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

To Clarify Stock

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

To Clarify Stock (Hard is the best it keeps)

hard is the best : it keeps the peas a better colour. To make a white soup do not put in the cream till you take it off the fire. Always…

To Clarify Stock (Which process is now often)

224. To Clarify Stock, which process is now often wanted, as it is the fashion to use it clear in mock-turtle and many other soups, which…

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