Chapter I: Preface

Of the making of Cookery Books, we are told, there is no end, but the comparative worthlessness of their contents for practical domestic purposes is no doubt the reason why there is still as great a demand as ever for a thoroughly reliable and up-to-date volume.

The little book I now offer to the public, claims to be the _best, cheapest, and most useful_ Culinary Handbook yet produced, and I venture to think its contents will fully justify this assertion.

A large proportion of the recipes are my _own compilation_, and all alike have been _carefully revised and repeatedly tested_.

Every recipe has been arranged with a view to _practical usefulness_, and may be confidently recommended for _ease of preparation_, _daintiness_, and _economy_.

Those who once use the “IDEAL COOKERY BOOK,” will afterwards use no other, not because their years have been shortened by bad cooking and unwholesome food, but because they recognise in it all the qualities it claims to possess, and are able by its aid to _realize in the home the true “Ideal” of the Culinary Art_.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

I. Savouries.
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1. Forcemeat 13
2. Mince Meat 13
3. Potato Balls 13
4. Tasty Dish of Cold Cooked Beef 14
5. Savoury Puffs 14
6. Breakfast Dish 14
7. Potato Cakes 14
8. Veal Mould 15
9. Timbales of Mutton 15
10. Rolled Steak with Potatoes 16
11. Salad Dressing 16
12. Cabbage Balls 16
13. Cheese Croquettes 16
14. Potato Ribbons 17
15. Rissoles à Lilian 17
16. Fish Cakes 17
17. Savoury Omelette 18
18. Dough Nuts 18
19. Cheese Straws 18
20. Egg and Bacon Pie 19
21. Another Cold Meat Dish 19
22. Scrambled Eggs 19
23. Meat Roll 19
24. Pommes de Terre à la Reine 20
25. Dormers 20
26. Beef or Veal Mould 20
27. Gravy for Mutton 21
28. Gravy for Beef 21
29. Beefsteak Pie 21
30. Tasty Dish of Beefsteak 22
31. Cold Meat Pâtés 22
32. Potted Beef 22
33. Pommes de terre au Lait 23
34. Pommes de terre à L’Écosse 23
35. Potato Croquettes 23
36. A dainty way of Cooking an Egg 24
37. Beef Tea Custard 24
38. Beef Tea 24
39. Dainty way of Serving Mashed Potatoes 25
40. Fried Potatoes 25
41. Ragôut of Mutton and Eggs 25

II. Pastry.

1. Short Pastry (_Rich_) 26
2. Ground Rice Cheesecakes 26
3. Cocoanut Cheesecakes 26
4. Macaroons 27
5. Maids of Honour 27
6. Lemon Curd 27
7. Welsh Cheesecakes 27
8. Milk Rolls 28
9. Almond Cheesecakes 28
10. Bakewell Cheesecakes 28
11. Pastry Sandwiches 28
12. French Tartlets 29
13. Apple Cheesecakes 29
14. Good Family Pastry 29
15. Pie Pastry 29

III. Custards, Puddings, and Blanc Manges.

1. Lemon Rice Pudding 30
2. Sponge Cake Pudding 30
3. Strawberry Blanc Mange 30
4. Honeycomb 31
5. Lemon Mould 31
6. Baroness Pudding 31
7. Holderness Pudding 32
8. Lemon Pudding 32
9. Parson’s Pudding 32
10. Queen’s Pudding 32
11. Ideal Pudding 33
12. Curd Pudding 33
13. Chocolate Blanc Mange 33
14. Suet Dumplings 34
15. Snow Pudding 34
16. French Pancakes 34
17. German Pancakes 34
18. Junket 35
19. Three Minutes Pudding 35
20. German Pudding 35
21. Rhubarb Mould 36
22. Imperial Pudding 36
23. Fig Pudding (_No. 1._) 36
24. Sultana Pudding 37
25. Trieste Pudding 37
26. Stewed Figs 37
27. Baked Milk (_For Fruit_) 37
28. Baked Rhubarb Pudding 38
29. Apple Snow 38
30. Prune Mould 38
31. Bachelor’s Pudding 39
32. Raspberry Sponge 39
33. Lemon Cream 39
34. Gâteau de Riz 40
35. Kingston Puddings 40
36. Fig Puddings (_No. 2._) 40
37. Cheese Pudding (_No. 1._) 41
38. Paragon Pudding 41
39. Cambridge Pudding 41
40. Sago Kelley 42
41. Orange Meringue 42
42. Spanish Custard 42
43. Cheese Pudding (_No. 2._) 43
44. Apple Trifle 43
45. Economic Custard 43
46. Tasmanian Pudding 43
47. Yorkshire Pudding 44
48. Steamed Batter Pudding 44
49. Chocolate Pudding 44
50. Gêlée à la Normandie 45
51. Chocolate Blanc Mange 45
52. Eastbourne Pudding 45
53. Summerville Plum Pudding 45
54. Victoria Pudding 46
55. Prune Gâteau 46
56. Raspberry Pudding 46
57. Rice Pudding 47
58. Small Sago Pudding 47
59. Ground Rice Pudding 47
60. Custard Pudding 48
61. Stewed Pears 48
62. Harrogate Pudding 48

IV. Sauces.

1. Apple Sauce 49
2. Bread Sauce 49
3. Melted Butter 49
4. Egg Sauce 50
5. White Sauce 50
6. Mint Sauce 50
7. Onion Sauce 50

V. Cakes.

1. Madeira Cake 51
2. Beverleigh Buns 52
3. Queen Cakes 52
4. Raspberry Sandwich 52
5. Rock Buns 52
6. Cornflour Cake 53
7. Oatmeal Buns 53
8. Lemon Sandwich Cakes 53
9. Yorkshire Parkin 53
10. Drummond Cake 54
11. Gingerbread 54
12. Ginger Nuts 54
13. Victoria Roll 55
14. Yorkshire Cake 55
15. Sally Lunn Teacakes (_No. 1._) 55
16. Summerville Cakes 55
17. Soda Cake 56
18. Brunswick Cakes 56
19. Jordan Cakes 56
20. Lunch Cake 56
21. Plain Plum Cake 57
22. Rice Buns 57
23. Raspberry Buns 57
24. Walnut Cake 58
25. Icing for Walnut Cake 58
26. Cocoanut Pyramids 58
27. London Buns 58
28. Victoria Buns 59
29. Norwegian Cake 59
30. Sultana Cake 59
31. Cocoanut Cake 59
32. Lancashire Parkin 60
33. Delicious Cake 60
34. Chocolate Cake 60
35. Rich Plum Cake 61
36. Plain Seed or Currant Loaf 61
37. Malta Cake 61
38. Small Rice Cake 62
39. Parisian Sandwich 62
40. Sultana Scones 62
41. York Teacakes 63
42. Fairy Cakes 63
43. Orange Rock Cakes 63
44. Jersey Cake 63
45. Seed Bread (_To Butter_) 64
46. Queen Anne’s Cake 64
47. Spice Bread 64
48. Bachelor’s Buttons 65
49. Cocoanut Fingers 65
50. Victorine Buns 65
51. Orange Cakes 66
52. Ginger Cakes 66
53. Cherry Cakes 66
54. Small Seed Cakes 67
55. Demon Jumbles 67
56. Cocoanut Gingerbread 67
57. Lemon Buns 68
58. Ashton Sandwiches 68
59. Christmas or Wedding Cake 68
60. Split Cakes 69
61. Baking Powder Rolls 69
62. American Cake 70
63. Shrewsbury Cakes 70
64. Swiss Roll 71
65. Westwood Buns 71
66. Sally Lunn Teacakes (_No. 2._) 71
67. Queen Cakes (_No. 2._) 72
68. Neapolitan Ribbon Cake 72
69. Clancarthy Buns 73
70. Spice Bread 73
71. Swiss Cakes (_Another Method_) 73
72. Genoa Cake 74
73. Fairy Baskets 74
74. Fancy Bread (_Without Yeast_) 75

VI. Biscuits.

1. Picnic Biscuits 76
2. Rice Biscuits 76
3. Shrewsbury Biscuits 76
4. Ginger Drops 77
5. Seventy Little Biscuits for 2d. 77
6. Ginger Biscuits 77
7. Rice Biscuits 77
8. Seed Biscuits 78
9. Soda Biscuits 78
10. Sweet Biscuits 78
11. Chestnut Biscuits 78
12. Cocoanut Biscuits 79
13. Four pounds of Biscuits for 8d. 79
14. Chocolate Biscuits 79
15. Cinnamon Stars 79
16. Ratafias 80
17. Almond Rings 80
18. Cheese Straws 80
19. Patent Barley Biscuits 80

VII. Bon Bons.

1. French Almond Rock 81
2. Candy Dough 81
3. Candy Cherries 81
4. Almond Creams 82
5. Walnut Creams 82
6. Cream Dates 82
7. Brandy Snap (_No. 1._) 82
8. Raspberry Rock 82
9. Cocoanut Fondant 83
10. Chocolate or Coffee Fondant 83
11. Nougat 83
12. Gelées Françaises 84
13. Chestnut Bonbons 84
14. Chocolate Baisers 84
15. Yorkshire Toffee 84
16. Brandy Snap (_No. 2._) 85
17. Marmalade 85
18. Patent Groats 85

VIII. Beverages.

1. Apple Wine 86
2. Barley Water 86
3. Ginger Beer 86
4. Ginger Wine 87
5. Lemon Squash 87
6. Lemon Water 87

IX. Additional Useful Recipes.

1. To Bottle Green Gooseberries 88
2. Gooseberry Jelly 88
3. Apple Jelly 88
4. Cough Mixture 89
5. Pork Pie Pastry 89
6. Recipe for Keeping Eggs 89