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THE


HOUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT,


COMPOSED UPON


TEMPERANCE PRINCIPLES,


WITH


INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART OF MAKING PLAIN AND FANCY
CAKES, PUDDINGS, PASTRY, CONFECTIONERY, ICE
CREAMS, JELLIES, BLANC MANGE,


ALSO FOR THE
COOKING OF ALL THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MEATS
AND VEGETABLES;
WITH A


VARIETY OF USEFUL INFORMATION AND RECEIPTS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.


BY AN OLD HOUSEKEEPER.


[Allen, Ann]

[Editorial note: Handwritten Inscription]


BOSTON:
JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY,
134 WASHINGTON STREET.
1845.



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845,
By ANN H. ALLEN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

 

 

DEDICATION.

INTRODUCTION.

CAKES.

SWEET DISHES.

OBSERVATIONS ON SWEETMEATS.

A CARMEL COVER FOR SWEETMEATS.

PRESERVES.

FRUITS TO KEEP.

OBSERVATIONS ON MAKING PUDDINGS.

SMALL DISHES FOR SUPPER OR TEA.

PICKLES.

TO DRESS VEGETABLES.

ON DRESSING MEATS.

TO REGULATE TIME IN COOKING.

TO BROIL.

TO KEEP VENISON.

DIRECTIONS FOR CATERING

HERBS, USEFUL IN COOKERY.

BEEF.

VENISON

DIFFERENT WAYS OF DRESSING MEAT

SAUCES.

SOUPS.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE DRESSING OF FISH.

FOR THE SICK.

MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTIONS.

A CHAPTER ON DYEING STUFFS, ETC