The cook and housewife's manual : containing the most approved modern receipts for making soups, gravies, sauces, regouts, and all made-dishes; and for pies, puddings, pickles, and preserves; also, for baking, brewing, making home-made wines, cordials, &c. The whole illustrated by numerous notes, and practical observations on the various branches of domestic economy.

  • Christian Isobel Johnstone
Date:
1828
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Credit: The cook and housewife's manual : containing the most approved modern receipts for making soups, gravies, sauces, regouts, and all made-dishes; and for pies, puddings, pickles, and preserves; also, for baking, brewing, making home-made wines, cordials, &c. The whole illustrated by numerous notes, and practical observations on the various branches of domestic economy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    and him in a dwining way, ye say. Nabob ?—though troth he does not look like it. But fat folk are often feckless. There was Mr Matthew Stechy, St Ronan’s auld butler, that kept the first hottle in Glasgow—there is the cook, if ye speak of cooks ! that is for a man-cook, whilk is but a non-natural calling—waxed fatter and fatter to a perfect mere-swine. Weel, he broke—became dyvour, sir—was rouped to the door, took the mill-craft down in the haugh, wrought for his daily morsel, and is now as swack and clean- deliver a man as enters the kirk o’ St Ronan’s.” “ It will do, by Jupiter and Comus !” exclaimed Touch- wood, who had been absorbed in a very unusual fit of mus- ing- The Cleikum Club—myself President,—must keep order amongst them—Redgill, Vice; Winterblossom, an old coxcomb, but deep in the mystery; Jekyl, a conceited fop, but has his uses ; Meg for the executive, with this Stechy —-a practical man—nothing like practical men in business— Meg the paragon of economy and cleanliness.—It will do by the boar and peacock !” “ And what will do, sir ?” replied Meg. “ The east chauraer, wi’ the red Turk-upon-Turk bed. It can get a slaik o’ paint, and the easy-chair brought frae Mr Francie’s room. Puir lad, little he sat in’t. The bunker i’ the win- dow that looks down through the firs to the Shaws Place, was aye his seat in the e’ening. I’ll ne’er ha’e a lodger like him !” “ That’s all past and gone, dame,” cried Touchwood; “ other matters on hand, woman—but remember the rice- water to mix with your whitening, as I directed you in whitewashing the kitchen.” “ As ready wi’ your advice as your help,” muttered Meg; “ but I just took kirn-milk, as I used to do, and the same will serve this turn—but better fleech a fule than fecht him.” “ Well, he enters to-night,” said Touchwood; “ Jerry Ostler must settle his bill, and bring over his baggage along with the Doctor’s own man.”
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