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

Preparation of Food by Keeping

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

Preparation of Food by Keeping (Manently if it is entirely)

manently, if it is entirely excluded. Dry heat is not so injurious as the moist, yet warm, atmosphere, which always prevails in underground…

Preparation of Food by Keeping

41. THE COOK SHOULD WATCH most carefully all the meat and game under her care, and inform her mistress as soon as she sees the slightest…

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