THE LARDER.
THE
ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER:
OR,
MANUAL OF DOMESTIC MANAGEMENT:
CONTAINING
ADVICE ON THE CONDUCT OF HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, AND
Practical Instructions
CONCERNING
| THE STORE-ROOM, | THE KITCHEN, |
| THE PANTRY, | THE CELLAR, |
| THE LARDER, | THE DAIRY. |
THE WHOLE BEING INTENDED
FOR THE USE OF YOUNG LADIES WHO UNDERTAKE THE
SUPERINTENDENCE OF THEIR OWN HOUSEKEEPING.
SIXTH EDITION.
(IMPROVED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF MANY NEW RECEIPTS.)
BY ANNE COBBETT.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY A. COBBETT, 137, STRAND.
1851.
[Price Six Shillings.]
LONDON:
GEO. PEIRCE, PRINTER, 310, STRAND.
INTRODUCTION.
"She looketh well to the ways of her Household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed: her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."—Proverbs, Chap. xxxi., vs. 27, 28, & 29.
I have taken so much pains to make the following work deserving of the title it bears, that I could not, without affectation, pretend to undervalue my own performance, by anticipating doubts of its utility, or by expressing any fear lest my friends should be disappointed when they look into i