English and French cookery

XIII. Drinks : Tea, Coffee, Wines, Beer, etc. XIV. Kitchen and Domestic Requisites. Index to Contents. Index to Advertisements. ADVERTISEMENTS. LUCK’S * WEDDING * CAKES, 8/6 10/6 16/6 21/- 30/- 42/- to 10 gs. Weight about 4J 6J 12 16 22 lb. ( Always ready, completely Decorated, at the above Pricei.) Tier Cakes & Cakes Decorated with Natural Flowers PACKED FOR COUNTRY FREE OF CHARGE. Wedge Boxes from Is. doz. CREAMS, JELLIES, ICES, RAISED PIES, GALANTINES, POTTED MEATS. ROUT SEATS, PLATE, CUTLERY, GLASS, ETC., LENT ON HIRE. Ground Almonds, Is. 3d. lb. Icing Sugar, 7d. lb. Best Genoa Cake, Seed, Sultana, and Currant, lOd. It). Large Quantities at Reduced Prices. School Cakes for Treats, etc., 5d. per lb. by the cwt. New Sweet-Meat, ‘American Fruit’ Candy, is. lb. j^xiore, Coofc Confectioner, 117, TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, W. (OPPOSITE SCHOOLBRED’S.) ESTABLISHED 1S61. INTRODUCTORY. Packed in small compass, the reader will find, it is hoped, in the following pages, a fairly comprehensive guide to every-day economical cookery. Recipes which have been tested and approved are given as plainly and simply as possible. In the preliminary chapters it is explained briefly how and why good cookery and wholesome food preserve health, and often restore it when impaired ; how the natural pleasures of feeding depend on it ; and why wholesome and enjoyable meals are cheaper than the poorlycooked, monotonous meals still too common in many English homes ; the question being one of selection and cooking rather than cost. They touch also upon the nature and qualities of food in its various forms, and the philosophy of Roasting, Boiling, Frying, Baking, and the several processes of cooking. ADVERTISEMENTS. CONDENSED «3f MILK i* RECOMMENDED FOB ITS Id. Tin— Lehmann’s Pure Milk. 2d. Tin. -Mother Brand. 4id. Tin- Mother Brand. 5d. Tin— Aventicum (Milkman) Brand. TO BE OBTAINED FI? Oil ANY GOOD GROCER . PART I. ‘ Good Plain Living.’ Good plain living is still spoken of by old-fashioned middle-class people as if it consisted of little more than a joint of beef or mutton roasted or boiled, and as if cookery-books were consequently altogether mistakes ; but better-informed people know this is not the case. The prejudice in favour of a joint of meat with a simply made pie or pudding and certain vegetables is in fact a fruitful source of indigestion, under the influence of which life loses its enjoyment and health suffers. Without undertaking anything costly or elaborate, a variety of admirable dishes may be placed upon the table. Yet, to quote a sound authority, how often we see, ‘partly upon the erroneous supposition that plain roast or boiled is the most wholesome species of food, and partly to avoid the trouble of providing anything else, a whole family, however various their constitutions may be, seated at table before a single joint, to take their chance of suffering from the repletion which even a small portion may occasion to a delicate person, who could have partaken of three or four judiciously cooked dishes without sustaining the slightest inconvenience. The stomach, in fact, never performs its duties so effectually as when it acts upon food composed of much variety.’ Indeed, the united testimony of high medical authority proves that a variety of well-dressed food is more easy of digestion than a meal confined to one s