SALE 1871 Hardcover Book Young Housekeeper's Friend by Mrs. Cornelius

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A wonderful look into the past with this 1871 Hardcover, “Young Housekeeper’s Friend” by Mrs. Cornelius, 312 pages. This is a cookbook and an overall “how to” for the young bride which was first published in 1845. This is the larger, revised edition. I have included a list of many of the chapters to give you an idea of what’s covered. In the book, I found the corners of a torn, 1905 newspaper, which, were used as a book mark for one of the recipes. I have left those corners in with the book. The paper is dated Saturday, April 15, 1905.

The green hardcover is embossed on both sides with Scroll work. The front is further decorated with black designs and the title is embossed and covered with gold banners as is, the author’s name. The spine is embossed with an elaborate design around the title and is also decorated with a layer of gilt. The cover is in good very good condition. The spine has frayed a bit at both ends where it rubs on the shelf and there are two areas where there is a split on the seem which can be seen in the photos. The corners are bent. The pages are yellowed but are not torn or written on with the exception of the front cover page which has the name of a previous owner E. B. Srimner (sp?) Boston 1873 and a price from the past written in the upper right corner, and the very last blank page which has a small tear near the top and another pencil mark that is not legible to me, all of which can be seen in my photographs. Very minor foxing to the pages and the hint of a musty odor. I have included the first paragraphs of the original Preface and the updated Preface both written by Mrs. Cornelius. The second revised Preface makes reference to the end of the Civil war and the need for economy. Please email if you have any questions. Shipping is free within the USA and insurance is included.

Original Preface (partial) written in 1845

Mrs. Cornelius’ Preface mentions the Civil War which had just past. “In preparing this little volume, my aim has been to furnish to young housekeepers the best aid that book can give in the departments of which it treats. No printed guide can perfectly supply the place o that experience which is gained by early and habitual attention to domestic concerns. But the directions here given are designed to be minute, and of so practical a character, that the observance of them shall prevent very many of the perplexities which most young people suffer during their first year of married life>

The receipts , with the exception of about twenty which are copied from books, are furnished fro my own experience or that of my immediate friends. An ample variety is given for fringing the table of any American Family; but especial reference has been had to those have neither poverty nor riches; and such directions have been given as will enable a housekeeper to provide a good and healthful table, or, if desired, handsome one, at a moderate expense.

Preface To The Revised and Enlarged Edition

“In offering to the public a new edition of “The Young Housekeeper’s Friend,” I wish gratefully to acknowledge the favor with which it has been regarded during the twenty-five years since it first publication . I have aimed to render it more worthy of patronage by a thorough revision, the omission o a few receipts of least value, the addition of full directions for canning fruits, and more than one hundred and fifty new receipts, which have been tested by experienced housekeepers. I am indebted to several friends for kindly furnishing me some of the most valuable of these. While the lessons of economy taught by the late war have not been forgotten, I have endeavored to meet the demands of the present customs of society for a greater variety of dishes than used to though requisite for the ample supply of a gentleman’s table.

In the additions which I have, as heretofore, given much more minute direction than would be appropriate in writing for experienced housekeepers. My earnest wish still is, as it was when I first wrote a cook-book, to give real aid to ladies who have never been accustomed to family cares.

I have to request that those who use this book would pay special attention to the general Directions at the head of each chapter.

Newton Centre, August, 1871 Mary H. Cornelius.

Some of the chapters and some content include: Ovens and How to Heat Them, Bread Recipes, Biscuits, Tea Cakes, Griddle Cakes, Raised Cakes, Various Cakes Cream Cakes, Cookies, Wafers, Kisses, Jumbles, Gingerbread, Etc, On Making Pastry & Pies, Direction About Puddings, Dumplings, Flummeries, and Other Inexpensive Articles For Dessert, Sweet Dishes, Directions for making ices, To Preserve Fruit and Make Jellies, Baked and Stewed Fruits, How to Select and Take Care of Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, Stock for Gravies and Soups, Roasting Meat, Boiling Meat, Directions for making Gravies and Sauces For Meat, Poultry and Fish., Stuffing or Dressing of Various Kinds, Vegetables and Sauces Appropriate to Different Meats. Including Caves Head with Brain Sauce, Rabbits and Squirrels, How to prepare poultry to cook including pigeons, ducks, gees, woodcocks, quails and chicken., Soups, Eggs, Directions Respecting Fish, Tomatoes, Salads, How to Cook Vegetables, Pickles and Condiments, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cocoa, Etc, .Convenient Common Dishes and Ways of Using Remnants. The care of Milk and Making Butter, On Making Cheese, Miscellaneous Receipts and Useful Directions. Including more receipts, how to remove stains, making Tooth Powder, How to Keep things fresh, How to cleanse a Calf’s Head and Feet after it’s killed, How to Kill Cockroaches and drive away Ants, How to care for Iron Pots, Permanent cement for repairing glass, china and wood, Sweeping, How to Care for Inlaid Floors and Hard-Wood Staircases, How to Keep Weeds From Gravel Walkways, Directions about Washing, Starching, Ironing and Polishing Gentlemen’s Linen, How to Make Fine Starch, Flour Starch, Hints in Regard to Health, including Regularity of Meals, Bathing, Sleeping-Rooms, Ventilation, , etc, Food and Drinks for the sick and for infants and suggestion in regard to sickness.

This is a wonderful piece of the past. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.

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