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The new practical cookery guide

1913

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Presented as published in 1913. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
THE NEW PRACTICAL COOKERY GUIDE. A COMPLETE MODERN CULINARY DICTIONARY. Containing oven 5,600 Up-to-Date and Selected Dishes, including many Foreign and Indian Recipes, and High-class Entremets ( Sweets), by Eminent Chefs, COMPILED BY E. SEURRE, MX, A,, Gold Medallist Chef de Cuisine. LONDON HORACE COX, WINDSOR HOUSE BREAM’S BUILDINGS. E.C* v\'luC/r luW'/'W - THE “ QUEEN ” COOKERY BOOKS. 14 BOOKS ON ALL SUBJECTS OF COOKERY, 1. SOUPS. 2. ICES. 3. PICKLES and PRESERVES. 4. ENTREES. 5. MEAT and GAME. 6 & 7. SWEETS. Parts 1 and 2. 8. BREAKFAST and LUNCH DISHES. 9. SALADS, SANDWICHES, and SAVOURIES. 10. VEGETABLES. 11. BRE^D, CAKES, and BISCUITS. 12. FISH. Part 1. 13. FISH. Part 2 (Cold Fish). 14. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. By Mrs. Beaty-Pownall. Price Is. each, or 1 5s. Complete in Cabinet. ngs, London, E.C. 22101720679 Med K10585 Tfcu, 7 ■ %'j ' THE NEW PRACTICAL COOKERY GUIDE. THE NEW PRACTICAL COOKERY GUIDE. A COMPLETE MODERN CULINARY DICTIONARY. Second Edition of Multum in Parvo (Enlarged). Containing over 5,600 Up-to-Date and Selected Dishes, including many Foreign and Indian Recipes, and High-class Entremets (Sweets), by Eminent Chefs. All the Principles of the Art of Cookery, Modern Developments and Improvement in every branch of High-class Cuisine. Description and Instruction given in English. The Art of Menu Making made Easy, also Instruction in Carving. Compiled by E. SEURRE, M.C.A., Gold Medallist Chef de Cuisine. c£on5on ; HORACE COX, Windsor House, Bream’s Buildings, E.C. 1913. FEINTED BY HORACE COX, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM S BUILDINGS LONDON, E.C. WELLCOME INSTITUTE LIBRARY Coll. welMOmec Call No. QC] PREFACE. Cookery in all its art has kept pace with the continual modern progress to gratify all the require- ments of the epicure. It has been my aim to include in this book all the latest and most recherche recipes, with kind colleagues’ assistance. No pains have been spared to ensure accuracy and variety with the largest bulk of dishes and ensemble of the different branches in the art of cookery, and the book will be found a thoroughly reliable guide to the catering world generally, confreres, and all those interested in or connected with good cuisine. The directions are in the simplest form and plainest language, sufficiently explicit to assure an easy and uniform understanding. The principles of cookery are fully described, as well as an entire definition and instruction. How to prepare fundamental stock, sauces, soups, essences, etc., and other preparations which are indispensable for high-class cuisine — most valuable to beginners, etc. VI Preface. To the hotel managers, restaurants, club stewards, caterers, etc., it will enable them at a glance to comply with everyday orders and requirements of modern times. To the chef, as an aide memoir e and register, it renders the art of menu-making most easy ; in the kitchen as well as in the dining-room it will be found a practical and reliable guide. Paper-bag cookery, not being considered of any practical use for large and important establishments, has been omitted. PRINCIPLES OF COOKERY. Unless one has a thorough knowledge of cooking, with all the principles on which cooking is based, it will be practically impossible to produce a perfectly cooked meal. The fact of being able to produce a dish knowing what the result will be enables the trained cook to