EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF COOKERY, ALBERT BUILDINGS, SHANDWICK PLACE, FOUNDED OCTOBER 1S75. The Executive Committee of the Edinburgh School of Cookery receive applications for Demonstrations and Practice Lessons in towns and villages in Great Britain and Ireland (reserving the right of refusal). I.— They are prepared to take the entire money risk of Demonstration Lessons, to make all the arrangements as regards printing, &c., and to send a Teacher who takes with her a stove, cooking utensils, and every requisite for conducting them. It is usual to give 1 wo Courses of Twelve Lessons each in every town. Admission to High CHss and Plain Cookery Lessons has been fixed at 10 s. 6d. for twelve lessons, is. single admission ; to Cheap Cookery Lessons, 2s. for twelve lessons, 3,/. single admission. Special arrangements may be made for Practice Lessons and for Classes in Schools and Institutions. H. — When preferred, any town may engage a Teacher from the School at a fixed rate. Hon. Treasurer. Miss Louisa Stevenson, Albert Buildings, Shandwick Place. Hon. Secretary’. Miss Guthrie Wright. Albert RuiMinorc SKon^wick Place. j Secretary. 22101720535 T ' Med K10994 SCHOOL \ Cookery Book. COMPILED AND EDITED BY C. E. GUTHRIE WRIGHT, HON. SECRETARY OF THE EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF COOKERY. IDonti on : MACMILLAN AND CO. 1881. [ The right of translation and reproduction is res trued. ] T<: (AH cfru WELLCOME INSTITL 'E LIBRARY Coll welMOmec Call No. QT PREFACE. This “ School Cookery Book ” has been written chiefly for the use of cookery classes in elementary schools. The theory of food is therefore explained in simple language, the recipes are given in small quantities, and the directions are very minute. It is hoped, however, that the book may prove useful also to others who desire to study the theory and practice of good economical cookery. The text is complete without the footnotes, which are inserted for the benefit of teachers and older people. The theoretical part has been submitted to, and approved by, an eminent chemist and two physicians. The Editor desires to express her obligation to Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., M.P., for valuable criticisms and suggestions. CONTENTS. PART I. — THEORETICAL. Introduction, The Materials of Food, The Principles of Cookery, The Adaptation of Food to varying stances, CIRCUM- PART II.— PRACTICAL Table of Weights and Measures, I-Iow to Choose Meat, &c., Names and Uses of various pieces of To Cleanse Utensils, &c., To Cleanse Vegetables, General Directions for Cooking, Soups, Fish, . Meat, Meat — Roasting, Broiling, Boiling, Stewing, Frying, Cold Meat Cookery, . 6 CONTENTS. PAGE Miscellaneous Recipes, 83 Cheap Dishes without Meat, .... 89 Vegetables, 94 Pastry, 103 Milk Puddings, no Boiled and Miscellaneous Puddings, . . .117 Eggs, I24 Sauces, Bread, &c., I3° Drinks I3^ Sick Room Cookery, *38 Infants' Food, J48 APPENDIX. Suggestions for Arranging Cookery Classes in Elementary Schools, 152 i5S Index, THE SCHOOL COOKERY BOOK. PART I. THEORETICAL. INTRODUCTION. Motion and warmth are two essential conditions of the life of human beings.

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EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF COOKERY, ALBERT BUILDINGS, SHANDWICK PLACE, FOUNDED OCTOBER 1875. The Executive Committee of the Edinburgh School of Cookery receive applications for Demonstrations and Practice Lessons in towns and villages in Great Britain and Ireland (reserving the right of refusal). I.— They are prepared to take the entire money risk of Demonstration Lessons, to make all the arrangements as regards printing, &c., and to send a Teacher who takes with her a stove, cooking utensils, and every requisite for conducting them. It is usual to give 1 wo Courses of Twelve Lessons each in every town. Admission to High CHss and Plain Cookery Lessons has been fixed at 10 s. 6d. for twelve lessons, is. single admission ; to Cheap Cookery Lessons, 2s. for twelve lessons, 3,/. single admission. Special arrangements may be made for Practice Lessons and for Classes in Schools and Institutions. H. — When preferred, any town may engage a Teacher from the School at a fixed rate. Hon. Treasurer. Miss Louisa Stevenson, Albert Buildings, Shandwick Place. Hon. Secretary’. Miss Guthrie Wright. Albert Buildings Shandwick Place. j Secretary. 22101720535 T ' Med K10994 SCHOOL \ Cookery Book. COMPILED AND EDITED BY C. E. GUTHRIE WRIGHT, HON. SECRETARY OF THE EDINBURGH SCHOOL OF COOKERY. IDonti on : MACMILLAN AND CO. [ The right of translation and reproduction is res trued. ] T<: (AH cfru WELLCOME INSTITL 'E LIBRARY Coll welMOmec Call No. QT PREFACE. This “ School Cookery Book ” has been written chiefly for the use of cookery classes in elementary schools. The theory of food is therefore explained in simple language, the recipes are given in small quantities, and the directions are very minute. It is hoped, however, that the book may prove useful also to others who desire to study the theory and practice of good economical cookery. The text is complete without the footnotes, which are inserted for the benefit of teachers and older people. The theoretical part has been submitted to, and approved by, an eminent chemist and two physicians. The Editor desires to express her obligation to Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., M.P., for valuable criticisms and suggestions. CONTENTS. PART I. — THEORETICAL. Introduction, The Materials of Food, The Principles of Cookery, The Adaptation of Food to varying stances, CIRCUM- PART II.— PRACTICAL Table of Weights and Measures, I-Iow to Choose Meat, &c., Names and Uses of various pieces of To Cleanse Utensils, &c., To Cleanse Vegetables, General Directions for Cooking, Soups, Fish, . Meat, Meat — Roasting, Broiling, Boiling, Stewing, Frying, Cold Meat Cookery, . CONTENTS. PAGE Miscellaneous Recipes, 83 Cheap Dishes without Meat, .... 89 Vegetables, 94 Pastry, 103 Milk Puddings, no Boiled and Miscellaneous Puddings, . . .117 Eggs, I24 Sauces, Bread, &c., I3° Drinks I3^ Sick Room Cookery, *38 Infants' Food, J48 APPENDIX. Suggestions for Arranging Cookery Classes in Elementary Schools, 152 i5S Index, THE SCHOOL COOKERY BOOK. PART I. THEORETICAL. INTRODUCTION. Motion and warmth are two essential conditions of the life of human beings.

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