Domestic and Economical Cookery Recipes, With Special Hints on Gas Cooking

Undated but preface dated 1898. 58pp, viii. In brick red linen covers with gilt titles. 12mo. Covers are heavily worn, partially detached, rubbed and a little soiled at edges. Text block edges and page margins tanned, with leaves showing a little edge wear and corner curling but else internally neat and clean. Pink notice slip acknowledging source of recipes bound in. A collection of historic recipes from the late 19th century designed for ‘ladies who have attended [the author’s] cookery demonstrations’ to be a ‘simple, unpretentious little book containing in abridged form, a large number of recipes. Recipes include Queen’s Pudding, Apple Amber Pudding, Timbales of Whiting, Potted Veal, Tennis Cake, Mutton Broth, Hare Soup etc. The volume is fragile and will require careful handling but offers a wonderful exploration of typical, simple, family recipes and food from well over 100 years ago.