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The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual — William Kitchiner

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual

William Kitchiner

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 556 pages

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual is a 19th-century cookbook and domestic manual by William Kitchiner. It offers practical recipes for cooking, carving, sauces, and preserving, along with household management advice. It is worth listening to for its historical insight into everyday kitchens of the past.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE COOK’S ORACLE; AND HOUSEKEEPER’S MANUAL.
  2. ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.
  4. PREFACE.
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. INTRODUCTION.
  7. INVITATIONS TO DINNER
  8. FRIENDLY ADVICE TO COOKS,46-* AND OTHER SERVANTS
  9. TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
  10. RUDIMENTS OF COOKERY.
  11. CHAPTER I. BOILING.66-*
  12. CHAPTER II. ROASTING.
  13. CHAPTER III. FRYING.
  14. CHAPTER IV. BROILING.
  15. CHAPTER V. VEGETABLES.
  16. CHAPTER VI. FISH.
  17. CHAPTER VII. BROTHS AND SOUPS.
  18. CHAPTER VIII. GRAVIES AND SAUCES.
  19. CHAPTER IX. MADE DISHES.
  20. THE COOK’S ORACLE.
  21. BOILING.
  22. ROASTING.
  23. FRYING.
  24. BROILING.
  25. VEGETABLES.
  26. FISH.
  27. BROTHS, GRAVIES, AND SOUPS.
  28. GRAVIES AND SAUCES.
  29. MADE DISHES, &C.
  30. MARKETING TABLES,

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