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A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Author(s): Charles Elm Francatelli (Author)
- Publisher: Benediction Classics
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2019
- Language: English
- Print length: 118 pages
- ISBN-10: 1789430208
- ISBN-13: 9781789430202
Book Description
Charles Elmé Francatelli, although a chef to Queen Victoria herself, wrote this little book in 1852 to encourage the working classes to cook nourishing food for themselves using cheap but wholesome ingredients. As well as the many recipes, it also contains sections on food for invalids, medicinal concoctions and the preparation of nourishing and economical soup for the poor. It is a great sourcebook for ‘ordinary’ nineteenth century recipes – and offers a fascinating window on the past.
