Mrs. Beeton's All About Cookery

The most trusted name in the Victorian kitchen, arranged A to Z: over a thousand recipes with the price of every dish worked out to the penny — including what to serve at a ball supper, and how to carve what you serve.

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What Mrs Beeton knew about your groceries, and how long everything really took.

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The Recipes

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70 recipes

B

89 recipes

C

146 recipes

D

28 recipes

E

28 recipes

F

50 recipes

G

51 recipes

H

23 recipes

I

19 recipes

J

12 recipes

K

5 recipes

L

56 recipes

M

91 recipes

N

7 recipes

O

45 recipes

P

125 recipes

Q

10 recipes

R

55 recipes

S

154 recipes

T

69 recipes

V

35 recipes

W

39 recipes

Y

3 recipes

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Cod's Head and Shoulders

INGREDIENTS.- Sufficient water to cover the fish; 5 oz. of salt to each gallon of water. AVERAGE COST, 6d. per lb.

Raisin Cheese

INGREDIENTS. To every lb. of raisins allow 1/2 lb. of loaf sugar; pounded cinnamon and cloves to taste.

Bain-marie

An open saucepan or kettle of nearly boiling water, in which a smaller vessel can be set for cooking and warming. This is very…

Carrot Soup (INGREDIENTS for quarts quarts)

INGREDIENTS for 4 quarts.-4 quarts of liquor in which a leg of mutton or a joint of beef has been boiled, a few beef-bones, 6…

Eggs, Alpine

INGREDIENTS for dish for 3 or 4 persons.-4 eggs, 6 oz. of cheese, 2 oz. of butter, a little chopped parsley, pepper and salt…

Charlotte aux Pommes

IN- GREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons. -A few slices of rather stale bread 1/2 inch thick, clarified butter, apple marmalade, with…

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