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Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841 by Sarah Josepha Hale
Engagingly written volume not only provided the mid-19th-century housekeeper with recipes for scores of nutritious dishes but also offered wide-ranging suggestions for frugal and intelligent household management. Includes advice on selecting and preparing foods, health tips, cleaning domestic accessories, dealing with hired help, and much more.
Table of Contents for Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841
| CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY | | Times of taking Food | | Proper Quantity of Food | | "What is the proper Food, &c" | | What shall we drink? | | CHAPTER II. BREAD | | Flour | | "Bread, making" | | "Bread, Brown or Dyspepsia" | | Rye and Indian | | Rice | | Yeast | | Milk Yeast | | Hard Yeast | | Advantages of Bread-making | | CHAPTER III. MEATS | | Beef | | Directions for choosing and cooking | | Beef to Roast | | Alamode | | Baked | | Baked with Potatoes | | Stewed | | Pressed | | Boiled | | Steaks Broiled | | "Cold, Tenderloin" | | "Cold Steaks, to warm" | | Minced | | Pork | | to roast | | Spare-rib | | Pickled | | Steaks | | Broiled Ham | | Boiled Ham | | Sausages | | To make Sausage Meat | | To Roast a Pig | | Mutton | | a stuffed Loin | | "Leg, to boil" | | Shoulder to stew | | Chops | | Lamb | | dressed with Rice | | Veal | | Venison | | Steaks | | Mock | | Poultry | | "Turkey, to roast" | | to boil | | "Chicken, to boil" | | to broil | | to fricassee | | baked in Rice | | "Goose, to roast" | | "Duck, to roast" | | to stew | | Pigeons | | to stew | | "Partidges, to stew" | | PRESERVING MEATS | | Pickle for Beef | | "for Hams, &c" | | To salt Fat Pork | | To salt in Snow | | To salt Beef | | To smoke Hams and Fish on a small Scale | | CHAPTER IV. SOUPS AND GRAVIES | | "Soup, Mock Turtle" | | Currie | | Veal | | Beef or Mutton | | White | | "Soup, Pigeon" | | Vegetable | | Rice | | Old Peas | | for an Invalid | | Gravies | | Melted Butter | | Egg Sauce | | Parsley and Butter | | "Sauce, White" | | Caper | | Oyster | | Bread | | Tomato | | Celery | | Mint | | | Gravy | | CHAPTER V. FISH AND CONDIMENTS | | "Cod's Head, to boil" | | "Cod, to crimp" | | Cod Sounds | | "Salmon, to boil" | | to pickle | | to broil | | "Mackerel, to boil" | | to broil | | "Shad, to broil" | | "Fish, to fry" | | To make Chowder | | Shell Fish | | "Oysters, to fry" | | to stew | | to scallop | | "Lobsters, to stew" | | Cold | | Condiments | | "Mixed Spices, &c" | | Seasonings for white sauce | | Fricassees and Ragouts | | "Powder of fin Herbs, &c" | | Horse-radish Powder | | Vinegar | | Sugar | | Cider | | Flavored | | Celery | | Horse-radish | | Cucumber | | Pickles | | Mustard | | Mild Mustard | | Catsups | | Tomato | | Walnut | | Curry Powder | | CHAPTER VI. VEGETABLES | | Potatoes to boil | | another way | | to roast | | mashed | | Turnips | | Cabbage | | Onions | | Beets | | Carrots | | Parsnips | | Green Peas | | to stew | | Green Beans | | Greens | | Squash | | To stew Cucumbers | | To stew Tomatoes | | To stew old Peas | | To fricassee FrencH Beans | | CHAPTER VII. PUDDINGS AND PIES | | "Pudding, Arrow-root" | | Sago | | Tapioca | | Rice | | "Blancmange, Rice" | | Arrow-root | | Rice Snow Balls | | "Pudding, Batter" | | Potato | | Sweet Potato | | Plain Bread | | Custard | | Rich Apple | | Lemon | | Plum | | Custard Sauce for Puddings | | Cold Sweet Sauce | | Pies | | "Paste, Puff" | | Tart | | "Short, for Fruit Pies" | | Raised | | "Pie, Apple" | | Rhubarb | | "Pie, Fruit" | | Squash | | Pumpkin | | Custard | | Custard Tart | | Tarts of Preserved Fruits | | Puffs | | "Pie, Mince" | | Rich Mince | | Family Mince | | Plain | | Chicken | | "CHAPTER VIII. FRUITS, PRESERVES, CREAMS, ETC." | | To boil Sugar | | "Jam, Raspberry" | | Strawberry | | Peach | | To preserve Damsons | | Black Butter | | To Preserve Quinces | | "Pears, baked" | | stewed | | "Apples, preserved" | | clear | | To stew Fruit | | Apple Sauce | | Currant Jelly | | To preserve Pumpkins | | "To keep Preserves, &c" | | "Jelly, Cranberry and Rice" | | Arrow-root | | Whole Rice in a Shape | | "Cream, Arrow-root" | | for Fruit Tart | | "Red Currant, &c" | | Apple | | White Lemon | | Custard | | Lemon | | Orange | | Baked | | Rice | | To ornament Custards or Creams | | To freeze Creams and Jellies | | Strawberry in Cream | | "CHAPTER IX. CAKE, Remarks on, &c" | | "Cake, Sponge" | | "Cake, Lemon" | | Seed | | Macaroons | | Kisses | | Sugar Drops | | Rice | | with butter | | Currant | | Caraway | | Sugar | | Tea | | "Gingerbread, hard" | | Sugar | | Common | | Soft | | "Cake, Composition" | | Turnbridge | | Common Plum | | Wedding | | Pound | | Plum Pound | | Heart | | Iceing for Cakes | | "Warm Cakes for Breakfast, &c" | | for Tea | | Breakfast | | Buckwheat | | Indian Slapjacks | | Plain Indian | | Batter | | Cream Short | | Rolls | | CHAPTER X. CHEAP DISHES | | Cheap Bread | | "Pudding, Indian" | | Indian Fruit | | Hasty | | Plain baked Rice | | boiled Rice | | Plain Apple | | Cheap and quick | | Bread | | Peas | | Pork and Beans | | Beaf Steak stewed | | To stew a Round of Beef | | Baked Mutton Chops | | Lamb Fry | | Veal Liver | | Veal and Rice | | A very economical Dinner | | Hashes | | "Soup,Pea" | | "Soup, Ox Cheek" | | A Stew | | Salt | | "Fish, Salt" | | "Cakes, Pies, &c" | | Blackberry Jam | | CHAPTER XI. DRINKS | | "Coffee, to make" | | another way | | Cocoa Shells | | Chocolate | | Tea | | "Beer, common" | | Spruce | | Ginger | | Lemonade | | Orangeade | | Currant Wine | | Eau Sucre | | Water | | Cheap Water Filter | | C |
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