2689
Clothes, cleaning 2239
Clove, derivation of the name 436
Tree 367
Coach-house and stables 2204
Coach-house and stables, furniture of the 2209
Harness-room 2208
Heat of stables 2205
Horse, the 2203
Stalls 2207
Ventilation of stables 2206
Coachman, carriages 2225-9
Choosing horses 2231
Driving 2232
Duties of the 2210
Pace of driving 2230
Whip, the 2233
Cock-a-Leekie 134
Cocoa and chocolate, various uses of 1807
To make 1816
Cocoa-nut, the 125
Cakes or biscuits 1740
Soup 125
Cod, fecundity of the 241
Food of the 237
Habitat of the 239
Method of preserving 233
Season for fishing for the 240
Sounds 234
Tribe, the 231
Codfish, the 231
A la Béchamel 239
créme 233
A l'Italienne 241
A la maitre d'hôtel 240
Curried 237
Head and shoulders of 232
to carve _p._ 174
Pie 235-6
Preserving 233
Salt, (commonly called salt fish) 233
Sounds 233
en poule 234
To choose 232
Coffee, Café au lait 1812
Café noir 1813
Essence of 1808
Miss Nightingale's opinion on 1865
Nutritious 1864
Plant 1811
Simple method of making 1811
To make 1810
To roast 1809
Cold-meat cookery:--
Beef, baked 598-9
bones, broiled 614
broiled, and mushroom sauce 612
oyster sauce 613
bubble-and-squeak 616
cake 610
curried 620
fried salt 625
fritters 627
hashed 628-9
minced 636
miriton of 637
olives 651
potted 613
ragoût 656
rissoles 615
rolls 647
sliced and broiled 664
stewed, and celery sauce 667
with oysters 668
Calf's head, a la maitre d'hôtel 864
fricasseed 863
hashed 878
Chicken, cutlets 927
or fowl patties 928
potted 930
salad 931
Duck, hashed 932
stewed and peas 935
turnips 937
wild, hashed 1020
ragoût of 1021
Fish, and oyster pie 257
cake 258
cod, à la Béchamel 239
à la crême 238
curried 237
pie 235-6
salmon, curried 305
scallop 350-1
turbot, à la crême 341
au gratin 342
fillets of, baked 339
à l'Italienne 340
Fowl, à la Mayonnaise 962
boudin, à la Reine 961
croquettes of 953-4
fricasseed 946
fried 947-8
hashed 955
Indian fashion 957
Indian dish of 959
minced 956
à la Béchamel 950
or chicken, curried 942
ragoût 951
scollops 658
sauté, with peas 960
Game, hashed 1023
Goose, hashed 967
Hare, broiled 1029
hashed 1030
Lamb, hashed, and broiled bladebone 749
Mutton, baked minced 703
broiled and tomato sauce 710
collops 731
curried 713
cutlets 714
dormers 715
haricot 718
hashed 719
hodge-podge 720
pie 733
ragoût of neck 736
toad in hole 743
Pork, cheese 796
cutlets 796
hashed 801
Turkey, croquettes of 987
fricasseed 988
hashed 989
Veal, baked 856
cake 859
collops, Scotch 870-1
curried 865
fillet of, au Béchamel 883
loin of, au Béchamel 887
minced 889-92
olive pie 895
patties, fried 896
ragout of 900
rissoles 901
rolis 902
tête de veau en tortue 911
Venison, hashed 1050
Cold, to cure a 2625
On the chest 2626
College pudding 1263
Collops, cooking 871
Scotch 870
Scotch white 871
Combs, to clean 2251
Compote of, Apples 1515
Apricots 1521
Damsons 1537
Figs, green 1541
Gooseberries 1515
Greengages 1551
Oranges 1565
Peaches 1572
Compotes, to make syrup for 1512
Confectionary, general observations on 1508
Consommé, or white stock for many sauces 395
Constructive notices 2699
Convulsions or fits 2519-22
Cook, duties of the cook, kitchen, and scullery-maids 79
Early rising 80
First duty of the 81
General directions to the 75
duties of the 82-4
Cookery, cleanliness of utensils used in 72
Excellence in the art of 78
Explanation of French terms used in 87