Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-Book,9780486415758

Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-Book

by Beecher, Catharine
ISBN13: 9780486415758
ISBN10: 0486415759
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Pub. Date: 2011-11-24
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

1846 gem gives recipes for rice griddle cakes, royal crumpets, sassafras jelly, pickled nasturtiums, codfish relish, mutton hash, mock turtle soup, much more. Readers also learn how to cut up a hog, make "crayons" for blackboards, prepare tables for dinner parties. New Introduction by cookbook authority Jan Longone. 40 black-and-white figures.

Table of Contents

On Selecting Food and Drinks with Reference to Health
1(25)
Nourishing and unstimulating Food
Nourishing and stimulating food
Food that stimulates without nourishing
Food that is entirely Undigestible
Food that is unhealthful in nature, or made so by cooking
Liquid aliments, or drinks
Other liquid aliments, or drinks
Marketing-Care and Uses of Meats
26(10)
Selection and uses of meats
Modes of cooking and using the different parts of animals
Beef
Veal
Mutton
Pork
Marketing
On the Cure of Meats
Directions for cutting up a Hog
To try out Lard
Directions for salting down Pork
Mr. H. H.'s Receipt for Curing Hams
To prepare Cases for Sausages
Sausage Meat
Bologna Sausages
Another Receipt for Sausage Meat
Pickle for Beef, Pork, Tongues, or Hung Beef
Another by measure, and with less trouble
To salt down Beef to keep the year round
To Cleanse Calf's Head and Feet
To Prepare Rennet
Boiled Meats
36(7)
To cook a Ham (very fine)
Smoked Boiled Tongues
A la Mode Beef
Another a la Mode Beef
To Boil a Leg of Veal or Mutton
Pot Pie, of Beef, Veal, or Chicken
Calf's Head
Curried Dishes
To Prepare Curry Powder
Veal Stew
Another Veal Stew (very fine)
To Stew Birds
A fine Mutton Stew
A Sausage Stew
To Bake Beef
Beef, or Mutton and Potatoe Pie
To Cook Pigeons
Beef or Veal Stewed with Apples (very good)
To Boil a Turkey
To Boil Corned Beef
Roasted and Baked Meats
43(7)
General Remarks
Roast Beef
Roast Lamb
Roast Mutton
Roast Veal
To Roast a Fillet or Leg of Veal
Baked, or Roasted Pig
To Roast a Spare Rib
Roast Turkey
Roast Goose
Roast Chickens
Roast Ducks
Mutton and Beef Pie
Chicken Pie
Mutton Haricot
To Cook a Shoulder of Lamb
Rice Chicken Pie
Potatoe Pie
Fried and Broiled Meats
50(7)
General Remarks
A nice Way of Cooking Calf's or Pig's Liver
Fried Veal Cutlets
Fricassee Chickens
Meats Warmed Over
A nice Way of Cooking Cold Meats
A Hash of Cold Meat for
Dinner (very good)
Cold meat Turnovers
Head Cheese Souse
Tripe
Force Meat Balls (another Hash)
To Prepare Cold Beef Steaks
A nice Way of Cooking Cold Boiled Ham
Another way of Cooking Cold Ham
A Veal Hash
Veal Balls (another Hash)
Broiled Meats
General Remarks
Broiled Ham
Broiled Veal Cutlets
Broiled Mutton Chops
Broiled Pork Steaks
Beef Steaks
Beef Liver
To Poach Eggs
To Boil Eggs
A Salt Relish
Egg Frizzle (very good)
Frizzled Beef
Veal Cheese
A Codfish Relish
Another Way
Salt Herrings
Soups
57(5)
French Vegetable Soup
Plain Calf's Head Soup
An Excellent Simple Mutton Soup
Pea Soup
Portable Soup
A Rich Mock Turtle Soup
Another Dry Pea Soup
Clam Soup
Oyster Soup
Veal Soup
Macaroni Soup (Mrs. F.'s Receipt)
Southern Gumbo (Mrs. L.'s Receipt)
Giblet Soup
Fish
62(4)
Directions for making Chowder
To Fry Fish
To Boil Fish
To Broil Fish
Baked Fish
Cod Sounds and Tongues
To Cook Salt Codfish
To Cook Cold Codfish
To Cook Oysters
Lobsters
Scolloped Oysters
Pickled Oysters
To Crimp Fresh Fish
To Cook Eels
To Cook Scollops
A Good Way of Using Cold Fresh Fish
To Cook Clams
On the Preparation of Hashes, Gravies, and Sauces
66(7)
To prepare Gravy for a Cold Beef Hash, or Steak Hash
Gravy for a Mutton Hash, or Venison Hash
To prepare a Veal Hash
Common Gravies
Drawn Butter, or Melted Butter
Another Mode of preparing Drawn Butter
Drawn Meat Gravies, or Brown Gravies
Nice Article to use for Gravy, or Soup
Burnt Butter for Fish, or Eggs
Sauce for Salad, or Fish
Wine Sauce for Mutton or Venison
Oyster Sauce
Lobster Sauce
Apple Sauce
Celery Sauce for Boiled Fowls
Celery Vinegar
Essence of Celery, to flavor Soup
Herb Spirit
Soup Powder
Soy
Tomato Catsup
Mushroom Catsup
Walnut Catsup
Vegetables
73(10)
Potatoes
Boiled Potatoes
Other Modes of Cooking Potatoes Turnips
Asparagus
Beets
Parsnips and Carrots
Onions
Jerusalem Artichokes
Squashes
Cabbage and Cauliflowers
Peas
Sweet Corn
Succatosh
Beans
Egg Plant
Baked Beans
Tomatoes
Greens
Cucumbers
Macaroni
Another Way
To Cook Hominy
Macaroni Pudding, to eat with Meat
Salad
Mode of Dressing Salad
Mushroom
Celeriac
Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster
Southern Mode of Cooking Rice
Common Mode of Cooking Rice
Best Mode of Cooking Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Artichokes
Stewed Egg Plant
Ovens, Yeast, Bread, and Biscuit
83(11)
On Constructing and Heating an Oven
How to know when an Oven is at the right Heat
How to know when Bread is Sour, or Heavy
How to treat Bread when taken from the Oven
Yeast
Potatoe Yeast
Home-made Yeast, which will keep good a Month
Home-brewed Yeast more easily made
Hard Yeast
Rubs, or Flour Hard Yeast
Milk Yeast
Wheat Bread of distillery, or Brewer's Yeast
Wheat Bread of Home-brewed Yeast
Baker's Bread
Wheat Bread of Potatoe Yeast
Potatoe Bread
Cream Tartar Bread
Eastern Brown Bread
Rye Bread
Rice Bread.-No. 1
Rice Bread.-No. 2
Apple Bread
Pumpkin Bread
Walnut Hill's Brown Bread
French Rolls, or Twists, Raised Biscuit
Very Nice Rusk
Potatoe Biscuit
Crackers
Hard Biscuit
Sour Milk Biscuit
A good Way to use Sour Bread
Breakfast and Tea Cakes
94(10)
General Directions for Griddle and other Breakfast Cakes
Buckwheat Cakes wet with Water
Extempore Buckwheat Cakes
Buckwheat Cakes wet with Milk
Griddle Cakes of Unbolted Wheat
Best Rice Griddle Cakes
A Very delicate Omelet
Wheat Waffles
Miss B.'s Waffles (without yeast)
Rice Waffles
Good Cakes for Tea, or Breakfast
Fried Rice for Breakfast
Fried Hominy
Rye Drop Cake (excellent)
Wheat Drop Cake
Corn Griddle Cakes with Yeast
Pilgrim Cake
Sour Milk Corn Cake
Corn Muffins (from the South)
Corn Griddle Cakes with Eggs
Sachem's Head Corn Cake
Royal Crumpets
Bachelor's Corn Cake
Mrs. W.'s Corn Cake
Corn Muffins
Savoy Biscuit
Cream Cakes
Wheat Muffins
Albany Breakfast Cakes
Sally Lunn
Cream Tea Cakes
Buttermilk Short Cakes
Wafers
Pennsylvania Flannel Cakes
Kentucky Corn Dodgers
Ohio Corn Cake
Scarborough Puffis
Cream Griddle Cakes
Crumpets
Fine Cottage Cheese
Plain Puddings and Pies
104(17)
General Directions in regard to Puddings and Custards
Little Girl's Pie
Little Boy's Pudding
Children's Fruit Dumpling
Birth-day Pudding
Children's Boiled Fruit Pudding
English Curd Pie
Fruit Fritters
Common Apple Pie
Plain Custard
A Richer Custard
Another Custard
Mush, or Hasty Pudding
Stale Bread Fritters (Fine)
To prepare Rennet
Rennet Custard
Bird's Nest Pudding
A Minute Pudding of Potatoe Starch
Tapioca Pudding
Sago Pudding
Cocoanut Pudding (Plain)
New England Squash, or Pumpkin Pie
Ripe Fruit Pies
Batter Pudding
Mock Cream
Bread Pudding
Sunderland Pudding
An Excellent Apple Pie
Boiled Apple Pudding
Spiced Apple Tarts
Boiled Indian Pudding
Baked Indian Pudding
Rice Balls, or German Pudding
Apple Custard
Rhubar+ Pie
Plain Macaroni or Vermacelli Puddings
Green Corn Pudding
Bread Pudding for Invalids, or Young Children
Plain Rice Pudding, without Eggs
Another Sago Pudding
Oat Meal Mush
Modes of Preparing Apples for the Table
Fruit Custards
Modes of Preparing Rice for the Dinner or Tea Table
Rice and Meat Pudding
Modes of preparing Dishes with Dry Bread, or Pread so old as to be not good for the table
Rich Puddings and Pies
121(9)
Ellen's Pudding, or Rhubarb Tart
Nottingham Pudding
Rice Plum Pudding
Eve's Pudding (the best kind)
Baked English Plum Pudding
A Boiled English Plum Pudding
Almond Cheese Cake
Cocoanut Pudding
Arrowroot Pudding
Ground Rice Pudding
Mrs. O.'s Pumpkin Pie
Cracker Plum Pudding (excellent)
Minced Pie
Marlborough Pudding
Orange, or Lemon Pudding
Sweet Potatoe Pudding
Quince Pudding
Paste for Puddings and Pies
Healthful Pie Crusts
Paste made with Butter
Directions for making Paste
Puff Paste
Sauces for Puddings
Liquid Sauce
Hard Sauce
A Healthful Pudding Sauce
An excellent Sauce for Boiled Rice
Plain Cakes
130(16)
General Directions for Making Cake
Rose Butter
Directions for Cleansing Currants
Frosting for Cake
Cake Frosting (another, which is harder)
Good Child's Cake
Ginger Snaps
Child's Feather Cake
Best Molasses Gingerbread
Sponge Gingerbread
Cider Cake
Cup Cake Without Eggs
Cream Cake without Eggs
Cream Tartar Cake, without Eggs
Fruit Cake without Eggs
Drop Cake
Sugar Gingerbread (rich)
Sugar Gingerbread (plainer)
Sponge Cake
Bridget's Bread Cake (excellent)
Doughnuts
Cookies (plain)
French Cake
Walnut Hill's Doughnuts
Cocoanut Cup Cake
Cocoanut Sponge Cake
Lemon Cake.-No. 1
Gingernuts
Honey Cake
New Year's Cookies
Boston Cream Cake
Almond, Hickory, or Cocoanut Cake
Caraway Cakes
Fruit Drop Cakes
Dr. B.'s Loaf Cake
Fancy Cakes
Fried Curd Cakes
Wine Cake
Egg Rusk
Citron Tea Cakes
French Biscuit (Mrs. Dr. C.)
Rich Cakes
146(7)
Old Hartford Election Cake (100 years old)
Raised Loaf Cake
Mrs. H.'s Raised Wedding Cake (very fine)
Yeast for the above Cake
Fruit Cake, or Black Cake
Pound Cake
French Loaf Cake
Portugal Cake
Golden Cake
Silver Cake
Shrewsbury Cake
Queen's Cake
Crullars
Lemon Cake.-No. 2
Almond Cake
Lemon Drop Cakes
Jelly Cake
Cocoanut Drops
Sugar Drops
Preserves and Jellies
153(7)
General Directions for making Preserves and Jellies
To Clarify Syrup for Sweetmeats
Brandy Peaches
Peaches (not very rich)
Peaches (very elegant)
To preserve Quinces Whole
Quince Jelly
Calf's Foot Jelly
To preserve Apples
Pear
Pineapple (very fine)
Purple Plum.-No. 1
To preserve Oranges
Purple Plum.-No. 2
White, or Green Plum
Citron Melon
Strawberries
Blackberry Jam
To preserve Currants to eat with Meat
Cherries
Currants
Raspberry Jam.-No. 1
Raspberry Jam.-No. 2
Currant Jelly
Quince Marmalade
Preserved Watermelon Rinds
Preserved Pumpkin
Pickles
160(5)
To Pickle Tomatoes
To Pickle Peaches
To Pickle Peppers
To Pickle Nasturtions
To Pickle Onions
To Pickle Gherkins
To Pickle Mushrooms
To Pickle Cucumbers
Pickled Walnuts
Mangoes
Fine Pickled Cabbage
An excellent Way of Preparing Tomatoes to eat with Meat
To Pickle Martinoes
A convenient Way to Pickle Cucumbers
Indiana Pickles
To Pickle Cauliflower, or Brocoli
Articles for Desserts and Evening Parties
165(18)
Ice Cream
Directions for freezing Ice Cream
Philadelphia Ice Cream
Another Ice Cream
Strawberry Ice Cream
Ice Cream without Cream
Fruit Ice Cream
Rich Custards
Wine Cream Custard
Almond Custard
A Cream for Stewed Fruit
Currant, Raspberry, or Strawberry Whisk
Lemonade Ice, and other Ices
Lemon and Orange Cream
Vanilla Cream
A Charlotte Russe
A Plainer Charlotte Russe
A Superior Omelette Souflee
Almond Cheese Cake
Flummery
Chicken Salad
Gelatine, or American Isinglass Jelly
Oranges in Jelly
Jelly Tarts
Sweet Paste Jelly Tarts
An Apple Lemon Pudding
Buttermilk Pop
Wheat Flour Blanc Mange
Orange Marmalade
A simple Lemon Jelly (easily made)
Cranberry
Fruits Preserved without Cooking
Apple Ice (very fine)
Lemon, or Orange Ice Cream
Cream Tarts
Whip Syllabub
Trifles
Nothings
Apple Snow
Iced Fruit
Ornamental Froth
To Clarify Isin-glass
Blanc Mange
Calf's Foot Blanc Mange
Variegated Blanc Mange
Jaune Mange
Ivory Dust Jelly
Apple Jellv Another Lemon Jelly
Orange Jelly
Floating Island
Another Syllabub
An Ornamental Dish
Carrageen Blanc Mange (Irish Moss)
A Dish of Snow
To Clarify Sugar
To Prepare Sugar for Candies
Sugar Kisses
Almond Macaroons
Filbert Macaroons
Cocoanut Drops
Candied Fruits
Another Way
To make an Ornamental Pyramid for a Table
Temperance Drinks
183(8)
Ginger Beer Powders, and Soda Powders
Currant Ice Water
Sarsaparilla Mead
Effervescing Fruit Drinks
Effervescing Jelly Drinks
Summer Beverage
Simple Ginger Beer
Orange, or Lemon Syrup
Acid Fruit Syrups
Imitation Lemon Syrup
Superior Ginger Beer
Lemon Sherbet
Orange Sherbet
Sham Champagne
Coffee
Fish Skin for Coffee
Chocolate
Cocoa and Shells
Tea
Ochra
Children's Drinks
White Tea
Boy's Coffee
Strawberry Vinegar
Royal Strawberry Acid
Delicious Milk Lemonade
Portable Lemonade
Receipts for Food and Drinks for the Sick
191(13)
General Remarks on the Preparation of Articles for the Sick
An Excellent Relish for a Convalescent
Several Ways of Preparing Chickens for the Sick
Milk Porridge
Rice Gruel, and Oatmeal Gruel
Arrowroot and Tapioca Gruels
Dropped Egg
Wheat Gruel for Young Children with weak stomachs, or for Invalids
Another Panada
Herb Drinks
Other Simple Drinks
Cream Tartar Whey
Simple Wine Whey
A great Favorite with Invalids
A New Way of making Barley Water
Panada
Arrowroot Blanc mange
Rice Flour Blanc Mange
Another Receipt for American Isinglass Jelly
Tapioca Jelly
Caudle
Sago Jelly
Spiced Chocolate
Barley Water
Water Gruel
Beef Tea
Tomato Syrup
Arrowroot Custard for Invalids
Sago for Invalids
Rice Jelly
Sassafras Jelly
Buttermilk Whey
Alum Whey
Another Wine Whey
Mulled Wine
Tamarind Whey
Egg Tea and Egg Coffee (very fine)
Cranberry Tea
Apple Tea
Egg and Milk
Sago Milk
Tapioca Milk
Bread and Milk
Egg Gruel
Ground Rice Gruel
Oatmeal Gruel
Simple Barley Water
Compound Barley Water
Cream Tartar Beverage
Seidlitz Powders
Blackberry Syrup, for Cholera and Summer Complaint
Remarks on the Combinations of Cooking
On Making Butter and Cheese
204(5)
Articles used in Making Cheese
Mode of Preparing the Rennet
To Make Cheese
To Scald the Curd
Directions for making Butter
Articles and Conveniences for the Sick
209(8)
The Providing and Care of Family Stores
217(6)
Suggestions in Reference to Providing a Successive Variety of Food
223(4)
Directions for Preserving Fruits and Vegetables
On Bread Making
227(7)
Directions for Dinner and Evenign Parties
234(9)
Setting the Table
Taking up the Dinner
Tea Parties and Evening Company
On Setting Tables, and Preparing Various Articles of Food for the Table
243(4)
On Systematic Family Arrangement, and Mode of Doing Work
247(5)
Directions for the Cook
Directions for the Chambermaid
Odds and Ends
On a Proper Supply of Utensils and Conveniences for Housekeeping
252(17)
Kitchen Furniture
Suggestions in Regard to Hired Service
269(4)
On the Style of Living and Expenses
273(3)
Words of Comfort for a Discouraged Housekeeper
276(4)
Friendly Counsels for Domestics
280(3)
Miscellaneous Advice, and Supplementary Receipts
283
Weights and Measures
Avoirdupois Weight
Apothecaries' Weight
On Purchasing Wood
Items of Advice
To make nice Crayons for Blackboards
Some excellent Cheap Dishes
Stewed Beef
Tomato Beef
A good Way to use Cold Rice
To prepare Good Toast
A Good Pudding
Loaf Pudding
A Plain Lemon Pudding
An Excellent Indian Pudding without Eggs
Pork and Potato Balls
Oyster Pie
Green Corn Patties (like Oysters)
Ohio Wedding Cake (Mrs. K.)
Best Way of making Corn Cakes of all Sorts
Molasses Candy
To make Simple Cerate
Best Remedy for Burns
Ginger Tea
Indian Bannock
Egg and Bread
Floating Island
A New Mode of cooking Cucumbers

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