The little book I now offer to the public, claims to be the best, cheapest, and most useful Culinary Handbook yet produced, and I venture to think its contents will fully justify this assertion.

A large proportion of the recipes are my own compilation, and all alike have been carefully revised and repeatedly tested.

Every recipe has been arranged with a view to practical usefulness, and may be confidently recommended for ease of preparation, daintiness, and economy.

Those who once use the “Ideal Cookery Book,” will afterwards use no other, not because their years have been shortened by bad cooking and unwholesome food, but because they recognise in it all the qualities it claims to possess, and are able by its aid to realize in the home the true “Ideal” of the Culinary Art.

The Author.

CONTENTS.

I. Savouries.
PAGE
1. Forcemeat[ 13]
2. Mince Meat[ 13]
3. Potato Balls[ 13]
4. Tasty Dish of Cold Cooked Beef[ 14]
5. Savoury Puffs[ 14]
6. Breakfast Dish[ 14]
7. Potato Cakes[ 14]
8. Veal Mould[ 15]
9. Timbales of Mutton[ 15]
10. Rolled Steak with Potatoes[ 16]
11. Salad Dressing[ 16]
12. Cabbage Balls[ 16]
13. Cheese Croquettes[ 16]
14. Potato Ribbons[ 17]
15. Rissoles à Lilian[ 17]
16. Fish Cakes[ 17]
17. Savoury Omelette[ 18]
18. Dough Nuts[ 18]
19. Cheese Straws[ 18]
20. Egg and Bacon Pie[ 19]
21. Another Cold Meat Dish[ 19]
22. Scrambled Eggs[ 19]
23. Meat Roll[ 19]
24. Pommes de Terre à la Reine[ 20]
25. Dormers[ 20]
26. Beef or Veal Mould[ 20]
27. Gravy for Mutton[ 21]
28. Gravy for Beef[ 21]
29. Beefsteak Pie[ 21]
30. Tasty Dish of Beefsteak[ 22]
31. Cold Meat Pâtés[ 22]
32. Potted Beef[ 22]
33. Pommes de terre au Lait[ 23]
34. Pommes de terre à L’Écosse[ 23]
35. Potato Croquettes[ 23]
36. A dainty way of Cooking an Egg[ 24]
37. Beef Tea Custard[ 24]
38. Beef Tea[ 24]
39. Dainty way of Serving Mashed Potatoes[ 25]
40. Fried Potatoes[ 25]
41. Ragôut of Mutton and Eggs[ 25]
II. Pastry.
1. Short Pastry (Rich)[ 26]
2. Ground Rice Cheesecakes[ 26]
3. Cocoanut Cheesecakes[ 26]
4. Macaroons[ 27]
5. Maids of Honour[ 27]
6. Lemon Curd[ 27]
7. Welsh Cheesecakes[ 27]
8. Milk Rolls[ 28]
9. Almond Cheesecakes[ 28]
10. Bakewell Cheesecakes[ 28]
11. Pastry Sandwiches[ 28]
12. French Tartlets[ 29]
13. Apple Cheesecakes[ 29]
14. Good Family Pastry[ 29]
15. Pie Pastry[ 29]
III. Custards, Puddings, and Blanc Manges.
1. Lemon Rice Pudding[ 30]
2. Sponge Cake Pudding[ 30]
3. Strawberry Blanc Mange[ 30]
4. Honeycomb[ 31]
5. Lemon Mould[ 31]
6. Baroness Pudding[ 31]
7. Holderness Pudding[ 32]
8. Lemon Pudding[ 32]
9. Parson’s Pudding[ 32]
10. Queen’s Pudding[ 32]
11. Ideal Pudding[ 33]
12. Curd Pudding[ 33]
13. Chocolate Blanc Mange[ 33]
14. Suet Dumplings[ 34]
15. Snow Pudding[ 34]
16. French Pancakes[ 34]
17. German Pancakes[ 34]
18. Junket[ 35]
19. Three Minutes Pudding[ 35]
20. German Pudding[ 35]
21. Rhubarb Mould[ 36]
22. Imperial Pudding[ 36]
23. Fig Pudding (No. 1.)[ 36]
24. Sultana Pudding[ 37]
25. Trieste Pudding[ 37]
26. Stewed Figs[ 37]
27. Baked Milk (For Fruit)[ 37]
28. Baked Rhubarb Pudding[ 38]
29. Apple Snow[ 38]
30. Prune Mould[ 38]
31. Bachelor’s Pudding[ 39]
32. Raspberry Sponge[ 39]
33. Lemon Cream[ 39]
34. Gâteau de Riz[ 40]
35. Kingston Puddings[ 40]
36. Fig Puddings (No. 2.)[ 40]
37. Cheese Pudding (No. 1.)[ 41]
38. Paragon Pudding[ 41]
39. Cambridge Pudding[ 41]
40. Sago Kelley[ 42]
41. Orange Meringue[ 42]
42. Spanish Custard[ 42]
43. Cheese Pudding (No. 2.)[ 43]
44. Apple Trifle[ 43]
45. Economic Custard[ 43]
46. Tasmanian Pudding[ 43]
47. Yorkshire Pudding[ 44]
48. Steamed Batter Pudding[ 44]
49. Chocolate Pudding[ 44]
50. Gêlée à la Normandie[ 45]
51. Chocolate Blanc Mange[ 45]
52. Eastbourne Pudding[ 45]
53. Summerville Plum Pudding[ 45]
54. Victoria Pudding[ 46]
55. Prune Gâteau[ 46]
56. Raspberry Pudding[ 46]
57. Rice Pudding[ 47]
58. Small Sago Pudding[ 47]
59. Ground Rice Pudding[ 47]
60. Custard Pudding[ 48]
61. Stewed Pears[ 48]
62. Harrogate Pudding[ 48]
IV. Sauces.
1. Apple Sauce[ 49]
2. Bread Sauce[ 49]
3. Melted Butter[ 49]
4. Egg Sauce[ 50]
5. White Sauce[ 50]
6. Mint Sauce[ 50]
7. Onion Sauce[ 50]
V. Cakes.
1. Madeira Cake[ 51]
2. Beverleigh Buns[ 52]
3. Queen Cakes[ 52]
4. Raspberry Sandwich[ 52]
5. Rock Buns[ 52]
6. Cornflour Cake[ 53]
7. Oatmeal Buns[ 53]
8. Lemon Sandwich Cakes[ 53]
9. Yorkshire Parkin[ 53]
10. Drummond Cake[ 54]
11. Gingerbread[ 54]
12. Ginger Nuts[ 54]
13. Victoria Roll[ 55]
14. Yorkshire Cake[ 55]
15. Sally Lunn Teacakes (No. 1.)[ 55]
16. Summerville Cakes[ 55]
17. Soda Cake[ 56]
18. Brunswick Cakes[ 56]
19. Jordan Cakes[ 56]
20. Lunch Cake[ 56]
21. Plain Plum Cake[ 57]
22. Rice Buns[ 57]
23. Raspberry Buns[ 57]
24. Walnut Cake[ 58]
25. Icing for Walnut Cake[ 58]
26. Cocoanut Pyramids[ 58]
27. London Buns[ 58]
28. Victoria Buns[ 59]
29. Norwegian Cake[ 59]
30. Sultana Cake[ 59]
31. Cocoanut Cake[ 59]
32. Lancashire Parkin[ 60]
33. Delicious Cake[ 60]
34. Chocolate Cake[ 60]
35. Rich Plum Cake[ 61]
36. Plain Seed or Currant Loaf[ 61]
37. Malta Cake[ 61]
38. Small Rice Cake[ 62]
39. Parisian Sandwich[ 62]
40. Sultana Scones[ 62]
41. York Teacakes[ 63]
42. Fairy Cakes[ 63]
43. Orange Rock Cakes[ 63]
44. Jersey Cake[ 63]
45. Seed Bread (To Butter)[ 64]
46. Queen Anne’s Cake[ 64]
47. Spice Bread[ 64]
48. Bachelor’s Buttons[ 65]
49. Cocoanut Fingers[ 65]
50. Victorine Buns[ 65]
51. Orange Cakes[ 66]
52. Ginger Cakes[ 66]
53. Cherry Cakes[ 66]
54. Small Seed Cakes[ 67]
55. Demon Jumbles[ 67]
56. Cocoanut Gingerbread[ 67]
57. Lemon Buns[ 68]
58. Ashton Sandwiches[ 68]
59. Christmas or Wedding Cake[ 68]
60. Split Cakes[ 69]
61. Baking Powder Rolls[ 69]
62. American Cake[ 70]
63. Shrewsbury Cakes[ 70]
64. Swiss Roll[ 71]
65. Westwood Buns[ 71]
66. Sally Lunn Teacakes (No. 2.)[ 71]
67. Queen Cakes (No. 2.)[ 72]
68. Neapolitan Ribbon Cake[ 72]
69. Clancarthy Buns[ 73]
70. Spice Bread[ 73]
71. Swiss Cakes (Another Method)[ 73]
72. Genoa Cake[ 74]
73. Fairy Baskets[ 74]
74. Fancy Bread (Without Yeast)[ 75]
VI. Biscuits.
1. Picnic Biscuits[ 76]
2. Rice Biscuits[ 76]
3. Shrewsbury Biscuits[ 76]
4. Ginger Drops[ 77]
5. Seventy Little Biscuits for 2d.[ 77]
6. Ginger Biscuits[ 77]
7. Rice Biscuits[ 77]
8. Seed Biscuits[ 78]
9. Soda Biscuits[ 78]
10. Sweet Biscuits[ 78]
11. Chestnut Biscuits[ 78]
12. Cocoanut Biscuits[ 79]
13. Four pounds of Biscuits for 8d.[ 79]
14. Chocolate Biscuits[ 79]
15. Cinnamon Stars[ 79]
16. Ratafias[ 80]
17. Almond Rings[ 80]
18. Cheese Straws[ 80]
19. Patent Barley Biscuits[ 80]
VII. Bon Bons.
1. French Almond Rock[ 81]
2. Candy Dough[ 81]
3. Candy Cherries[ 81]
4. Almond Creams[ 82]
5. Walnut Creams[ 82]
6. Cream Dates[ 82]
7. Brandy Snap (No. 1.)[ 82]
8. Raspberry Rock[ 82]
9. Cocoanut Fondant[ 83]
10. Chocolate or Coffee Fondant[ 83]
11. Nougat[ 83]
12. Gelées Françaises[ 84]
13. Chestnut Bonbons[ 84]
14. Chocolate Baisers[ 84]
15. Yorkshire Toffee[ 84]
16. Brandy Snap (No. 2.)[ 85]
17. Marmalade[ 85]
18. Patent Groats[ 85]
VIII. Beverages.
1. Apple Wine[ 86]
2. Barley Water[ 86]
3. Ginger Beer[ 86]
4. Ginger Wine[ 87]
5. Lemon Squash[ 87]
6. Lemon Water[ 87]
IX. Additional Useful Recipes.
1. To Bottle Green Gooseberries[ 88]
2. Gooseberry Jelly[ 88]
3. Apple Jelly[ 88]
4. Cough Mixture[ 89]
5. Pork Pie Pastry[ 89]
6. Recipe for Keeping Eggs[ 89]

I. SAVOURIES.

The general rule for roasting or boiling joints is to allow a quarter of an hour for each pound and half an hour over, unless the meat is preferred underdone.

1. Forcemeat.