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CONTENTS
PAGE
To Clean Oilcloth 399
To Take Ink Stains out of Mahogany Furniture 400
For Removing Ink Stains from Mahogany 400
To Remove Ink Stains from a Coloured Table
Cover 400
To Preserve Steel Goods from Rust 401
To Remove Oil or Grease from Hearth 401
For Cleaning Brasses on Mahogany Furniture 401
A Recipe from Messrs. Schulthers, German
Rose Growers, for the Prevention of Mildew
on Roses 402
To Turn Hydrangeas Blue 402
BEVERAGES
Turkish Coffee Without Grouts 407
Turkish Coffee 408
Recipe for Sloe Gin 408
Martini Cocktail 409
An Excellent Recipe for Moselle Cup 409
Egg Flip 409
Lemon Whey 410
Camomile Tea 410
Bran Tea 411
Linseed Tea 411
Oatmeal Water 411
For Extracting Gas from Effervescing Drinks :
A“Mosser” 412
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Georgina Countess of Dudley . . . Frontispiece
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park . Facing page vii
Banquet on the Coronation -day of the
Roman Empress, March 8th, 1742
At the Romer Saal, Frankfort on the Main
Banquet on the Coronation- day of the
Roman Emperor, February 12th, 1742 ,
At the Romer Saalt Frankfort on the Main
A Fruit Piece ......
After the picture by Angel Campidoglio in the Collection
of Sir John Murray Scott
Deer-stalking in the Highlands. Watching
the Body
From an etching after Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.
The Melton Breakfast . . . „ „
From a mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after the picture
by Sir F. Grant
A Day’s Pleasure . . . . ,,
Men laugh and riot till the feast is o'er.
Then comes the reckoning, and they laugh no more.
The “ Star and Garter” Richmond .
59
113
„ 257
„ 301
„ 321
403
30 SOUPS
GRACE BEFORE MEAT
A good digestion to you all : and once more
I shower a welcome on you ; Welcome all !
SHAKESPEARE “ HENRY VIII ”
Some hae meat and cannot eat ,
And some would eat that want it ;
But zee hae meat , and we can eat ,
Sae let the Lord he tliankit.
BURNS, 64 GRACE BEFORE MEAT ”
r*
No man can be wise on an empty stomach .
GEORGE ELIOT
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Are these the choice dishes the Doctor has sent us ?
Is this the great poet whose works so content us ?
This Goldsmith's fine feast , who has written fine
books ?
Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends
cooks .
GARRICK
on “ goldsmith’s retaliation,” ii, 157
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Better a dry morsel and righteousness therewith
than a house jull of feasting with strife .
PROVERBS
WANT OF PUNCTUALITY
Amongst other follies , Beau Brummell had that
of choosing to be always too late for dinner. Wher-
ever he was invited , he liked to be waited for. He
thought it was a proof of his fashion and conse-
quence ; and the higher the rank of his entertainer ,
the later was the arrival of this impudent “ parvenu
The Marquis of Abercorn had for some time sub-
mitted to this ojt-repeated trial of his patience , but
at length he would bear it no longer. Accordingly ,
one day , when he had invited Brummell to dine , he
desired to have the dinner on the table punctually
at the time appointed. The servants obeyed , and
Brummell and the cheese arrived together. The
wondering beau was desired by the master of the
house to sit down. He vouchsafed no apology for
what had happened , but coolly said, “ I hope , Mr.
B ., cheese is not disagreeable to you.” It is said
that Brummell was never late in that house in
future.
AMELIA OPIE
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Presented as published in 1914. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
To Clean Cane-Bottomed Chairs 399
To Clean Oilcloth 399
To Take Ink Stains out of Mahogany Furniture 400 For Removing Ink Stains from Mahogany 400
To Remove Ink Stains from a Coloured Table
Cover 400
To Preserve Steel Goods from Rust 401
To Remove Oil or Grease from Hearth 401
For Cleaning Brasses on Mahogany Furniture 401 A Recipe from Messrs. Schulthers, German Rose Growers, for the Prevention of Mildew on Roses 402
To Turn Hydrangeas Blue 402
Turkish Coffee Without Grouts 407
Turkish Coffee 408
Recipe for Sloe Gin 408
Martini Cocktail 409
An Excellent Recipe for Moselle Cup 409
Egg Flip 409
Lemon Whey 410
Camomile Tea 410
Bran Tea 411
Linseed Tea 411
Oatmeal Water 411
For Extracting Gas from Effervescing Drinks :
A“Mosser” 412
ILLUSTRATIONS
Georgina Countess of Dudley . . . Frontispiece
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park . Facing page vii
Banquet on the Coronation -day of the Roman Empress, March 8th, 1742 At the Romer Saal, Frankfort on the Main
Banquet on the Coronation- day of the Roman Emperor, February 12th, 1742 ,
At the Romer Saalt Frankfort on the Main
A Fruit Piece ......
After the picture by Angel Campidoglio in the Collection of Sir John Murray Scott
Deer-stalking in the Highlands. Watching the Body
From an etching after Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.
The Melton Breakfast . . . „ „
From a mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after the picture by Sir F. Grant
A Day’s Pleasure . . . . ,,
Men laugh and riot till the feast is o'er.
Then comes the reckoning, and they laugh no more.
The “ Star and Garter” Richmond .
„ 257
„ 301
„ 321
GRACE BEFORE MEAT
A good digestion to you all : and once more I shower a welcome on you ; Welcome all !
SHAKESPEARE “ HENRY VIII ”
Some hae meat and cannot eat ,
And some would eat that want it ;
But zee hae meat , and we can eat ,
Sae let the Lord he tliankit.
BURNS, 64 GRACE BEFORE MEAT ”
r*
No man can be wise on an empty stomach .
GEORGE ELIOT
%
Are these the choice dishes the Doctor has sent us ? Is this the great poet whose works so content us ? This Goldsmith's fine feast , who has written fine books ?
Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks .
GARRICK
on “ goldsmith’s retaliation,” ii, 157
%
Better a dry morsel and righteousness therewith than a house jull of feasting with strife .
PROVERBS
WANT OF PUNCTUALITY
Amongst other follies , Beau Brummell had that of choosing to be always too late for dinner. Wherever he was invited , he liked to be waited for. He thought it was a proof of his fashion and consequence ; and the higher the rank of his entertainer , the later was the arrival of this impudent “ parvenu The Marquis of Abercorn had for some time submitted to this ojt-repeated trial of his patience , but at length he would bear it no longer. Accordingly , one day , when he had invited Brummell to dine , he desired to have the dinner on the table punctually at the time appointed. The servants obeyed , and Brummell and the cheese arrived together. The wondering beau was desired by the master of the house to sit down. He vouchsafed no apology for what had happened , but coolly said, “ I hope , Mr. B ., cheese is not disagreeable to you.” It is said that Brummell was never late in that house in future.
AMELIA OPIE
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