Name: Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper
Author: Hildagonda J. Duckitt

Med K9079 N. .* 1 COOKERY BOOKS Indian Dishes for English Tables. By Ketab. Crown 8vo, no pages, 2s. 6d. Hilda’s “Where is it?” of Recipes. Containing many old CAPE, INDIAN, and MALAY DISHES and PRESERVES ; also Directions for Polishing Furniture, Cleaning Silk, etc. ; and a Collection of Home Remedies in Case of Sick- ness. By Hildagonda J. Duckitt. Twelfth Thousand. Crown 8vo, 4^'. 6d. The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare. By Major L . Fifth Edition. Large Crown 8vo, 8s. Breakfasts, Luncheons, and Ball Suppers. By Major L . Crown 8vo, 4^. Official Handbook of the National Train- ing School for Cookery. Containing Lessons on Cookery, forming the Course of Instruction in the School. Compiled by “ R. O. C.” Twenty-sixth Thousand. Large Crown 8vo, 3^. 6d. Cookery up to Date. By Mrs. Humphry (“ Madge,” of Truth). Crown 8vo, 3^. (id. A Book of Sauces. By S. Beatty Pownall, head of the Cookery Department of the Queen newspaper. Crown 8vo, 3^. (d. CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld., LONDON. HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER GROOTE POSTE Fro7/i a sketch by Ma>y Frere HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER BEING A CHRONICLE OF DAILY EVENTS AND MONTHLY WORK IN A CAPE HOUSEHOLD, TOTH NUMEROUS COOKING RECIPES, AND NOTES ON GARDENING, POULTRY KEEPING, ETC. BY HILDAGONDA J. DUCKITT AUTHOR OF ‘HILDA’S WHERE IS IT OF RECIPES LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld. 22 ■ WELLCOME INSTITUTE LIBRARY Coll. welMOmec Call No. CRT To HER ROYAL HIGHNESS IJrincess xrf WHO, IN SOUTH AFRICA’S DARKEST HOUR, CHEERED IT BY HER GRACIOUS PRESENCE, This Book IS, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOYALTY AND DEVOTION. V PREFACE My former hook, Hilda^s Where is it of Recipes, vjdiS most kindly received by the public both in England and South Africa, and it has occurred to me that it would be a help to many who, like myself, were born in South Africa, as well as to those who intend to make their home at the Cape, or whose official duties bring them out here for several years, if I wrote down some more of my house- keeping notes. I shall be glad indeed if what I have learnt by lifelong experience and experiment should lighten the labour of those beginning the responsibilities of housekeeping in our dear old Colony, under conditions new and strange to them. In order to avoid repetition, wherever a recipe has already been given in Hilda's Where is it, reference to it is made instead of the recipe itself being quoted. I have also noted down from reliable sources some information regarding other parts of South Africa with which I am not personally acquainted. H. J. D. St. Lucia, Waterloo Green, Wynberg, October igoi. HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER INTRODUCTORY MY OLD HOME Before beginning my Diary itself, I will write down a short description of a South African farm, my own old home, where more than half my lifetime was so happily spent.

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Med K9079 N. .* 1 Indian Dishes for English Tables. By Ketab. Crown 8vo, no pages, 2s. 6d. Hilda’s “Where is it?” of Recipes. Containing many old CAPE, INDIAN, and MALAY DISHES and PRESERVES ; also Directions for Polishing Furniture, Cleaning Silk, etc. ; and a Collection of Home Remedies in Case of Sickness. By Hildagonda J. Duckitt. Twelfth Thousand. Crown 8vo, 4^'. 6d. The Pytchley Book of Refined Cookery and Bills of Fare. By Major L . Fifth Edition. Large Crown 8vo, 8s. Breakfasts, Luncheons, and Ball Suppers. By Major L . Crown 8vo, 4^. Official Handbook of the National Training School for Cookery. Containing Lessons on Cookery, forming the Course of Instruction in the School. Compiled by “ R. O. C.” Twenty-sixth Thousand. Large Crown 8vo, 3^. 6d. Cookery up to Date. By Mrs. Humphry (“ Madge,” of Truth). Crown 8vo, 3^. (id. A Book of Sauces. By S. Beatty Pownall, head of the Cookery Department of the Queen newspaper. Crown 8vo, 3^. (d. CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld., LONDON. HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER GROOTE POSTE From a sketch by Mary Frere HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER BEING A CHRONICLE OF DAILY EVENTS AND MONTHLY WORK IN A CAPE HOUSEHOLD, TOTH NUMEROUS COOKING RECIPES, AND NOTES ON GARDENING, POULTRY KEEPING, ETC. BY HILDAGONDA J. DUCKITT AUTHOR OF ‘HILDA’S WHERE IS IT OF RECIPES LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ld. 22 ■ WELLCOME INSTITUTE LIBRARY Coll. welMOmec Call No. CRT To HER ROYAL HIGHNESS Princess WHO, IN SOUTH AFRICA’S DARKEST HOUR, CHEERED IT BY HER GRACIOUS PRESENCE, This Book IS, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOYALTY AND DEVOTION. PREFACE My former book, Hilda's Where is it of Recipes, was most kindly received by the public both in England and South Africa, and it has occurred to me that it would be a help to many who, like myself, were born in South Africa, as well as to those who intend to make their home at the Cape, or whose official duties bring them out here for several years, if I wrote down some more of my housekeeping notes. I shall be glad indeed if what I have learnt by lifelong experience and experiment should lighten the labour of those beginning the responsibilities of housekeeping in our dear old Colony, under conditions new and strange to them. In order to avoid repetition, wherever a recipe has already been given in Hilda's Where is it, reference to it is made instead of the recipe itself being quoted. I have also noted down from reliable sources some information regarding other parts of South Africa with which I am not personally acquainted. H. J. D. St. Lucia, Waterloo Green, Wynberg, October igoi. HILDA’S DIARY OF A CAPE HOUSEKEEPER INTRODUCTORY Before beginning my Diary itself, I will write down a short description of a South African farm, my own old home, where more than half my lifetime was so happily spent.