Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 166 Moxon, Elizabeth English Housewifry Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery English Housewifery Produced from page images available from Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona, at http://www.bib.ub.es/grewe/showbook.pl?gw58 Produced by David Starner, Beth Trapaga and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Scans from Biblioteca de la Universitat de Barcelona "English Housewifry" by Elizabeth Moxon is a comprehensive cookery manual from the mid-18th century. The book provides a wealth of information on domestic tasks, particularly focusing on cookery, with over four hundred and fifty recipes well organized into various categories. This work serves as a practical guide for mistresses of households and lower women servants, detailing recipes and techniques for preparing an array of soups, cakes, pickles, and other culinary delights, while emphasizing health and frugality. At the start of "English Housewifry," the author outlines the purpose of the book, presenting it as the result of thirty years of experience in the culinary arts. The initial chapters introduce several recipes, beginning with instructions for soups such as vermicelly soup and cucumber soup, and continuing to elaborate on specific preparation methods and garnishing techniques. Moxon clearly aims to educate her readers on the art of cooking, providing not only recipes but also insights into bill of fare production and the arrangement of dishes for presentation. Each entry is methodical, catering to both novice and experienced cooks alike, and reflects the culinary practices of her time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800 Menus -- Early works to 1800 TX Text Cookbooks and Cooking Category: Cooking & Drinking Category: How To ... 415562 2025-07-04T10:47:12.368808 text/html 415591 415419 2024-11-05T03:46:25.245991 2023-10-05T04:53:38.252628 text/html text/html 188257 2025-07-04T10:47:20.130783 application/epub+zip 193603 2025-07-04T10:47:15.276838 application/epub+zip 185196 2025-07-04T10:47:14.086835 application/epub+zip 398168 2025-07-04T10:47:23.437749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365634 2025-07-04T10:47:19.315799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365516 2022-09-05T06:47:59.717837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357301 2025-07-04T10:47:11.897861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337466 2024-10-28T17:36:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11862 2025-07-04T10:47:23.569764 application/rdf+xml 15125 2025-07-04T10:47:14.594804 image/jpeg 3800 2025-07-04T10:47:14.332895 image/jpeg 184857 2025-07-04T10:47:12.392876 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia