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Instruction in cookery (Methuen's text-books, Thompson)

1908

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Presented as published in 1908. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
1 THE COMPLETE SCHOOL CHEMISTRY. By F. M. Oldham, B.A., Senior Science Master at Dulwich College. With 126 illustrations. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. AN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. By A. E. Dunstan, B.Sc., Head of the Chemical Department, East Ham Technical College. With many illustrations. Crown 8vo. OUTLINES OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. By George Senter, B.Sc. (Lond.), | Ph.D., Lecturer in Chemistry at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School. With many diagrams. Crown 8vo. PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. By W. French, M.A., Principal of the Storey I Institute, Lancaster. Part I. With 57 diagrams. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. | is. 6d. Part II. With 56 diagrams. By W. French, M.A., and T. H. Boardman, M.A., Science Master at Christ’s Hospital. Crown 8vo. is. 6d. ELEMENTARY SCIENCE FOR PUPIL TEACHERS. Physics section by W. T. Clough, A.R.C.S. Chemistry Section by A. E. Dunstan, B.Sc. With many diagrams. Crown 8vo. 2s. | PRACTICAL MECHANICS. By Sidney H. Wells, late Principal of the Battersea Polytechnic. With 75 Illustrations and diagrams. Third Edition, Crown 8vo. EXAMPLES IN ELEMENTARY MECHANICS : Practical, Graphical, and Theoretical. By W. J. Dobbs, M.A., St. John’s College, Cambridge. With 51 diagrams. Crown 8vo. EXAMPLES IN PHYSICS. By C. E. Jackson, B.A., Senior Physics Master, Bradford Grammar School. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. TECHNICAL ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY. By C. T. Millis, M.I.M.E., Principal of the Borough Polytechnic Institute. With 195 diagrams. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. PLANT LIFE : Studies in Garden and School. By Horace F. Jones, F.C.S. With 320 diagrams. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Mra FLETCHER AND RUSSELL’S GAS STOVE INSTRUCTION IN COOKERY BY A. P. THOMPSON INSTRUCTRESS TO THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL WITH IO ILLUSTRATIONS / 36 METHUEN & CO. ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published in 1908 PREFACE WHAT is the excuse for including the following work in a series on Technology ? This question may be answered by quoting the following passage from the Report of one of the Moseley Commissioners : 4 The term “Technical Education ” has several con- notations ; sometimes the strictly mechanic arts point of view is adhered to, sometimes it1 is understood as that form of education which helps a man to earn a living.’ As a considerable number of women do earn their living by teaching cookery, it is hoped that the follow- ing hints may be of service to them, either during their training or afterwards. During the past five or six years, it has been curious to watch the development of domestic economy teaching. In some quarters science has been regarded as an enemy to practical cookery, whereas practical cookery is enormously improved by a thorough knowledge of scientific principles combined with manual dexterity. VI INSTRUCTION IN COOKERY All teachers should try to study their subject from every side ; and the more truly scientific their knowledge is, the sounder their methods of practice are. This little book does not pretend to be a recipe book, but to give a few practical hints on the conduct of classes. Some few recipes are given which I have from time to time collected. Some are from the number of recipes which Miss Peacock, of the Leeds Training-School, has compiled, and this, in itself, will be a guarantee that they are practical.