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Excerpt from A Shilling Cookery for the People
First, most of the receipts, having been especially written for various ordinary kitchen utensils, some of them may appear to the reader to be repetitions, which is not the case, as the same food may be used, yet each process will differ one from the other, from having~~ been cooked in a different manner.
Secondly, to obviate the reading of two or three receipts to be able to execute one, I have...
A Shilling Cookery for the People - Embracing an entirely new system of plain cookery and domestic economy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860.
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Enlightening account of the many different aspects of food and its preparation by the ancient Greeks, Romans, Assyrians, Egyptians, and Jews covers a wide array of subjects: the mythological origin of specific foods, agricultural, milling, and marketing practices, treatment of dinner guests, descriptions of seasonings, pastries, and exotic dishes, more. 38 black-and-white illustrations.
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Excerpt from Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late WarThe literary portion the Author has dished up to the best of his ability, and if any of his readers do not relish its historical contents, he trusts that the many new and valuable receipts, applicable to the Army, Navy, Mili tary and Civil Institutions, and the public in general, will make up in succulence for any literary deficiencies.About the PublisherForg...
Soyer's brilliant memoir, published in 1856 and never since reprinted. A vivid account of the Crimean War and of Soyer's inventions and recipes for feeding armies in the field. He was as important in the Crimea as Florence Nightingale, for his influence on the reform of army feeding enabled wounded soldiers to survive. A modified version of the Soyer stove was still in use in the Gulf War. Introductions by Elizabeth Ray and military historian ...