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 Stew Pears

2 pages in this part of The British Cookery Book.

To Stew Pears (Take off their stalks put them)

take off their stalks; put them into a stewpan of boiling butter, and shake them over a brisk fire until they are of a nice brown colour…

To Stew Pears (Pare and halve the fruit)

1111. Pare and halve the fruit, and lay them in a bright tin or enamelled iron saucepan. Then strew over them some lump sugar and a few…

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