THE
WHITE HOUSE
COOK BOOK
COOKING, TOILET AND HOUSEHOLDRECIPES,
MENUS, DINNER-GIVING, TABLEETIQUETTE,
CARE OF THE SICK, HEALTHSUGGESTIONS,
FACTS WORTH KNOWING, Etc.,Etc.
THE WHOLE COMPRISING
A COMPREHENSIVE CYCLOPEDIA OFINFORMATION FOR THE HOME
BY
MRS. F.L. GILLETTE
AND
HUGO ZIEMANN,
Steward of the White house
1887
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TO THE WIVES OF OUR PRESIDENTS,THOSE NOBLE WOMEN WHO HAVE GRACED THE WHITE HOUSE, AND WHOSE NAMESAND MEMORIES ARE DEAR TO ALL AMERICANS, THIS VOLUME ISAFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.[Pg2]
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PUBLISHERS' PREFACE
In presenting to the public the "WHITE HOUSE COOK BOOK," thepublishers believe they can justly claim that it more fullyrepresents the progress and present perfection of the culinary artthan any previous work. In point of authorship, it standspreëminent. Hugo Ziemann was at one time caterer for thatPrince Napoleon who was killed while fighting the Zulus in Africa.He was afterwards steward of the famous Hotel Splendide in Paris.Later he conducted the celebrated Brunswick Café in NewYork, and still later he gave to the Hotel Richelieu, in Chicago, acuisine which won the applause of even the gourmets of foreignlands. It was here that he laid the famous "spread" to which thechiefs of the warring factions of the Republican Convention satdown in June, 1888, and from which they arose with asperitiessoftened, differences harmonized and victory organized.
Mrs. F.L. Gillette is no less proficient and capable, havingmade a life-long and thorough study of cookery and housekeeping,especially as adapted to the practical wants of average Americanhomes.
The book has been prepared with great care. Every recipe hasbeen tried and tested, and can be relied upon as oneof the best of its kind. It is comprehensive, fillingcompletely, it is believed, the requirements of housekeepers of allclasses. It embodies several original and commendable features,among which may be mentioned the menus for the holidays andfor one week in each month in the year, thus covering all varietiesof seasonable foods; the convenient classification and arrangementof topics; the simplified method of explanation in preparing anarticle, in the order of manipulation, thereby enabling the mostinexperienced to clearly comprehend it.
The subject of carving has been given a prominent place, notonly because of its special importance in a work of this kind, butparticu[Pg 4]larly because it contains entirely new and originaldesigns, and is so far a departure from the usual mode of treatingthe subject.
Interesting information is given concerning the WhiteHouse; how its hospitality is conducted, the menus served onspecial occasions, views of the interior, portr