JOHN P. MORTON & CO.,
LOUISVILLE, KY.
1878.

Copyright by
MARION CABELL TYREE.
1877.

Dedicated
TO
THE SISTER HOUSEKEEPERS,
WHOSE KIND ASSISTANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SO MUCH
LIGHTENED THE LABORS OF THE WRITER AND
ENHANCED THE VALUE OF HER WORK.

GENERAL CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface[7]
List of Contributors[11]
Bread[19]
Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate[61]
Milk and Butter[65]
Soup[68]
Oysters and other Shell Fish[85]
Fish[97]
Game[107]
Meats[114]
Beef and Veal[136]
Mutton and Lamb[168]
Poultry[176]
Salads[190]
Sauces[200]
Brunswick Stews, Gumbo, and Side Dishes[211]
Eggs[232]
Vegetables[238]
Pickles and Catsups[255]
Cake[304]
Icing[348]
Gingerbread[350]
Small Cakes[353]
Puddings[365]
Pudding Sauces[401]
Pastry[404]
Fritters and Pancakes[416]
Jelly, Blanc-mange, Charlotte Russe, Baked Custard,Creams, and Miscellaneous Desserts[417]
Ice Cream and Frozen Custard[430]
Fruit Desserts[442]
Preserves and Fruit Jellies[443]
Confectionery[458]
Wines[461]
Beverages, Cordials, etc.[468]
The Sick-Room—Diet and Remedies for the Sick[476]
House-cleaning, etc.[497]
Recipes for Restoring Old Clothes, Setting Colors,Removing Stains, etc.[505]
Miscellaneous Recipes[508]

PREFACE.

Virginia, or the Old Dominion, as her children delight to call her, has always been famed for the style of her living. Taught by the example of her royal colonial governors, and the numerous adherents of King Charles, who brought hither in their exile the graces and luxuriousness of his brilliant court, she became noted among the colonies for the princely hospitality of her people and for the beauty and richness of their living. But when at length her great son in the House of Burgesses sounded the cry of war, and her people made haste to gird themselves for the long struggle, her daughters, not to be outdone either in services or patriotism, set about at once the inauguration of a plan of rigid retrenchment and reform in the domestic economy, while at the same time exhibiting to their sisters a noble example of devotion and self-sacrifice.