| Utensils. | Reform Club Kitchen. | Kitchen of the Wealthy. | Kitchen at Home. | Kitchen of the Bachelor. | Cottage Kitchen. |
| Stewpans, the sizes fluctuating from six gallons to half a pint | 89 | 36 | 12 | 6, 1 holding a gall. | 4 |
| Stock-pots, varying from twelve gallons to two | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 black saucepans | |
| Turbot kettles, one full size, and another two sizes smaller | 2 | 2 | 1 small | ||
| Long Fish-kettles, two large and two middling-sized ones | 4 | 2 | 1 rather larger | 1 rather wide. | 1 |
| Braising-pans, two large and two middling-sized | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | |
| Preserving-pans (copper), one large round bottome and one large flat bottomed | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 flat |
| Egg bowls, one large and one middling-sized | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | bottomed |
| Baba and sponge-cake moulds | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Large round copper pie-dishes for servants | 4 | 2 | |||
| Thick flat braising-pans with hermetic covers | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sautépans, twenty deep, with thick bottoms, and ten others | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Bain-marie-pans, varying from two gallons to a pint | 36 | 18 | 6 | 2 | |
| Pie-moulds for raised pies | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jelly and charlotte moulds | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | |
| Small bordure for aspic jellies | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Freezing-pots, with accessories | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Baking-sheets of various sizes | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| Gridirons | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Salamanders | 2 | 1 | 1 small | 1 do. | 1 |
| Spoon drainers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spits of various sizes, including two with cradles | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dripping-pans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steam copper cases for puddings and potatoes | 4 | 2 | |||
| Round copper fruit bowls with handles | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sugar-pans | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soup ladles (small and cheap utensils) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Copper kitchen spoons, six of which are colander spoons | 36 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Wire baskets for frying | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wire sieves | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hair sieves | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Omelette-pans | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Small Jelly and driole moulds | 36 | 18 | 12 | 12 | |
| Tartelette-pans | 36 | 12 | 12 | 3 | |
| Tammies | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jelly bags | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wooden spoons | 24 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Paste brushes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Scissors | 2prs. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kitchen knives | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boxes of cutters for vegetables and pastry | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Trivets, four common, and two for gas stoves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Meat saws, four large and two small | 6 | 3 | 2, 1 small | 2 | 2 |
| Cutlet bats | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meat choppers, large | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steak-tongs, two large and two small pairs | 4prs. | 2 | 1 large | 1 | 1 |
| Meat-hooks | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Rolling-pins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kitchen basins | 36 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Small pie-dishes for fruit and meat | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Kitchen table-cloths | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Rubbers | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Fish napkins | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Pudding-cloths | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Round towels | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS,
OR ABBREVIATED SUMMARY, REFERRING (FROM PAGE TO PAGE) TO THE VARIOUS SERIES OF DISHES, ETC.
(For General Contents see the end of the Volume.)
| SAUCES. | |
| PAGE | |
| Foundation sauces, | [1—9] |
| Thin sauces, | [9—14] |
| Sauces, | [14—33] |
| Sauces, with Garnitures of Vegetables, or garnishing, | [34—48] |
| Appendix to the Sauces. | |
| Composed of forcemeat of veal, rabbits, fowl, game, whitings, cod-liver, panada, veal-stuffing, boiled rice, branched macaroni, croquettes of potatoes, glaze, | [48—52] |
| Potages, or soups, | [53—88] |
| FISH—POISSON. | |
| Method of cleaning salt-water fish, | [90], [92] |
| Method of cleaning fresh-waterfish, | [93—94] |
| Fish Dressed. | |
| Turbot, | [95—101] |
| Brill, | [101—104] |
| John Dory, | [104—107] |
| Salmon, or saumon, | [107—111] |
| Cod-fish, or cabillaud, | [119—122] |
| Red mullets, | [122—124] |
| Whitings, or merlans, | [125—126] |
| Mackerel, or maquereaux, | [126—128] |
| Gurnets, | [130—132] |
| Haddocks, or merluches, | [128—130] |
| Herrings, or harengs, | [31] |
| Skate, or raie, | [133] |
| Smelts, or éperlans, | [134] |
| Flounders, or carrelets, | [135] |
| Plaice, or plie, | [135] |
| White-bait, | [136] |
| Sturgeons, or esturgeons, | [136] |
| Shell-fish, | [137—139] |
| Fresh-Water Fish. | |
| Pike, or brochets, | [139—143] |
| Carp, | [143—144] |
| Tench, or tanche, | [144—145] |
| Perch, | [146] |
| Trout, or truite, | [147—148] |
| Eels, or anguilles, | [148—149] |
| Lampreys, | [149] |
| Crawfish, or écrevisses, | [149] |
| HORS-D’ŒUVRES, | |
| or Dishes to be Handed Round the Table. Composed of— | |
| Petits vol-au-vents and petites bouchées, made of beef-marrow, mackerel, skate, liver, oysters, lobsters, fowls, and game, | [151—155] |
| Petits pâtés of oysters, lobsters, and shrimps, | [156] |
| Rissoles of oysters, lobsters, shrimps, mackerel, game, and fowls, | [156—159] |
| Croustades of butter, | [160] |
| Aiguillettes of sweetbread, | [161] |
| Escalops of oysters, lobsters, fillets of soles, and fowls, | [161—163] |
| REMOVES. First Course. | |
| Beef, or bœuf, | [164—176] |
| Ox tongue, or langue de bœuf, | [177] |
| Veal, or veau, | [177—184] |
| Calf’s head, or tête de veau, | [184—188] |
| Mutton, or mouton, | [189—196] |
| Lamb, or agneau, | [196—201] |
| Pork, | [202—204] |
| Turkey, or dinde, | [205—206] |
| Capon, or poularde, | [203—220] |
| Fowls, or poulets, | [215—220] |
| Goose, or oie, | [220—221] |
| Ducklings, or cannetons, | [221] |
| Venison, or venaison, | [221—226] |
| Grouse, | [228] |
| Black cocks, | [229] |
| Hare, or lièvre, | [229] |
| FLANCS. Composed of— | |
| Fillets of beef, tongue, and Wesphalia hams, | [230—233] |
| Loin, knuckle, neck of veal, and calf’s head, | [234—237] |
| Neck and loin of mutton, | [238—240] |
| Saddle, shoulder, and neck of lamb, | [240—243] |
| Chicken and duckling, | [244—248] |
| Pheasant, grouse, and partridge, | [249—253] |
| Leverets and rabbits, | [254—256] |
| Pâté chaud, or hot pie, | [256—260] |
| Vol-au-vents and casserole of rice, do. rabbits, lamb’s and calf’s tail, lamb’s and sheep’s trotters, | [260—264] |
| ENTREES, or Made Dishes. | |
| Beef, or bœuf, | [266—278] |
| Veal, or veau, | [279—294] |
| Mutton, or mouton, | [294—307] |
| Lamb, or agneau, | [308—321] |
| Pork, or porc-frais, | [322—325] |
| Venison, or venaison, | [325—329] |
| ENTREES OF POULTRY. | |
| Turkey, or dinde, | [329—331] |
| Poulet, or poularde, | [332—340] |
| Fowls, or volaille, | [340—347] |
| Spring chickens, or poulets, | [348—351] |
| QUENELLES, or Forcemeat. Composed of— | |
| Quenelles of fowls, | [352—354] |
| Boudins, croquettes, and rissolettes, | [355—357] |
| Fillets of ducklings, | [358—359] |
| ENTREES OF GAME. | |
| Hare, or lièvre, | [360—362] |
| Rabbits, or lapins, | [363—366] |
| Pheasant, or faisan, | [367—370] |
| Grouse, | [371—373] |
| Partridges, or perdreaux, | [374—377] |
| Wild ducks, or canards sauvages, | [378—379] |
| Teal, or cercelles, | [380—381] |
| Woodcocks, or bécasses, | [382—385] |
| Plovers, or pluviers, | [386—387] |
| Quails, or cailles, | [388—389] |
| Pigeons, | [389—390] |
| Larks, or mauviettes, | [391—392] |
| ROASTS for Second Course. | |
| Turkey, or dinde, | [393—397] |
| Capon, pullet, and chicken, | [398—399] |
| Goose, or oie, | [400] |
| Duckling, or canneton, | [400] |
| Woodcocks, or bécasses, | [401] |
| Guinea-fowl, or poule d’Inde, | [401] |
| Pea-fowl, or paon, | [401] |
| Pigeons, | [402] |
| Quails, or cailles, | [402] |
| Pheasants, or faisans, | [403] |
| Grouse, | [403] |
| Ptarmigan, | [404] |
| Black cocks and gray hens, | [405] |
| Partridge, or perdrix, | [405] |
| Dun bird, | [405] |
| Wild duck, or canard sauvage, | [405—406] |
| Teal, or cercelles, | [406—407] |
| Plovers, or pluviers, | [407] |
| Woodcock, or bécasse, | [408] |
| Larks, or mauviettes, | [408] |
| Snipes, or bécassines, | [409] |
| Hares, or lièvres, | [409] |
| Leverets, or levrauts, | [409] |
| Rabbits, or lapins, | [409] |
| SAVOURY DISHES for Second Course. Composed of— | |
| Boar’s head, ribs and fillets of beef, ox tongue, cold ham, | [410—419] |
| Fillet and loin of veal, galantine, and pâtés of veal and ham, cotelettes of veal, and sweetbread, | [420—424] |
| Cotelettes, turban, and carbonade of mutton, | [425] |
| Balottins and cotelettes of lamb, | [426—427] |
| Galantine and pâté of turkey, capon (or poularde), | [428—433] |
| Chaud-froid of poularde (or capon), fillets of do., duckling en aspic, salad of fowl, aspic mould, | [434—438] |
| Galantine, pâtés, fillet, and chaud-froid of pheasant, | [439—440] |
| Galantine and salad of grouse, | [441] |
| Galantine and pâtés of partridges, | [442—443] |
| Woodcocks and pâtés froid of larks (cold), | [444] |
| Lobster salad, mayonnaises of lobster, lobster en aspic au gratin, | [445—446] |
| Crabs, oysters en coquilles, salad of fillet of soles, trout and salmon pickled, galantine of eels, | [447—449] |
| VEGETABLES for Second Course. | |
| Asparagus, sea kale, celery, salsify, cucumbers, and vegetable marrow, | [450—454] |
| Jerusalem artichokes, cauliflowers, brocoli, | [455—456] |
| Artichokes, peas, French beans, Brussels sprouts, | [457—462] |
| Spinach, endive, sorrel, lettuces, | [463—465] |
| Windsor beans, white haricot do., | [466—467] |
| Tomatas and mushrooms, | [468] |
| Carrots, turnips, onions, spring vegetables, | [469] |
| Potatoes, lentils, truffles, | [470—474] |
| Omelettes fines herbes, ham, truffles, mushrooms, olives, jardinière, oysters, fillets of soles, muscles, lobsters, sugar, preserves, and rum, | [474—477] |
| ENTREMETS, or Sweets. | |
| Observations on pastry, different sorts of paste, puffpaste, do. with beef suet, do. half puff, confectioner’s paste, almond paste, and gum paste, | [478—483] |
| Vol-au-vents of peaches, apricots, greengages, cherries, pears, apples, oranges, and gateau mille-feuille, | [484—486] |
| Turban à la crême, wells of fruit, Pthiviers cakes, | [487—488] |
| Tourtes, tartelettes, and fanchonettes à la vanille, | [489—493] |
| Dauphines, tartelettes, mirlitons, and petits vol-au-vents, | [494—495] |
| Gateaux fourrés with preserves, | [497—499] |
| Turban de Condé, and apricot cakes, | [500] |
| Petites bouchées, eventail with cherries, petits gateaux royals, | [501] |
| A flan of puff paste, do. of apples, do. of pears, do. crême pralinée, | [502—503] |
| Pâte à choux, petits choux with cream, almond, petits pains crêmière, | [504—505] |
| Madeline with port wine, génoise, darioles, | [506—507] |
| Biscatelles, cakes à l’Indienne gauffres aux pistaches, Allemande, vanilla, red nougat, | [508—510] |
| Small cups of nougat, nougat with apricots, crisp chesnuts amandes croquantes, meringues, | [510—512] |
| Turban of meringues, | [513] |
| Meringue iced, do. aux pistaches, mushrooms en surprise, | [514] |
| Biscuits manqués with almonds, do. with rum, | [515] |
| Calf’s foot jelly, and various other jellies, | [516—524] |
| Creams, various, | [524—528] |
| Bavaroises, various, | [529—531] |
| Charlottes, chartreuses, suédoises, bread and croquettes of apples, | [532—536] |
| Apples, pears, and apricots with rice, | [537—538] |
| Pommes meringués, miroton, fritters of apples, peaches and apricots, | [539—542] |
| Croquettes of rice, cream of rice, macaroni, vermicelli, and cream fried, | [543] |
| Beignets soufflés, frangipane, | [544] |
| Omelette Célestine, pannequets with preserve, | [545] |
| REMOVES, Second Course, | [548—574] |
| SOUFFLES, For Removes, | [575—583] |
| Appendix, the Second. | |
| Aspic, | [585] |
| Mayonnaise à la gelée, do. fines herbes, do. ravigote verte, do. ordinaire, do. Provençale, | [586—589] |
| Montpellier butter, forcemeat for raised pie, and of liver for do. sponge cake, savoy cake in mould, biscuits, to clarify isinglass, | [591—592] |
| Iceing, and chocolate iceing, sugar in grain, and to colour it, | [593] |
| Vanilla and lemon sugar, to clarify and boil sugar, sugar thread, | [594—596] |
| Iced cream of vanilla, coffee, chocolate, pine apple, lemon, orange, apricot, and strawberry, | [597—599] |
| Marmalade of apples, apricot, quince, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries, | [600—602] |
| Jelly of apples, quince, currant and raspberries, and to preserve tomatas, | [602—604] |
| MY TABLE AT HOME. | |
| Plain joints, | [637—649] |
| Soups, | [652—656] |
| Fish, | [656—660] |
| Fresh-water fish, | [660—662] |
| Simple hors-d’œuvres, | [663] |
| Removes simplified, | [664—672] |
| Sauces, | [673—675] |
| Economical made dishes, | [676—687] |
| Economical made dishes from poultry, | [688—691] |
| Game, | [692—695] |
| Meat pies and puddings, | [696] |
| Second Course, | [698—701] |
| Jellies of liqueurs or spirits, | [702] |
| Bohemian jelly cream, | [703—710] |
| MISCELLANEOUS. | |
| Dedication to H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, | [iii] |
| List of distinguished Personages who have patronized the work, | [v] |
| Preface, | [vii] |
| Preface to the Fourth Edition, | [ix] |
| Description of the composition of this work, | [xi] |
| Soyer’s new mode of carving, | [xiv] |
| Directions for carving, | [xv] |
| How to carve a haunch of venison, | [xviii] |
| Saddleback of venison, | [xix] |
| Carving of poultry, | [xx] |
| Soyer’s Tendon Separator, | [xxi] |
| Directions for larding, | [xxv] |
| Meat and poultry, | [xxvi] |
| Fish, | [xxvii] |
| Vegetables and fruit, | [ib.] |
| How everything should be in cooking, | [xxviii] |
| Braised roast turkey, capon, or fowl, | [xxx] |
| Amateur Receipts—Ris de Veau aux Pistaches à la Dr. Roots, | [ib.] |
| Potage froid, ou Salade à la Dr. Roots, | [ib.] |
| Roast Swan à la Norwich, | [xxxi] |
| Cock a Leekie à la Wemyss, | [ib.] |
| Bouquet de Gibier, or Sporting Nosegay, | [xxxii] |
| Olive Branch between France and England, | [xxxiii] |
| Number of stewpans and other utensils required, | [xxxiv] |
| Service pagodatique, | [606] |
| Table of the wealthy and bill of fare for ten persons, | [607] |
| Dîner Lucullusian à la Sampayo, | [608] |
| Bill of fare for the same, | [609] |
| Dialogue culinaire, | [611] |
| Description of the kitchen of the Reform Club, and plan, | [613] |
| Reference to the plan, | [614] |
| Kitchen of the Reform Club, | [615—629] |
| My kitchen at home, | [630—632] |
| The bachelor’s kitchen and cottage kitchen, | [633] |
| Dinner party at home, | [634] |
| Receipts, | [637—710] |
| Coffee, | [711] |
| Monster bill of fare, | [712] |
| Pagodatique entrée dish, | [713] |
| Celestial and terrestrial cream of Great Britain, | [719] |
| General table of contents Madame Soyer’s biography Criticisms of the press | at the end — of the book. |
ENGRAVINGS.
| PAGE | |
| Portrait of the Author | [1] |
| Emblematical woodcut | [iv] |
| A Turkey, prepared according to M. Soyer’s new plan | [xvi] |
| Carving a haunch of venison | [xviii] |
| Carving of poultry | [xxi] |
| The Tendon Separator | [xxiii] |
| Fowl—one half with the flesh on, and the other half dissected | [xxiv] |
| Mutton, pork, and lamb cutlets | [294] |
| Table of the wealthy | [607] |
| Kitchen of the Reform Club | [612] |
| Ground plan of ditto | [614] |
| Fifteen engravings representing the fitting-up of the kitchen of the wealthy | [610 to 629] |
| Ground plan of my kitchen at home | [632] |
| The bachelor’s and the cottage kitchen | [634] |
| My table at home | [635] |
| Saddle-back of mutton | [644] |
| A new mutton cutlet | [677] |
| Pagodatique entrée dish | [714] |
| Dindonneau à la Nelson, Poularde en diadème, Galantine à la volière, Salade de grouse à la Soyer, Mayonnaise de homard, Croustades of bread for the centre of removes, Croustade for filet de bœuf, Croustades for poularde en diadème, Croustades for turkey à la Nelson, Gateau Britannique, Crême Cerito sultane sylphe à la fille de l’orage, Six jelly moulds, and the Atelettes for Flancs, Removes, &c. | [720] |
| Portrait of Madame Soyer, Biography at the end of the book. |