366 menus : each consisting of a soup, a savoury course, a sweet course, a cheese course, and a beverage, with all their suitable accompaniments, for every day in the year, no dish or beverage being once repeated, all arranged according to the season, and without the introduction of fish, flesh, fowl, or intoxicants with a cook's guide for the production of the dishes / by Mrs. Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace.

  • Wallace, Chandos Leigh Hunt, Mrs.
Date:
[1885?]
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Credit: 366 menus : each consisting of a soup, a savoury course, a sweet course, a cheese course, and a beverage, with all their suitable accompaniments, for every day in the year, no dish or beverage being once repeated, all arranged according to the season, and without the introduction of fish, flesh, fowl, or intoxicants with a cook's guide for the production of the dishes / by Mrs. Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. By far the greatest portion of the human race are vegetarians; some because it is part' of their religion, some because they are too poor to procure flesh-meat, and .a fetv through a natural abhorrence to both the idea and taste. A minor but rabidly increasing portion, however, eat neither fish, flesh,* nor fowl, nor drink intoxicants, because they have discovered that such things are not only quite unnecessary, but also positively destructive to their moral, mental, and physical welfare. Therefore they have adopted this form of diet as a system, thus necessitating the cook- ing and serving of their dishes in a systematic manner. There are a vast number of sects, all of whom specially mclude or exclude certain articles, many refusing to employ eggs or milk, still the general idea is to abstain from fish, flesh, and fowl. These strict followers of the word vegetarianism are, however, in the minority. I have nothing to say against their principles, but, on the contrary, believe that such will be generally adopted in the far future, and with benefit to those who ‘have eradicated their inherited and acquired diseases; but in our present universally unhealthy state we cannot happily dispense with animal products, therefore, these menus are composed of dishes for the young as well as for the experienced vegetarian. They will also be found of inestimable value to the propagandist who is always being reminded that his diet is so void of variety as to preclude its being widely followed. It is also intended to be a blessing to many ladies entering upon food-reform, who wish to be saved the daily trouble of working out the problem of what shall we have for dinner to-morrow ? ” Knowing how the want of such a work has been long and keenly felt, its production has been purely a labour of love. One of the great objects in the compilation of this work, for the purpose of making it of as popular a character as possible, has been to provide a daily variety for all courses, including even the cheese course, without once repeating the same dish or beverage.