The cook's oracle : containing receipts for plain cookery on the most economical plan for private families, also the art of composing the most simple, and most highly finished broths, gravies, soups, sauces, store sauces, and flavoring essences : the quantity of each article is accurately stated by weight and measure, the whole being the result of actual experiments instituted in the kitchen of a physician

NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES3 3433 07897555 8Ej.tnI^VTHECOOK'S ORACLE;CONTAININGPLAIN COOKERYRECEIPTS FORON THEPLAN FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES:MOST ECONOMICALALSOART OF THE MOST ANDTHE COMPOSING SIMPLE,HIGHLY FINISHEDMOSTst3rotfis, Arabics, fauces, Sbtore fauces,^ottps,AND FLAVOURING ESSENCES:The each Article isQuantity ofBY ANDACCURATELY STATED WEIGHT MEASURE;THE WHOLE BEING THE RESULT OFINSTITUTED INTHE KITCHEN OF A PHYSICIAN.Miscuit utile dulci."TO WHICH ARE ADDED,THIRTY NEWONE HUNDRED AND RECEIPTS,FORPASTRY, PRESERVES, PUDDINGS,ANDAn and Economical ProcessEasy, Certain, for preparingPICKLES,will be inwhich a and remain for Years.By they ready Fortnight, goodTHE WHOLE REVISED BY THE AUTHOR OF" THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY &c."FOOD,LONDON :PRINTED FOR A. CONSTABLE & Co. EDINBURGH;AND & Co. CHEAPSIDE.HURST, ROBINSON,And sold also all Booksellers in Town andby Country*1822.THE NEW YORK.RYLONDON:P1MNTED BY J. CREVILLE STREET.MOYE6,CONTENTS.PagevPREFACE- - - - - - 1INTRODUCTION33CuriositiesCulinaryInvitations to Dinner 38- 49Carving-Advice to 54CooksFriendly- -Table of &c. 83Weights,RUDIMENTS OF COOKERY.1.CHAPTER 85Boiling92Baking2. 95Roasting3. 104Frying4. 107Broiling5. 109Vegetables6. Fish 1137. Broths and 117Soup8. Gravies and Sauces 133Made Dishes9. 141143Receipts-Tables 463MarketingAPPENDIX.. -&c.. 469Pastry, Confectionary, Preserves,&c. 508Bread,andObservations on Pies oilPuddings--~-Pickles 520Index ...