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5:57:34
Zip file size:
164 MB
Catalog date:
2009-11-27
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Book Coordinator:
Jennifer Stearns
Meta Coordinator:
Leni
Proof Listener:
Diana Majlinger

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The American Housewife

Anonymous

This cookbook and reference guide leads the American Housewife through how to make everything from Meat to Common Drinks, as well as helpful tips and tricks for any housewife! Also included in this fine text are sections on Cooking for The Sick, and how to make your own: Essences, Perfumes, Dyes and Soaps. This work also features an extensive section on The Art of Carving-Which covers anything you might need to carve! (Summary by Jennifer Stearns)

Genre(s): House & Home, Cooking

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00-Preface Jud Niven
 00:03:33
Play 01 01- Meat Part 1 Jud Niven
 00:17:08
Play 02 02- Meat Part 2 Ruth Golding
 00:16:14
Play 03 03-Meat Pies Ruth Golding
 00:07:18
Play 04 04- Gravies & Sauces Ruth Golding
 00:13:05
Play 05 05- Soups & Various Methods of Cooking Eggs Stuart Bell
 00:08:59
Play 06 06- Fish Bellona Times
 00:17:24
Play 07 07- Vegetables Neeru Iyer
 00:15:06
Play 08 08- Pickles NickNumber
 00:10:18
Play 09 09- Bread & Biscuit NickNumber
 00:12:16
Play 10 10- Hot Cakes NickNumber
 00:08:00
Play 11 11- Sweet Cakes Part 1 NickNumber
 00:15:50
Play 12 12- Sweet Cakes Part 2 NickNumber
 00:15:58
Play 13 13- Trifles, Blanc Manges & Creams NickNumber
 00:08:25
Play 14 14-Pastry & Pies Ruth Golding
 00:20:21
Play 15 15- Custards Neeru Iyer
 00:04:59
Play 16 16- Puddings Patti Cunningham
 00:19:32
Play 17 17- Fritters and Dumplings & Syrups Veronica Jenkins
 00:07:49
Play 18 18- Sweetmeats Kenzie King
 00:18:11
Play 19 19- Jellies Neeru Iyer
 00:06:29
Play 20 20- Common Drinks Patti Cunningham
 00:16:31
Play 21 21- Essences, Perfumery, & Cookery for the Sick Leni
 00:15:00
Play 22 22- Misc, Receipts Relevant to Housewifery Part 1 MaryAnn
 00:14:22
Play 23 23- Misc, Receipts Relevant to Housewifery Part 2 Anna Simon
 00:14:30
Play 24 24- Misc, Receipts Relevant to Housewifery Part 3 Alana Jordan
 00:18:59
Play 25 25- Common Dyes & Soaps Alana Jordan
 00:11:41
Play 26 26- The Art of Carving Leni
 00:19:36