FoodNet

The complete Indian housekeeper & cook

1898

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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
French peas. Mushrooms. Tomatoes. French beans. Asparagus. ^ Truffles. The fewer of these the better; hut these five kinds will he found the best, the tomatoes especially. ^ If expense is no object. H The Complete Indian Miscellaneous. Sugar. Coffee. Tea. Treacle. Yeast powder. Cocoatina. Rutz pommade. Spirits of wine. Essences. Brookes’ soap. Gelatine. Candles. Browning. Beeswax. Knife-powder. Soap. Plate-powder. Blacking. Matches. Kitchen papers. Brown polish. Soeip lUciy liiicl of excellent quality from the North- west Company ; sugar, treacle, vinegar, and spirits of wine from ShS,hjehanpore. The storeroom should either contain ar. "ther table, or tliere should be one immediately outside, where a pair of scales and a few tin measures can be kept. Here also the kkitmutgar can place in readiness the sugar basins, sauce bottles, &c., which require refilling. The recapitulation ot all these minor matters would be superfluous were we dealing with English household management, but the want of method and comfortable arrangement is acquiesced in so calmly in India, that it becomes necessary to point out how easily con- venience may be secured in these small matteis. For the information of new comers, we append an alphabetical list of the more common articles ot general consumption, with their Hindustani equiviilents ; as before, a purely phonetic spelling has been adopted, which will, it is hoped, obviate all mispronunciation. Drugs. Castor oil. Carbonate of soda. Tartaric acid. Borax. Phenacetin. Cream of tartar. A him. Sulphur. Turpentine. Boraeic acid. Saltpetre. Sal ammoniac. Linseed meal. Methylated spirit. Va,seline. Housekeeper and Cook 15 A Allspice . . . Kebab cheenee Almonds . . . Buddam Alum .... Phitlmrri Apples . . . Sa-00 Apricots . . . Koomdnee D Dough . . • Md-wd ^ . ( Kubdh-ki- Dripping . . . ^ churbee Drops .... Boonda Duck .... Butuk B Barley for horses „ ground . Beans .... Beetroot . . . Bone .... Brains .... Bran .... Bread .... Broad healis . . Browning . . Butter .... ,, clarified , Butter-milk . . Jou Uddwd Same Chukunda Huddi Bheyjd Gliokdr Rbtee Bdrkld Hung gravi Mukkun Ghee Lussee E Eggs .... Un-dd Essence . . . Khooshboo Fennel Figs . . Fish . . Flour . . ,, brown Flower Forcemeat Somph Unjeer Muchchlee Myda Atta Phool i E-stuffin ] {stuffing). Phul C G Cabbage . . . Gobee Candles . . . Buttee Carrot .... Gdjer Cauliflower . . Phoolgbbee Cayenne . . . Ldl merch Charcoal . . . Kd-eld Cheese . . . Pun-eer Cherries . . . Geelds Chicken . . . Moorghee Cinnamon . . Ddl-cheenee Claret .... Ldl sherub Cocoanut kernel Khoprd Cocoanut . . Neriydl Coffee .... Kdffey Cream .... Mulla-i Crust .... Krds Cucumber . . Keera Curry .... Kdree Cushird . . . Kustel Game . . Garnish . Ginger ,, dried Glaze . . Goose . . Gram . . Grapes Guava . . Guinea-fowl Hare . . . Head . . . Herbs . . Honey . . Horseradish } (Indian) ( . Shikdr . Sujdwut Udruk . Smith . Leyzum Huns . Chunnd Ungoor Umrood . Beldtee teetur H . Khdr-gbsh Kulld . Hurra musdld . Shdhud . Sbhdgnd The Complete Indian 1 6 Ice . . Icing . . Indian corn Jam . . Kidney . Lemon Lettuce . Liver Mace Maize . Mango Meat . Melon . Milk . Mint . Mulberi-y Mustard Nutmeg . ( latmeal Oil . . Oil cake Onions Orange Palate . . Parsley . I . Biirf . Snfade leyxum . Mukdi J . Meruhbd K . Goordd L