‘VARIETY'S fEE VERY SFiCE OF LIFE
WE ICE GIVES IT ALL ITS FLAVOUR’
■l- •
SELL THE FINEST
TEA
THE WORLD PRODUCES
3s. jl ^POTJl<TJD.
AND
MAGNIFICENT TEAS
At 2s. 6d. and 2s. a Pound,
As supplied to Princes, Dukes, Marquises, Earls,
Viscounts, Barons, and the County Families of the
United Kingdom.
Samples and Book about TEA post free on
application to
COOPER COOPER & CO.
CHIEF OFFICE:
50, KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON BRIDGE.
'SHMENTS:
CIRCUS,
"°N SE GROVE, W.
22101726637 c-
juniN nuuijMiN, r'.L.S,
Med
K9714
:hley book of refined cookery.
TIONAL CONDIMENT.
CELEBRATED FOR ITS UNEQUALLED FLAVOUR.
uatard
SUPPLIED TO
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
TO ENSURE GOOD FLAVOUR
ALWAYS USE
Keen’s
Ground Spices.
MACE, CINNAMON, NUTMEGS,
CLOVES, CASSIA, CARAWAY, CORI ANDERS.
Sold in Canisters weighing from 1 oz. to 1 lb.
KEEN, ROBINSON, & BELLVILLE,
LOISTDON.
V
THE PYTCHLEY BOOK
OF
REFINED COOKERY
✓
%
THE
PYTCHLEY BOOK
OF
REFINED COOKERY
AND
BILLS OF FARE
MAJOR I
Variety ’s the very spice of life,
Which gives it all its flavour.
Cowper.
LONDON : CHAPMAN AND HALL,
Limited.
^206 Tiff
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.
WELLCOME INSTITUTE
LIBRARY
Coll.
^nnec
Call
No.
crT
ScBicatctf
BY KIND PERMISSION,
WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT,
TO
THE COUNTESS SPENCER,
WHOSE HUSBAND HAS FOR YEARS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL
SUPPORTER OF THE PYTCHLEY COUNTRY.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION i
BILLS OF FARE—
JANUARY 6
FEBRUARY -14
MARCH . . . . . . . . .22
APRIL 30
MAY 38
JUNE 46
JULY 54
AUGUST 62
SEPTEMBER 70
OCTOBER 78
NOVEMBER 86
DECEMBER 94
RECEIPTS—
/
CHAPTER I.
STOCKS, ETC
CHAPTER II.
SAUCES, STUFFINGS . . I0g
CHAPTER III.
SOUPS
. 128
via
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV.
FISH
CHAPTER V.
QUENELLE MEAT, ENTREES, ETC
CHAPTER VI.
GENERAL RULES FOR ROASTS, BOILS, AND BROILS
CHAPTER VII.
GAME AND POULTRY ROASTING
CHAPTER VIII.
VEGETABLES
CHAPTER IX.
PASTRY AND ERYING BATTERS .....
CHAPTER X.
MEAT PIES AND PUDDINGS
CHAPTER XI.
SWEET DISHES, INCLUDING TARTS, PUDDINGS, AND ICES
CHAPTER XII.
SAVOURIES
WINES AND THEIR SERVICE
PAGE
• *39
• -57
• *75
. 1 86
■ *93
. 209
• 213
220
243
257
INDEX .
263
THE
PYTCHLEY COOKERY BOOK.
INTRODUCTION.
MANY excellent and exhaustive works on Cookery no
doubt there are, but the Author hopes, agreeing with Owen
Meredith in the following lines, that there is room for
another.
We may live without poetry, music, or art ;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart ;
We may live without friends, we may live without books ;
But civilised man cannot live without cooks.
He may live without books — what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope— what is hope but deceiving ?
He may live without love— what is passion but pining ?
But where is the man who can live without dining ?
“ Lucile,” by Owen Meredith.
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‘VARIETY'S fEE VERY SFiCE OF LIFE
WE ICE GIVES IT ALL ITS FLAVOUR’
■l- •
SELL THE FINEST
TEA
THE WORLD PRODUCES
3s. jl ^POTJl<TJD.
AND
MAGNIFICENT TEAS
At 2s. 6d. and 2s. a Pound,
As supplied to Princes, Dukes, Marquises, Earls,
Viscounts, Barons, and the County Families of the
United Kingdom.
Samples and Book about TEA post free on
application to
COOPER COOPER & CO.
CHIEF OFFICE:
50, KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON BRIDGE.
'SHMENTS:
CIRCUS,
"°N SE GROVE, W.
22101726637 c-
juniN nuuijMiN, r'.L.S,
Med
K9714
:hley book of refined cookery.
TIONAL CONDIMENT.
CELEBRATED FOR ITS UNEQUALLED FLAVOUR.
uatard
SUPPLIED TO
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
TO ENSURE GOOD FLAVOUR
ALWAYS USE
Keen’s
Ground Spices.
MACE, CINNAMON, NUTMEGS,
CLOVES, CASSIA, CARAWAY, CORI ANDERS.
Sold in Canisters weighing from 1 oz. to 1 lb.
KEEN, ROBINSON, & BELLVILLE,
LOISTDON.
V
THE PYTCHLEY BOOK
OF
REFINED COOKERY
✓
%
THE
PYTCHLEY BOOK
OF
REFINED COOKERY
AND
BILLS OF FARE
MAJOR I
Variety ’s the very spice of life,
Which gives it all its flavour.
Cowper.
LONDON : CHAPMAN AND HALL,
Limited.
^206 Tiff
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS,
CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS.
WELLCOME INSTITUTE
LIBRARY
Coll.
^nnec
Call
No.
crT
ScBicatctf
BY KIND PERMISSION,
WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT,
TO
THE COUNTESS SPENCER,
WHOSE HUSBAND HAS FOR YEARS BEEN THE PRINCIPAL
SUPPORTER OF THE PYTCHLEY COUNTRY.
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2016
https://archive.org/details/b28065323
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION i
BILLS OF FARE—
JANUARY 6
FEBRUARY -14
MARCH . . . . . . . . .22
APRIL 30
MAY 38
JUNE 46
JULY 54
AUGUST 62
SEPTEMBER 70
OCTOBER 78
NOVEMBER 86
DECEMBER 94
RECEIPTS—
/
CHAPTER I.
STOCKS, ETC
CHAPTER II.
SAUCES, STUFFINGS . . I0g
CHAPTER III.
SOUPS
. 128
via
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV.
FISH
CHAPTER V.
QUENELLE MEAT, ENTREES, ETC
CHAPTER VI.
GENERAL RULES FOR ROASTS, BOILS, AND BROILS
CHAPTER VII.
GAME AND POULTRY ROASTING
CHAPTER VIII.
VEGETABLES
CHAPTER IX.
PASTRY AND ERYING BATTERS .....
CHAPTER X.
MEAT PIES AND PUDDINGS
CHAPTER XI.
SWEET DISHES, INCLUDING TARTS, PUDDINGS, AND ICES
CHAPTER XII.
SAVOURIES
WINES AND THEIR SERVICE
PAGE
• *39
• -57
• *75
. 1 86
■ *93
. 209
• 213
220
243
257
INDEX .
263
THE
PYTCHLEY COOKERY BOOK.
INTRODUCTION.
MANY excellent and exhaustive works on Cookery no
doubt there are, but the Author hopes, agreeing with Owen
Meredith in the following lines, that there is room for
another.
We may live without poetry, music, or art ;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart ;
We may live without friends, we may live without books ;
But civilised man cannot live without cooks.
He may live without books — what is knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope— what is hope but deceiving ?
He may live without love— what is passion but pining ?
But where is the man who can live without dining ?
“ Lucile,” by Owen Meredith.