The Book of Household Management: Abridged edition (Oxford World’s Classics)

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I must frankly own, that if I had known, beforehand, that this book would have cost me the labour which it has, I should never have been courageous enough to commence it. What moved me, in the first instance, to attempt a work like this, was the discomfort and suffering which I had seen brought upon men and women by household mismanagement. I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife’s badly-cooked dinners and untidy ways. Men are now so well served out of doors,—at their clubs, well-ordered taverns, and dining-houses, that in order to compete with the attractions of these places, a mistress must be thoroughly acquainted with the theory and practice of cookery, as well as be perfectly conversant with all the other arts of making and keeping a comfortable home.

In this book I have attempted to give, under the chapters devoted to cookery, an intelligible arrangement to every recipe, a list of the ingredients, a plain statement of the mode of preparing each dish, and a careful estimate of its cost, the number of people for whom it is sufficient, and the time when it is seasonable. For the matter of the recipes, I am indebted, in some measure, to many correspondents of the “Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine,” who have obligingly placed at my disposal their formulas for many original preparations. A large private circle has also rendered me considerable service. A diligent study of the works of the best modern writers on cookery was also necessary to the faithful fulfilment of my task. Friends in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Germany, have also very materially aided me. I have paid great attention to those recipes which come under the head of “COLD MEAT COOKERY.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01JMOION4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press, USA
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 17, 2016
Edition ‏ : ‎ Abridged ed
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3.2 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 1200 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3736410053
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Customers find this facsimile of Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management to be fascinating reading that provides a great look into the past. The book is highly informative, with one customer noting it’s full of information from the time period, while another describes it as a “fascinating look at the minutiae of 19th century domestic life.” Customers appreciate the recipe content, with one mentioning it includes both traditional English and French dishes.