Kettner's Book of the Table

Every food on the Victorian table gets its history, its etymology and a strong opinion — the wittiest cookery book of 1877, written in secret by a Times leader-writer and named for London's most fashionable restaurant.

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11 entries in this part of Kettner's Book of the Table.

Haggis

The Scotch would never forgive us if their national dish should be left out of the list of good things. Few English cooks, however, would…

Halibut

or HOLIBUT. --The praise of this flat-fish has been sung by a true poet-Cowper, who grew rapturous over one sent to him by a friend, and…

Ham

Good, boiled; better, baked ; best of all, roasted. But roast ham is rare because it is difficult; baked ham is easier, and boiled easiest…

Hare

Roast Hare. - To be stuffed with Forcemeat No. 6; to be barded; and to be roasted on a spit for fortyfive minutes before a brisk fire; and…

Harlequin Comfits

Caraway seed coated with sugar of various colours and sprinkled as an ornament over cakes and creams. They are not much used now, and…

Hartshorn

How wise we can be after a folly has been exposed! We now laugh at ourselves for eating stag's horn, and imagining that because reduced to…

Herbs

There is a curious classification of gardeners which I have never been able to understand. A certain number of plants are called herbs, and…

Herring

Amsterdam is said to be built on herringbones; and the herring has certainly made the fortune of Holland. It is one of those productions…

Horseradish

Old Parkinson said that it ought to be called Clown's mustard, "for it is too strong for any tender stomach." Nevertheless, there are many…

Hospitality

But be not thou like the too flowery Chinese, of whom the Abbé Huc gives the following account-the hero of the tale, observe, being not a…

Humble Pie

If ever you should be told to eat humble pie, beg that you may be permitted to do so-for it is very good. It is made of the humble or…

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