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Title: English Housewifry
Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery

Alternate Title: English Housewifery

Note: Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

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Summary: "English Housewifry" by Elizabeth Moxon is a comprehensive cookery manual from the mid-18th century. The book provides a wealth of information on domestic tasks, particularly focusing on cookery, with over four hundred and fifty recipes well organized into various categories. This work serves as a practical guide for mistresses of households and lower women servants, detailing recipes and techniques for preparing an array of soups, cakes, pickles, and other culinary delights, while emphasizing health and frugality. At the start of "English Housewifry," the author outlines the purpose of the book, presenting it as the result of thirty years of experience in the culinary arts. The initial chapters introduce several recipes, beginning with instructions for soups such as vermicelly soup and cucumber soup, and continuing to elaborate on specific preparation methods and garnishing techniques. Moxon clearly aims to educate her readers on the art of cooking, providing not only recipes but also insights into bill of fare production and the arrangement of dishes for presentation. Each entry is methodical, catering to both novice and experienced cooks alike, and reflects the culinary practices of her time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Moxon, Elizabeth

EBook No.: 10072

Published: Nov 1, 2003

Downloads: 264

Language: English

Subject: Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Menus -- Early works to 1800

LoCC: Technology: Home economics

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:10072:2 2003-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Moxon, Elizabeth en 1
2024-11-08T05:39:03Z English Housewifry

This edition has images.

Title: English Housewifry
Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery

Alternate Title: English Housewifery

Note: Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Note: Produced from page images available from Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona, at http: //www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw58

Credits: Produced by David Starner, Beth Trapaga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Scans from Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona

Summary: "English Housewifry" by Elizabeth Moxon is a comprehensive cookery manual from the mid-18th century. The book provides a wealth of information on domestic tasks, particularly focusing on cookery, with over four hundred and fifty recipes well organized into various categories. This work serves as a practical guide for mistresses of households and lower women servants, detailing recipes and techniques for preparing an array of soups, cakes, pickles, and other culinary delights, while emphasizing health and frugality. At the start of "English Housewifry," the author outlines the purpose of the book, presenting it as the result of thirty years of experience in the culinary arts. The initial chapters introduce several recipes, beginning with instructions for soups such as vermicelly soup and cucumber soup, and continuing to elaborate on specific preparation methods and garnishing techniques. Moxon clearly aims to educate her readers on the art of cooking, providing not only recipes but also insights into bill of fare production and the arrangement of dishes for presentation. Each entry is methodical, catering to both novice and experienced cooks alike, and reflects the culinary practices of her time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Moxon, Elizabeth

EBook No.: 10072

Published: Nov 1, 2003

Downloads: 264

Language: English

Subject: Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800

Subject: Menus -- Early works to 1800

LoCC: Technology: Home economics

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:10072:3 2003-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Moxon, Elizabeth en 1