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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 28, 2008 7:36:01 GMT 1
Gosh, that lady knew a thing or two.......for example:
She has a recipe for Carrot Jam which imitates Apricot Preserve, at a fraction of the cost - 1s 2d which is sufficient to make 3 pots. Sounds tempting...
She considers the duties of the Kitchen maid, first thing in the morning (every morning presumably) to include: lighting the fire, sweeping cleaning of the kitchen, cleaning the stone steps at the front of the house and the halls, the passages, and the stairs leading to the kitchen. Also she must twice a week wash all places plus the tables, chairs and cupboards. She must dress the nursery, and servant's hall dinners, prepare the fish, poultry and vegetables, trim meat joints and cutlets and to do all other duties as may be considered to enter into the cook's department in a subordinate way.
It's even worse for the scullery maid.........
And I now have a tasty sounding recipe for Eggs a la Tripe if anyone is interested......
MrsB - are you related perchance? I've just realised you're a MrsB too? ;D
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 28, 2008 7:36:55 GMT 1
It's a very thick book - I could continue this thread indefinitely......................
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Post by Sweetleaf on Aug 28, 2008 7:43:28 GMT 1
It's a very thick book - I could continue this thread indefinitely...................... Sounds great! My grandmother was a scullery maid, aged 13 when she was debentured (sold into slavery) by her family  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 28, 2008 7:53:56 GMT 1
And my Nan was a Cook at the 'big house' - no wonder she was a bit bossy and scary............  |
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Post by debbiem on Aug 28, 2008 7:55:46 GMT 1
It's a very thick book - I could continue this thread indefinitely...................... Sounds great! My grandmother was a scullery maid, aged 13 when she was debentured (sold into slavery) by her family Gosh really?  It seems crazy to us now doesn't it? I suppose then there was nothing unusual about it? 4P no relation that I know of. ;D Wasn't Mrs Beeton a bit of a naughty girl, or is that somebody else...... I've got the 1923 version, about being a housewife-'housekeeping has been aptly described as "the oldest industry". It is certainly the most important, the very linch-pin of life's daily round'. If they knew it back then why is being a housewife looked down upon as such a lowly job nowadays! This one has a section on Management of Servants and throughout there are pictures of some very odd looking kitchen machinery, bless! Preparing a sheep's head, various heads - they used it all, didn't they?  We could always have the alternative Mrs Beeton's cookbook, boiling a man's head - but there's be no nutrition in there, no goodness, in fact, nothing at all!  (Sorry boys, joke!) |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Aug 28, 2008 7:58:43 GMT 1
And my Nan was a Cook at the 'big house' - no wonder she was a bit bossy and scary............ Mine was too, she didnt let her early experiences colour her whole life, believe me! She wore Chanel suits and had a toy poodle who wore better jewellery than me, when I knew her. ;D She was a tiny little woman with a huge personality! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 28, 2008 8:02:44 GMT 1
Sounds great! My grandmother was a scullery maid, aged 13 when she was debentured (sold into slavery) by her family Gosh really? It seems crazy to us now doesn't it? I suppose then there was nothing unusual about it? 4P no relation that I know of. ;D Wasn't Mrs Beeton a bit of a naughty girl, or is that somebody else...... I've got the 1923 version, about being a housewife-'housekeeping has been aptly described as "the oldest industry". It is certainly the most important, the very linch-pin of life's daily round'. If they knew it back then why is being a housewife looked down upon as such a lowly job nowadays! This one has a section on Management of Servants and throughout there are pictures of some very odd looking kitchen machinery, bless! Preparing a sheep's head, various heads - they used it all, didn't they? We could always have the alternative Mrs Beeton's cookbook, boiling a man's head - but there's be no nutrition in there, no goodness, in fact, nothing at all! (Sorry boys, joke!)  Heehheeeeee.....maybe no nutritious value but very satisfying nonetheless....... Mind you, I often went into my Nan's kitchen, as a small child, and there was a pig's head boiling away.......she was a great believer in Brawn........bleah......I hated it but she said it was good for us.. |
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Post by debbiem on Aug 28, 2008 8:07:35 GMT 1
I used to like slices of brawn - but OMG is that where it came from! Shrieeeek!
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 28, 2008 8:17:17 GMT 1
Well blow me down...there is no recipe for Brawn in the book! I can't believe it..............I have lost faith in Mrs Beeton now......it must be only us peasants who were forced to make use of the brains.........  |
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Post by debbiem on Aug 28, 2008 8:26:57 GMT 1
No brawn in mine either - a good selection though of Brain Cakes, Brain fritters, Brain Sauce......yum! |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 28, 2008 9:33:51 GMT 1
Hubby has an old Mrs. Beeton book - I'll have to see which one it is. She was an amazing fount of knowledge for one who was young. She was only 28 when she died in 1865.
I have never tried brawn, I always remember as a child having pigs trottters - haven't for years but I believe they are a delicacy in some London restaurants now!
We have a handwritten recipe book (around 1900) which was hubby's great-grandmother's. She was a governess in India and it is full of different curries, spices, etc - there is one which is lambs head curry!
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Post by emseypop on Aug 28, 2008 10:44:07 GMT 1
I think belly draft is as unusual as I'd go I'd eat kidney in a pie, but that's it for offal. Sean goes through patches of buying heats only 80p from the butchers and frying them up but I wont have any of that, I make him cook them do the washing up and last time he had to clean the fridge out too, wont go into details. |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 28, 2008 10:47:58 GMT 1
I think belly draft is as unusual as I'd go I'd eat kidney in a pie, but that's it for offal. Sean goes through patches of buying heats only 80p from the butchers and frying them up but I wont have any of that, I make him cook them do the washing up and last time he had to clean the fridge out too, wont go into details. Pork belly draft isn't unusual. And devilled kidneys is a traditional, and wonderful, English breakfast. Stuffed lambs hearts - Mmmmmmm And kidney and bacon casserole - oh my! |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 28, 2008 10:52:35 GMT 1
I think belly draft is as unusual as I'd go I'd eat kidney in a pie, but that's it for offal. Sean goes through patches of buying heats only 80p from the butchers and frying them up but I wont have any of that, I make him cook them do the washing up and last time he had to clean the fridge out too, wont go into details. Btw Emsey, one kidney in a pie??? What's all that about? Try adding some steak as well next time, and some gravy, and even a bit of veg. Fill it out a bit. :sighsmiley |
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Post by debbiem on Aug 28, 2008 11:15:56 GMT 1
Sounds great! My grandmother was a scullery maid, aged 13 when she was debentured (sold into slavery) by her family Gosh really? It seems crazy to us now doesn't it? I suppose then there was nothing unusual about it? 4P no relation that I know of. ;D Wasn't Mrs Beeton a bit of a naughty girl, or is that somebody else...... I've got the 1923 version, about being a housewife-'housekeeping has been aptly described as "the oldest industry". It is certainly the most important, the very linch-pin of life's daily round'. If they knew it back then why is being a housewife looked down upon as such a lowly job nowadays! This one has a section on Management of Servants and throughout there are pictures of some very odd looking kitchen machinery, bless! Preparing a sheep's head, various heads - they used it all, didn't they? We could always have the alternative Mrs Beeton's cookbook, boiling a man's head - but there's be no nutrition in there, no goodness, in fact, nothing at all! (Sorry boys, joke!) I looked her up too, and she wassn't a naughty girl at all - sorry Mrs B! |
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Post by bogmyrtle on Aug 28, 2008 11:51:14 GMT 1
Gosh really? It seems crazy to us now doesn't it? I suppose then there was nothing unusual about it? 4P no relation that I know of. ;D Wasn't Mrs Beeton a bit of a naughty girl, or is that somebody else...... I've got the 1923 version, about being a housewife-'housekeeping has been aptly described as "the oldest industry". It is certainly the most important, the very linch-pin of life's daily round'. If they knew it back then why is being a housewife looked down upon as such a lowly job nowadays! This one has a section on Management of Servants and throughout there are pictures of some very odd looking kitchen machinery, bless! Preparing a sheep's head, various heads - they used it all, didn't they? We could always have the alternative Mrs Beeton's cookbook, boiling a man's head - but there's be no nutrition in there, no goodness, in fact, nothing at all! (Sorry boys, joke!) I looked her up too, and she wassn't a naughty girl at all - sorry Mrs B! Wasn't it Elizabeth David who was, how shall we say, 'racey'!? |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Aug 28, 2008 14:47:18 GMT 1
I used to eat stuffed lambs heart with my daddy, no-one else in the house would try it, I remember it as being very nice, actually. Liver and bacon casserole too, is very nice, except when cooked by a school dinner lady! My sister likes brawn, I dont/didnt... I suppose I ought to try it again...... naaaah! We ate a lot of fish in our house, as my dad was quite successful when he went out sea angling, the most unusual fish we ate were Thornback rays and conger eels...... a conger can bite your hand off at the wrist, if you are careless, food with attitude. |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 28, 2008 14:50:13 GMT 1
I used to eat stuffed lambs heart with my daddy, no-one else in the house would try it, I remember it as being very nice, actually. Liver and bacon casserole too, is very nice, except when cooked by a school dinner lady! My sister likes brawn, I dont/didnt... I suppose I ought to try it again...... naaaah! We ate a lot of fish in our house, as my dad was quite successful when he went out sea angling, the most unusual fish we ate were Thornback rays and conger eels...... a conger can bite your hand off at the wrist, if you are careless, food with attitude. Not very nice to be tucking into a conger fillet and finding someone's hand in the middle!!! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 1, 2008 9:30:54 GMT 1
Thanks The witch...I am about to embark on the chapter 'The Chemistry and Economy of Soup making' which sounds rather wonderful - so any questions? I did start the Fish section but she seems to have got bogged down in the position of fishes teeth so I have given up temporarily ...... Soup is much more my thing. I do like a good bowl of Soup...... |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 1, 2008 16:36:11 GMT 1
Mrs Beeton writes: remove the scum when it rises thickly........how wise she was.....if only I'd read this before the Orc invaded Prue's party............ |
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Post by debbiem on Sept 2, 2008 6:48:34 GMT 1
Mrs Beeton writes: remove the scum when it rises thickly........how wise she was.....if only I'd read this before the Orc invaded Prue's party............ |
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It seems crazy to us now doesn't it? I suppose then there was nothing unusual about it? 
