The British Cookery Book

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

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16. This subject has been previously alluded to, and it will, therefore, only be necessary here to repeat in a tabular form the average quantities of each kind of food required by a healthy man taking an ordinary amount of exercise:- (a) AVERAGE DAILY AMOUNT of the BEST KIND OF FOOD required by an ADULT MALE:- Meat (uncooked) d00 s. d. 04 lb. ... 06 Bread ... ... ... ...

Potatoes (or green vegetables) Cheese ... ... ... ... ... se 66. ... ... 014 ... ... ... ... ... ... 011 ... ... ... ... 2 oz. ... 01 Butter Milk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... " ... 01 .5. ... ... 2 ... १९ ... 00 Sugar Tea ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 01., Coffee .b. } 1 " Malt liquor 1 pint

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