Author: Marion Harland. Miss M. Parloa. Mrs. D.A. Lincoln. Thomas J. Murrey. And Many Other Authorities
Title: New England Cook Book : The Latest And The Best Methods For Economy And Luxury At Home ; Containing Nearly A Thousand Of The Best Up-To-Date Receipts For Every Conceivable Need In Kitchen And Other Departments Of Housekeeping
Publisher: Chas E Brown Publishing Company
Place: 120 Boyston Street, Boston
Date: (1905)
Pages: 286
Binding: Hardback
Condition: GOOD, soiled covers, front endpaper split, hinge starting near head of spine, handwritten recipe for Hollandaise Sauce is tucked inside and a recipe for Clam Chowder is written on the "blank page" in the Soups section. Previous owner signed her name with a fountain pen on an advertisement page - Mrs. Nellie H. Dorley 1907
Illustrations: b&w chapter dividers
Book Id: MAIN001818I
Details: Foreword, display advertisements, index
From the foreword: In no department of industry has the last century brought greater changes that in the department of housekeeping. Then, the housekeeper was at the head of, and the principal worker in, a manufacturing plant in which was made nearly everything used by the family (candles, soap, material for clothes and the clothes themselves, converting raw ingredients into food, etc)...
To-day all this is changed. While food has still to undergo some measure of preparation within the household, and while there are still a sufficiency of duties for the housekeeper, the work has been greatly simplified and made easier by the invention of many labor-saving devices, appliances and processes... the duties of the housekeeper are coming more and more to be the spending of a definite amount of money for a great variety of ready-prepared articles, the most successful housekeeper being the one who can spend the money to the greatest advantage... The housekeeper who is led to spend money for inferior goods, or to deal with irresponsible concerns, lowers the standard of living of the whole family. (from pg. 29-30)
About Fresh Fruits: A few years ago each locality depended upon its own local crop of fruits. Now the railroads bring early fruits from the far South and late fruits from the far North, so that at the centres of population the several fruit seasons are delighfully prolonged. Such are the facilities for rapid and safe communication from distant points, that the world lays her tribute of fruits, sweet and sound, at the door of the enlightened nations. (from pg. 201)
Advertisers: White Warner Co. (Stoves, Ranges And Furnaces), Taunton Iron Works- Quaker Ranges; John P. Squire & Co.'s Pure Kettle Rendered Leaf Lard; Hartshorn's Honest Flavoring Extracts; Spurr's Revere Coffee; Oriental Tea Company; Swampscott Sparkling Gelatine; Bell's Spiced Seasoning; Boston Floor Co; Water White Vanilla, T. Metcalf Co; Silk Floss Matresses For Comfort; "Standard Rotary" Sewing Machines, F.C. Henderson; Velvet Grip Hose Supporter; Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa; Suffolk Silk Co.; Satin Gloss Polish Company; Chas. E. Brown (Publishers); Walter P. Webber Modern Embroidery; Sulpho Napthol Co.; H.P. Hood & Sons; Lenox Chocolates, Necco Sweets.
Try: Beef Soup with Okra, Lobster Chowder, Spiced or Pickled Oysters, Potted Pigeon, Chicken Pot-pie, Duckling Pot Roast, Scrappel, Tomatoes a la Creme, Maryland Coldslaw, Venison Sauce, Oyster-Plant Croquettes, Venetian Fritters, Omelette a la Mode, Pumpkin Bread, Graham Biscuits, Tomato Pie, Baked Hasty Pudding, Delmonico Pudding, Orange Trifle, Knickerbocker Cakes, Cider Cake, Union Cake, Watermelon Cake, Fried Bananas, Apple Marmalade, Green Gage Preserves, Pickled Barberries, French Pickle, Tea a la Russe, Raspberry Wine, Cherry Brandy, Ginger Beer, Ice-Cream Candy, Philadelphia Groundnut Cakes, Jujube Paste, Oyster Relish, Welsh Rarebit with Ale, Arrow-root Broth, Flaxseed Tea, Wine Whey, Carving Roast Rabbit, etc.