The housekeeper's instructor; or, Universal family-cook : being a full and clear display of the art of cookery in all its branches ... To which is added, the complete art of carving, illustrated with engravings, explaining, by proper references, the manner in whicb young practitioners may acquit themselves at table with elegance and ease ... / by W.A. Henderson.

  • Henderson, W. A. (William Augustus)
Date:
[1811?]
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Credit: The housekeeper's instructor; or, Universal family-cook : being a full and clear display of the art of cookery in all its branches ... To which is added, the complete art of carving, illustrated with engravings, explaining, by proper references, the manner in whicb young practitioners may acquit themselves at table with elegance and ease ... / by W.A. Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    little larger than a crown piece. Lay tlie cakes in dishes, and set them in the sun to dry, to facilitate which turn them often. When the cakes are dry, put them into a tin box, with a piece of clean white paper between each, and keep them in a dry place. If made in frosty wea- ther, it will be sooner formed in its proper solidity.— This soup is not only particularly useful to travellers, but it is also exceeding convenient to be kept in private- families ; for by putting one of the cakes into a sauce- pan, with about a pint of water, and a little salt, a basor of good broth may be had in a few minutes. There is also another great convenience in it; that by boiling a small quantity of water with one of the cakes, it will make an excellent gravy for roast turkeys and fowls. [In the directions given for making the resj,ective ar tides contained in this chapter^ such a quantUy of each ingredient is so calculated, that all may he brought to table in their proper state of perfection. The Cook has, therefore, only to observe, that when she provides either, to proportion the proper quantity of ingredients accord- ing to the number of people for whom she provides, as 111 that case a little quantity may be made no less good than a large, and a small family possesses equal eiyoy’^ ment with the most elevated character. which should be attended to in various o cookery.'] D