Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management

CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 107 925 673 Albert R. AAann Library COR.NELL University The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31 9241 07925673 MISS CORSON'S PRACTICAL AMERICAN COOKERY AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. AN EVERY-DAY BOOK FOR AMERICAN HOUSEKEEPERS, GIVING THE MOST ACCEPTABLE ETIQUETTE OF AMERICAN HOSPITALITY, AND COMPREHENSIVE AND MINUTE DIRECTIONS FOR MARKETING, CARVING, AND GENERAL TABLE- SERVICE; TOGETHER WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DIET OF CHILDREN AND THE SICK. MISS JULIET CORSON, at'thok of ' the cooking-school text-dook and housekeeper's guide," "the cooking manual," "meals fob the million," "fifteen and twentv-five cent dinners," " diet for invalids AND CHILDREN," "THE WORKINGMaN's DIETARY," "local AMERICAN COOKERY," "THE BAL- TIMORE COOKING RECIPES," ETC. NEW YORK: DODD, MEAD, AND COMPANY. Copyright, 1885, By JULIET CORSON. All fights reserved. PREFACE. IN submitting this book to the public, the author carries out a long-cherished purpose, which had its inception in a suggestion made to her by the Hon. John Eaton, United-States Commissioner of Education, during a discussion concerning the cookery of America. The fact that the cookery of Europe, and especially of France, enters so largely into the author's scheme of teaching, and of constructing her books already published, was being commented upon ; and in response to her statement that this was occasioned by the demands of the public, and not from any lack of variety or excellence in American cookery, the commissioner suggested the preparation of a work sufficiently broad in scope and minute in detail to verify her assertion that genuine American cookery is both wholesome and palatable, and has lost none of the traditional excellence which characterized it in our grandmothers' days. To facilitate the work, the commissioner caused the publication and extended circulation of the following correspondence : — To the Hon. John Eaton, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Bureau of Education , Dept. of the Inferior, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, — I venture to ask your help in an educational matter of general public interest, and trust you will afford me such assistance as lies in your power. I Have been, as you are aware, engaged for the past four years in the training of young women alid girls in domestic economy, numbering among my pupils many ladies of our most prominent families. The results of this instruction have so successfully covered the local field of cookery in the North- VI PREFACE. eastern States, that I am in receipt of many communications urging me to adapt some of my special methods to the Southern and Western portions of the country. In consequence of marked social changes attendant on the civil war, a radical alteration is taking place in this department. In doing this work, I desire to combine rudimentary economical principles with the culinary excellence of local dishes. In order to proceed intelligently, I must depend largely on the kindness of persons best informed in regard to the specialties of the local market supply, and of such dishes as hold popular favor.