COOK'S ORACLE;
CONTAINING
RECEIPTS FOR PLAIN COOKERY,
ON THE
MOST ECONOMICAL PLAN FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES:
ALSO
THE ART OF COMPOSING THE MOST SIMPLE AND
MOST HIGHLY FINISHED
Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces,
AND FLAVOURING ESSENCES:
PASTRY, PRESERVES, PUDDINGS, PICKLES, &c.
CONTAINING ALSO
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF COOKERY
FOR CATHOLIC FAMILIES.
The Quantity of each Article is
ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE;
BEING THE RESULT OF
Actual Experiments
INSTITUED IN THE KITCHEN OF
WILLIAM KITCHINER, M. D.
AUTHOR OF
THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY FOOD;
THE HOUSEKEEPER'S LEDGER;
THE HORSE AND CARRIAGE-KEEPER'S ORACLE;
THE TRAVELLER'S ORACLE;
THE ECONOMY OF THE EYES, ND RULES FOR CHOOSING
AND USING SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES, AND
TELESCOPES; OBSERVATIONS ON SINGING, &c. AND
EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL AND
SEA SONGS OF ENGLAND.
PRINTED FOR CADELL AND CO. EDINBURGH;
SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, AND G. B. WHITTAKER, LONDON;
AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.
To be had of all Booksellers.
First digital edition, 2004.
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