A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

Carrots and Parsnips

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

Carrots and Parsnips

649. These vegetables require a good deal of boiling. When young wipe off the skin after they are boiled; when old, boil them with the salt…

Carrots and Parsnips: Onions

ONIONS. 659. TO STEW.-Peel six large onions; fry gently of a fine brown, but do not blacken them; then put them into a small stewpan with a…

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