The Household Companion: Hundreds of Menus and RemediesDrawing on the experience she gained while 'constantly employed by fashionable and noble families', Eliza Smith, writing a hundred years before Mrs Beeton, compiled a collection of more than 600 recipes which had met with 'the general approbation'. She was also at pains to pass on, for the benefit of every 'accomplished gentlewoman', a multitude of cures and remedies 'never before made publick' for every ailment from a pimpled face to the bite of a mad dog, together with a number of useful DIY tips. |
Contents
Publishers Preface to the New Edition | 9 |
Meat | 21 |
Fish | 29 |
Preserves Conserves Syrups c | 207 |
All Sorts of Made Wines c | 243 |
All Sorts of Remedies | 265 |
Common terms and phrases
almonds anchovies aniseeds bake beat beef blades of mace bottle bruise butter caraway cinnamon cloth cloves coriander cream cure currants dish double-refined sugar drachm drink fire flour forc'd-meat Fricassee gallon garnish glass gravy half a pint half a pound half an ounce handful horseradish jelly juice keep lemon lemon-peel let it boil let it stand let them boil liquor liquorice little salt mace milk morning mutton nutmeg onion orange orange-flower water ounce oven oysters parsley pickle piece pint pippins pound of butter pound of sugar powder quantity quart raisins roast sack sauce scalding season seeds shred skim sliced spice spoonfuls stew stir strain strew sweet herbs sweetbreads sweeten syrup Take a pound Take a quart Take half tender thick thicken thin three or four three ounces thyme veal Venison verjuice vinegar warm wash white wine whole pepper yolks