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A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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This work is a practical cookery manual designed as a guide for the working classes in mid-19th century Britain. It consists of straightforward recipes and cooking techniques intended to produce nutritious meals within a limited budget. The book covers a range of dishes suitable for daily consumption as well as special occasions, with an emphasis on frugality and accessible ingredients. It begins with guidance on essential cooking utensils and equipment, encouraging households with modest means to invest in basic tools to facilitate meal preparation. The author, Charles Elmé Francatelli, aims to make cooking more manageable and economical for those with limited resources.
Written in a clear and instructive style, the book reflects the social context of its time by addressing the needs of the working classes for nourishing food that is easy to prepare and affordable. It provides specific guidance on selecting ingredients and managing household cooking with practical advice tailored to the economic realities of 19th-century Britain.
Written in a clear and instructive style, the book reflects the social context of its time by addressing the needs of the working classes for nourishing food that is easy to prepare and affordable. It provides specific guidance on selecting ingredients and managing household cooking with practical advice tailored to the economic realities of 19th-century Britain.
From the opening pages
Teas and Coffees Carriage Free to all England, if to value of 40s. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY, TEA MERCHANTS, KING WILLIAM STREET, CITY, LONDON, E.C. The Best Food for Children, Invalids, and Others. ROBINSON'S PATENT BARLEY, For making superior Barley Water in Fifteen Minutes, has not only obtained the Patronage of Her Majesty and the Royal Family, but has become of general use to every class of the community, and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an eminently pure, nutritious, and light Food for Infants and Invalids; much approved for making a delicious Custard Pudding, and excellent for thickening Broths or Soups. ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS, For more than thirty years have been held in constant and increasing public estimation, as the purest farina of the Oat, and as the best and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate GRUEL, which forms a light and nutritious support for the aged, is a popular recipe for colds and influenza, is of general use in the sick chamber, and alternately with the Patent Barley is an excellent Food for Infants and Children. Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVILLE, AND CO., PURVEYORS TO THE QUEEN, 64, RED LION STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON. EPPS'S COCOA, (Commonly called Epps's Homœopathic Cocoa), IS DISTINGUISHED FOR ITS DELICIOUS AROMA, GRATEFUL SMOOTHNESS, AND INVIGORATING POWER; And to these qualities it is indebted for the adoption it now obtains as a BREAKFAST BEVERAGE, DIRECTIONS FOR USE. Mix two tea-spoonfuls of the Powder with as much cold Milk as will form a stiff paste; then add, all at once , a sufficient quantity of boiling Milk, or Milk and Water in equal portions, to fill a breakfast cup. 1 / 4 -lb., 1 / 2 -lb., and 1-lb. Packets, at 1s. 6d. per lb. Sold by Grocers in every part of London, and by Grocers, Confectioners, and Druggists in the Country. A PLAIN COOKERY BOOK FOR THE WORKING CLASSES. BY CHARLES ELMÉ FRANCATELLI, LATE MAÎTRE D'HÔTEL AND CHIEF COOK TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. AUTHOR OF "THE MODERN COOK" AND "THE COOK'S GUIDE." NEW EDITION. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STREET. Reprinted from the edition of 1852 Re-issued 1977 by SCOLAR PRESS 39 Great Russell Street, London WC1 Reprinted 1978 ISBN 0 85967 390 1 Printed in England by Shenval Press, London and Harlow INTRODUCTION. My object in writing this little book is to show you how you may…
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