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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
The original edition of 1869 reproduced on
CD
for viewing using Adobe Acrobat Reader on any computer
UK price £14.25 incl. VAT
plus p&p
Overseas £12.13
plus p&p
The original So if you would like to try Mrs Beeton's original recipes, then this is the one.
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Everyone has heard of it. But this edition is very special indeed. Mrs
Beeton died in 1869, the year of this second edition of her famous book.
Subsequent editions were published by Ward Lock, as her husband sold the
rights to the book. But what happened is that the new publishers removed
huge sections of the original recipes, and proudly(!) announced that all
of those left in had been tested and tried and altered to "improve" them!
In other words, did not contain Mrs. Beeton's originals. Also, the new publishers
added more and different sections on household management (and deleted other
chapters), and therefore the next edition in 1873 was a totally different
book.
Our edition, scanned from the original 1869 book, contains well over a thousand pages, and has some lovely colour plates, quite unusual for a book of this date. It is an absolute gem, and we have really gone to town with extensive bookmarks in Abobe Acrobat so that you can find your way around the book and read it easily on any computer. |
A screen shot. Turn from page to page, or use the bookmarks to go direct to a section on a particular topic. Easy.
The book is liberally illustrated throughout, and you are sure to find the section on kitchen utensils absolutely fascinating.
- The Mistress
- The Housekeeper
- Arrangement and Economy of the kitchen
- Introduction to Cookery
- General Directions for Making Soups
- Recipes for Soups
- The natural history of Fishes
- Recipes for cooking Fish
- Sauces, Pickles, Gravies and Forcemeats – General Remarks
- Recipes for making Sauces, Pickles, Gravies and Forcemeats
- Various modes of Cooking Meats
- General observations on Quadrupeds: Oxen etc
- Recipes for cooking Beef
- General observations on the Sheep and Lamb
- Recipes for cooking Mutton and Lamb
- General observations on the Common Hog
- Recipes for cooking Pork
- General observations on the Calf
- Recipes for cooking Veal
- General observations on Birds
- Recipes for cooking Poultry
- General observations on Game
- Recipes for cooking Game
- General observations on Vegetables
- Recipes for cooking Vegetables
- General observations on Puddings and Pastry
- Recipes for making Puddings and Pastry
- General observations on Creams, Jellies, Souffles, Omelets and Sweet Dishes
- Recipes for making Creams, Jellies etc
- General observations on Preserves, Confectionery, Ices and Dessert Dishes
- Recipes for making Confectionery
- Ices – observations on Freezing Apparatus
- Recipes for making Ices etc.
- Recipes for cooking Cheese, Eggs etc
- General Observations on Bread, Biscuits and Cakes
- Recipes for making Bread, biscuits etc
- General Observations on Beverages
- Recipes for making Beverages
- Invalid cookery
- Recipes for Invalid Dishes
- Dinners and Dining
- Domestic Servants
- The rearing and management of children and diseases of infancy and childhood
- The Doctor
- Legal Memoranda
All editions of Mrs Beeton's book after this one of 1869 do not contain her original recipes - this one is a real taste of the past.
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plus p&p
Overseas £12.13
plus p&p
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