Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of these changesis found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling andhyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled andhyphenated words is found at the end of the text.
Harper’s Stereotype Edition.
CONTAINING
Receipts for Cookery,
AND
DIRECTIONS FOR CARVING.
ALSO,
THE ART OF COMPOSING THE MOST SIMPLE AND MOST HIGHLY FINISHED
BROTHS, GRAVIES, SOUPS, SAUCES, STORE SAUCES, AND FLAVOURING
ESSENCES; PASTRY, PRESERVES, PUDDINGS, PICKLES, &c.
WITH
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF COOKERY
FOR CATHOLIC FAMILIES.
THE QUANTITY OF EACH ARTICLE IS ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND
MEASURE; BEING THE RESULT OF ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS
INSTITUTED IN THE KITCHEN OF
WILLIAM KITCHINER, M.D.
ADAPTED TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
BY A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN.
FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION.
New-York:
PRINTED BY J. & J. HARPER, 82 CLIFF-ST.
SOLD BY COLLINS AND HANNAY, COLLINS AND CO., G. AND C. AND H. CARVILL,
WILLIAM B. GILLEY, E. BLISS, O. A. ROORBACH, WHITE, GALLAHER, AND WHITE,
C. S. FRANCIS, WILLIAM BURGESS, JR., AND N. B. HOLMES;—PHILADELPHIA,
E. L. CAREY AND A. HART, AND JOHN GRIGG;—ALBANY, O. STEELE, AND W. C. LITTLE.
1830.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1829, in thefifty-fourth year of the independence of the United States of America,J. & J. HARPER, of the said district, have deposited in this office thetitle of a book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in thewords following, to wit:
“The Cook’s Oracle, and Housekeeper’s Manual, Containing Receipts forCookery, and Directions for Carving; also the Art of Composing the mostsimple and most highly finished Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, StoreSauces, and Flavouring Essences; Pastry, Preserves, Puddings, Pickles,&c. With a Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families. TheQuantity of each Article is accurately stated by Weight and Measure;being the Result of Actual Experiments instituted in the Kitchen ofWilliam Kitchiner, M.D. Adapted to the American Public by a MedicalGentleman.”
In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled “AnAc